Category Archives: albion

Field of Sheaves IX… Stuart France

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* …He leads her away almost carrying her.  They disappear into the blackness beyond the ring of flames. They choke on the oily smoke, blind with tears. * Within the flames A voice sings, farewell, to the stars… * The … Continue reading →

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Field of Sheaves VIII… Stuart France

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* …The Clan of the Raven has withdrawn to the hills, to a high place in the sacred lands, nearer the centre. Their fires are dead, their hearths are cold, the hilltop silent under the moon. Others come. Others not … Continue reading →

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Field of Sheaves VII… Stuart France

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* …But anyway, back to the wood-stone. The authorities are agreed on its antiquity. It is either Bronze age or Iron age if that can be termed an agreement which in ‘sense-speak’ translates as very old or really old, and, … Continue reading →

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Field of Sheaves IV… Stuart France

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* …When Wen insists… I leave Wen to her circumambulations and try to focus on what little good is to be seen about the place… which amounts to Rowan Trees…a whole raft of them. They never fail to lift my … Continue reading →

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Field of Sheaves II… Stuart France

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* …But first to the finding, which was not easy and which though I am utterly loathe to admit it, was down to Wen. I should have known then. Turning up on my patch and finding things! Still I suppose … Continue reading →

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Field of Sheaves…Stuart France

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* …I have a bad feeling about this place. But Wen insists, and when Wen insists… not even graphic descriptions of the steepness of the hill itself could deflect her… so here we are… half way up the climb… resting … Continue reading →

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Considering White-Skunk II… Stuart France

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* Winged creatures are almost universally regarded as symbols of spirituality. Is there any evidence to regard them as such in this tale? Bald-Eagle has fire. Meadow-Lark has far sight. Rice-Bird can play dead. Not a bad ‘trawl’. * * … Continue reading →

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Exit in Trance… Suart France

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* …Face of moving water Breathing in water The water a breathing face… * Today I will speak to you For, today, we hold a race A sprint to the death Whose spirit yields to the swiftest The fleetest of … Continue reading →

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Quack-quack… Stuart France

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* Could any creature more perfectly delineate the strange ludicrous joy of existence? * Source: Stuart France

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Horizon – Stuart France #writephoto…

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* Another milestone of time. There is no youthful compassion to commiserate with me. There is no “Surprise!” party. Just a cold, cold dawn… Continue reading here

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