Monthly Archives: November 2020

“They do not hate…”

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

But they who love the greater love Lay down their life; they do not hate Wilfred Owen Wilfred Owen was killed in action, aged 25, 4th November 1918, just a week before the war would end.  

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Sequence…

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

AutumnMaturityA bejewelled harvestThe regeneration of springPromised GoldenNature’s richesShaped by necessityGrowing ravaged by circumstanceYielding WaitingPatient purposeReshaped by compulsionEternal life made manifestDew-kissed  

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Bounty #midnighhaiku

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Stored for future need Red for winter’s paucity Summer’s harvest glows

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Jessica Bakkers Reviews “Through the Nethergate” by Roberta Eaton Cheadle

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Jessica Bakkers: When I started ‘Through the Nethergate‘ I thought to myself, “Ooo, a good old fashioned ghost story!” Then suddenly, author Roberta Eaton Cheadle went and changed the rules. Ghosts became semi solid, famous (and infamous) figures … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: What on earth…

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“…is that?!”I immediately went into ‘there has to be somewhere to park’ mode. You don’t just drive past a humungous mound without stopping…not when it is so very obviously man-made. And especially not when there are two of them. And … Continue reading →

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Lore Weavers: Coyote Tales…

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Coyote is a Native American culture hero, buffoon, and trickster figure who mixes animal and human traits to mostly comic, often catastrophic, and sometimes salutary effect. * The world in which Coyote moves can be conceived as a parallel … Continue reading →

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Centenary

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

For some reason, the image moved me to tears. The ninety-four year old monarch standing, black-clad, alone and in silent respect, beside the tomb of a man buried six years before her birth on the centenary of his committal to … Continue reading →

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Optimist #midnighthaiku

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Optimist at work Grateful for each gift offered Spring will come again *        

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Walking in darkness ~ Tallis Steelyard

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Jim Webster, aka Tallis Steelyard: Fate decrees that certain things only happen in winter. I was minding my own business. I was sitting in the cabin of the barge working on a few ideas I had for a … Continue reading →

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A NEW BOOK from Guest author: S. C. Skillman ~ PARANORMAL WARWICKSHIRE

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Thank you very much, Sue, for offering me this space on your blog to introduce my book Paranormal Warwickshire to your readers. Warwickshire is a county steeped in the supernatural, as befits the county of Shakespeare and the many ghosts … Continue reading →

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