Category Archives: albion

That holiday feeling…

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Sue Vincent

The last vestiges of autumn’s glory still clings to the trees, pale gold and copper against the damp-blackened bark and vivid green of the English countryside. The stone-built cottages, many of them still roofed with ancient slabs of sandstone, or … Continue reading →

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How high the stone…

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* How high the stone, Which scrapes the sky? Where sleeping dragons lie. * Reblogged from Stuart France

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Playings – by Stuart France

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* Old, ‘Bone White’ * * lived in the ‘Stone Sure’ Hills… Continue reading here

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Sayings… by Stuart France

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* ‘Sure as Stone’ * * ‘Old as Hills’ Continue reading here

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Autumn morning

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Sue Vincent

With a couple of hours to spare on a glorious late-autumn morning, a walk in the woods seemed like a good idea. Ashridge holds a lot of very special memories for me. Amongst other things, there was the magic of … Continue reading →

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Something round…by Stuart France

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* “How old is it?” “How old is what?” “The Turnip Lantern Tradition?” * * “It is truly ancient.” “That is good.” “There appear to be others who agree with you.” * * “A heartening sight.” * Continue reading here

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Something bidden… by Stuart France

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* “Who said their ‘Gods’ had to be exotic anyway?” “?” “I mean, the anthropologists have written tome after tome evidencing our ‘own High God’s’ development from the ‘lowly’ corn spirit.” * * “‘Good’ originally, meant ‘good to eat’.” “From … Continue reading →