Monthly Archives: December 2020

Discovering Albion – day 7: Into the Crypt

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We wandered into the cloisters, following the signs for the ticket office. The ruins are free… but there is a small museum and a tower. The museum we were not too fussed about seeing, but it just shows you… never … Continue reading →

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Ars Geometrica: Six…

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …The rest of the Night and into the Dawn is something of a blur for us. One can only take in so much after all. We continued to turn the leaves of the little book… Leaf ‘Six’: Operation One: … Continue reading →

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Not-Things… Stuart France

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* ‘While-ever you’re attached to things, You’ll never understand not-things…’ Count Jack Black * Reblogged from France & Vincent

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My favourite Christmas poem and a review of Pass the Turkey by Sue Vincent

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Originally posted on Writing to be Read:
Treasuring Poetry This is my final Treasuring Poetry post for 2020 and I am sharing my favourite Christmas poem, an extract from How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr Seuss. I love this…

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Remains of the day

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

A big box of chocolates sits on my desk, We had eaten enough that they’d last… So on Boxing Day, in a decadent move, I could use them for breaking my fast. There’ll be turkey sandwiches, cake and mince pies … Continue reading →

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Ahead #midnighthaiku

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Weathering the storm Strange festivities survived Brighter days ahead *

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Of Carols and Kissing Boughs ~ Alli Templeton

Posted on December 25, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Medieval Wanderings: This time last year I was proudly labelling seven bottles of our own freshly brewed Sticky Rogers Mead which, incidentally, has matured into a very pleasant medium-dry festive tipple, and continues to grow in flavor and … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 7: St Andrews… the Abbey

Posted on December 25, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We didn’t go to the Roman Catholic Cathedral where the relics of St Andrew are now housed. We were here to see the ancient places where they had once been… lost now to time, buried perhaps somewhere in the vast … Continue reading →

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Beyond the bounds…

Posted on December 25, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* It is not beyond the bounds of possibility, that a technologically advanced people could live more simply than their technology insists… * But outside the realms of science fiction writing it is highly unlikely. * The Ancients present us … Continue reading →

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Wayland: Silver-Smith of Souls… Stuart France

Posted on December 25, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* There are a number of intriguing aspects to the legend of Wayland Smithy… The earliest written sources appear late and are decidedly piecemeal. * Wayland is the son of a God, Giant, or King of the Otherworld. He is … Continue reading →

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