Monthly Archives: June 2023

The Moons of Mountain Ana…

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Stuart France

* Mountain Ana made the phone to scream. Squeal of a thousand and one pigs! Fingers of pain scratch my brain… She is upset that Gramps has traded her ring. ‘Soz, Mountain Ana.’ * When Gramps turned up wearing Nancy’s … Continue reading →

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St Michael’s-on-Wyre…

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Stuart France

*** I first visited St Michael’s-on-Wyre over forty-five years ago. I was around eight or nine years old at the time and we called in on the way back from a day on Beacon Fell. Something about the memory of … Continue reading →

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Phantom Inns…

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Sue Vincent

* Count Jan Potocki (pron. Yan Pototchkee) was born of an aristocratic Polish family in 1761. In 1815, shortly after completing his masterwork, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa, and suffering from a chronic illness he took his own life by … Continue reading →

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Prophecy too?

Posted on June 15, 2023 by Stuart France

* …The lines you refer to probably start more like lines on an instrument, say a zither, and then proceed to those structural supports of a Big Wheel, as the shadow side is gradually revealed. Good film that. Well worth … Continue reading →

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Also Temples…

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Stuart France

‘Vitruvian Man’ *** Many, if not all, geometric forms can be used as templum, and the diagrammatic glyphs of most spiritual systems can be mapped on to the form of the human body after a three-fold pattern. Despite exoteric claims … Continue reading →

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Prophecy?

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Sue Vincent

* Prophetic laughter Illuminating veiled truth Light in the darkness Hubris shaping history The jester holds the mirror *

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Old George…

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Stuart France

* Maggot always gets his man. Wherever they go. However far they flee. However cunningly they hide… * Maggot enters the Ol’ George: legendary menagerie of care-worn dreamers. This evening’s vibrantly clad gathering part to allow him to the bar. … Continue reading →