Monthly Archives: November 2020

Revisiting the King’s Table ~ G. Michael Vasey

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Magical World of G. Michael Vasey: This weekend, I needed to get into nature – into the bosom of the Goddess so to speak. For me, the connection to the land and to the Goddess is something … Continue reading →

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Claw-in-Glove…

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Wherever the spirit of industry triumphs over the aristocratic spirit woman aspires to the economic and legal independence of a clerk. * Continue reading at France & Vincent  

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Living with Elephants… #cancer

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Sue Vincent

My neighbour stood six feet back from the doorstep to collect the heavy box that I had been babysitting since its delivery. His eyes were fixed on the headscarf I use to cover my baldness. “We’ve heard you have cancer?” … Continue reading →

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Image #midnighthaiku

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Memory’s cascade Upon time’s silver mirror Barely a ripple Ego seeks recognition Inner child reflects itself * For Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday

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What I saw this morning ~ Alethea Kehas #poetry

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Light Behind the Story: Photo Cedit: Pixabay                 * I saw you in the moors today your hair wild like milkweed blown free with she who waits standing in the … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: Fragments of History

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Outside the porch of the kirk at Fortingall stands an ancient font. Local legend states that Coeddi himself may have used it to baptise some of the first Christians in the area when the monks of Iona founded a sister … Continue reading →

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The Alchemist: ‘A Violet Duke’?… Stuart France

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Architect in the guise of Thomas-the-Apostle. * If our Alchemist was pulling his beard, it would be because he and the grotesques surrounding him on the tower baulstrades of Notre-Dame, Paris, were not actually mediaeval statuary at all, but nineteenth-century … Continue reading →

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Thinking time

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

What is your criteria for a good book? Apart from wanting it to be well written and presented, what is it that you look for? Entertainment value? Information? Emotion, relaxation or a momentary escape from the humdrum round of daily … Continue reading →

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Believe #midnighthaiku

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Unscaleable hills Unfollowable pathways But dreams can always be dreamed *

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Mary Smith: Pregnant in Pakistan

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from MarySmith’sPlace: I’ll have to do this story over a couple of instalments. Despite my delight at returning to Quetta, it didn’t long for me to miss being in Afghanistan. By Beluchistan – Baluchistan, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54411683 I … Continue reading →

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