Monthly Archives: December 2020

Free Time…

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* ‘…all the great thinkers recognise the importance of rational thought and also the importance of getting beyond the rational and that’s where the myths and fairy stories come in…’ – The Heart of Albion * Ancient terms of measurement … Continue reading →

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Ani’s Advent 2020! Lulu is lonely ~ but she has Pete Springer

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Santa, This virus that appears to be getting around the worldeven faster than you do, is going to make sure it is a very lonely Christmas for so many people. Families and friends cannot be together as they would … Continue reading →

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On the Doorstep ~ Screen, Stars, Playboy Bunnies and History in Aldbury

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We needed to get out and about a bit…not somewhere we would have to be ‘out’ for too long, as the day was chilly and overcast. but just enough to stretch our legs and catch our interest. We started with … Continue reading →

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Chilled #midnighthaiku

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Chill rain stealing warmth Washing away sunlight’s gift Bringing life to earth *

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Conversations with a Shaman G. Michael Vasey meets Running Elk

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Magical World of G. Michael Vasey… two of my oldest friends in conversation: Season 2, Episode 2 of the Magical World of G. Michael Vasey is out this morning. It features a lovely conversation with Allan Pringle, … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 5: ‘Don and Wen do Gretna…’

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We should probably have stopped at Carlisle. Well, for more than just a supermarket to stock the car with biscuits and suchlike. It has another of those thousand year old castles… and another cathedral that used to be the priory… … Continue reading →

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A Notional Realm…

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Let us conceive mankind as a network of events in time. * Let us suppose the present moment continually cuts a cross-section through these notional wholes to shadow-forth our seen world of merely fragmentary shards. * Continue reading at … Continue reading →

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Nick of Time…

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …On our way back through Little Kimble, we pass St. Nicks of Ellesborough.There are banners and notices outside the churchyard proclaiming that tomorrow the church and its tower will be open to the public and that for a small … Continue reading →

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Ani’s Advent 2020! Victoria Zigler with Lilie and Logan

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Santa, we’ve a problem here (Another one, it’s true) If she’s in bed and locks the doors Then how will you get through? The old house had a fireplace Complete with chimneypot, But when she said we’d move in … Continue reading →

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Newton: Wholesome Soul… Stuart Fance

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* To round off our brief but succinct survey of the Alchemists, we shall give some examples from the works of those savants that we have so far considered. * Finally for now, Isaac Newton… “… First of all know … Continue reading →

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