Monthly Archives: January 2021

Promise #midnighthaiku

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Sue Vincent

January’s rose Promise of spring in winter The colour of hope * Inexorable What was and what is will be The wheel always turns *

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Geoffroi de Charny and the Turin Shroud ~ April Munday

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from A Writer’s Perspective: These week we’re continuing with our look at aspects of the life of Geoffroi de Charny. Like most of his contemporaries, de Charny was very pious. In the 1340s he started planning the building of … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 8: Sea Storms

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Sue Vincent

“Why is there a pyramid in the middle of East Lothian?” We’d both seen it before of course on our travels, but had never taken note in the way we do now that our adventures with the books have taught … Continue reading →

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Ars Geometrica: A Corn of Wheat…

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* ‘…then a triangle and finally a circle……’ – The ‘Eighteenth’ Leaf. …This to our mind pretty much makes the earth feminine and the moon masculine which we expect also makes the sun feminine and the star behind the sun … Continue reading →

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Wake up, turn on, tune in…

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* To find a stone laid by the Snake of Steel City, Before the Lowly-Ladies House, Beyond a Blood-Baked Bridge, Continue reading at France & Vincent

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The inconvenient walking dead…  #COVID #cancer #carers

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Sue Vincent

I am not a happy bunny, more of an angry bird, and I am going to say so, regardless of how much subtle and not-so-subtle pressure has been applied in various areas to encourage us all to be nice, obedient, … Continue reading →

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Web #midnighthaiku

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Caught by silken threads Predator spends, prey loses Life within the web *

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Walking off the mince pies#04 ~ Mary Smith

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from MarySmith’sPlace: Happy New Year! It’s becoming a New Year tradition to walk off the mince pies, though the first one took place between Christmas and New Year and was my first blog post, which you can read here. … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 8: Dead Locks and Angels

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We followed the Beadle in silence into the church, grateful for the history he was giving us about the place, as much for the information as for the fact that we had the chance to gather our wandering wits. I … Continue reading →

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Sun, Moon and Stars…

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* … “Before Ogma, I swear. Before Sun and Moon and Stars, before Sky, Land and Sea, I swear. Before the Sidhe-Folk, I swear… Defenders of the land, victory and defeat are created in each of you. What I ask … Continue reading →

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