Category Archives: Ancient sites

Women In The Mist (4) – Steve Tanham

(Continued from Part three on Sun in Gemini) The spiritual, stripped of the trappings of religion, is a search for the real. We may protest that we already live lives that are real. It is one of the hardest and … Continue reading

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Incomprehension… Stuart France

* ‘Mither Tap’ or Mother’s Pap? The vagaries of the Archeological Record elucidated… * Source: Incomprehension… | Stuart France

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Aural Sculpting III… Stuart France

Cat-Eye * …Now, this turned out to be both a blessing and a curse on Conan because at night when he wanted to sleep the cat’s eye was forever starting at the squeak of a mouse and the flurry of … Continue reading

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Sun-Stone…

* ‘Sun-Stone’ * * ‘Moon-Stone’ * * ‘Earth-Stone’ Source: The Silent Eye  

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Aurally Man… Stuart France

* “Aurally Man…” “Aurally Man…” “Why is the sky so huge?” “Why, so that the rain falls in drops.” * Source: Aurally Man… | Stuart France

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…A Thousand-and-One Hail-Stones?

* Dance that yielded… Source: The Silent Eye

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Comprehension

Back in school, in French classes, we used to be given ‘comprehension tests’ for our homework. Doubtless the same exercises are used the world over, though not necessarily by that name. ‘Comprehension’ involved reading a passage written in French, after … Continue reading

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Damp disaster and diamond days

The morning was magical. It was one of the most beautiful dawns I have ever seen. Mist poured over the moors, white as snow, turning to liquid gold at the touch of the sun. Shaded valleys, frosted with diamonds, glinted … Continue reading

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Haunting #midnighthaiku

There are many burial mounds dotted around the ancient landscape of Avebury, echoing perhaps, in miniature, the great mound of Silbury Hill. Some are round barrows, others sheem to shadow the shape of the ceremonial stone axes that have been … Continue reading

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Greeting the Sun by M.C. Tuggle, Writer

My wife and I just got back from visiting our daughter and son-in-law at Scott Air Force base. One of our stops was the Cahokia Indian Mound near Saint Louis, Missouri, the site of the largest Native American city north … Continue reading

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