Category Archives: Art

Ol’ Bill’s Mate…

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …”Providing for your future is no throwaway gag,” said Bill’s mate, slipping his arm through mine. I can still feel the soft twill of his well pressed jacket warming my bare flesh. “It’s a serious affair,” Bill did likewise … Continue reading →

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A right royal visit…

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Sue Vincent

A few days after the Jewel in the Claw, a Silent Eye workshop back in 2018, I was lucky enough to have a visit from the queen. Not, I hasten to add, the one who currently wears the crown, but … Continue reading →

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Nowt ’bout owt…

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* The Master Mason watched as the Foundation Stone was lifted from its point of origin and swung out and over the construction site. * “I’d hate to have your job,” said a voice to his left. He shifted his … Continue reading →

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The story of St Alban

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The final post on our visit to the Abbey of St Albans a few years ago. Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six can be found by clicking the highlighted links. As it has taken me a week to … Continue reading →

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Valet…

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …Monsieur Phillipe Montgomery laid aside his goose feather quill. It made an art of his writing. It made a rite of his practise of that art. Besides which it happened to be the instrument with which he had first … Continue reading →

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St Albans – “Count the stars…”

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The fourth post on our visit to the Abbey of St Albans a few years ago. Parts One , Two and Three can be found by clicking the highlighted links. We had finally made it into the Crossing at the centre … Continue reading →

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One Thing (After Another)…

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* The soil of circumstance Yields treasures of the soul Continue reading at France & Vincent

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Body and Soul…

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* On the sixth day the earth was delivered of Abadam, the very image of the Spirit conceived in the likeness of a lump of clay. * The Spirit breathed life into the clod and Abadam rose to his feet. … Continue reading →

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Thomas Companella…

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* A renaissance artist who achieved fame and fortune by articulating the religious doctrines of his mistress, a wealthy Florentine dedicated to the church. * At the height of his fame a schism betwixt the two developed with Companella proclaiming … Continue reading →

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Songs of the Stone: The Two Bulls…

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …One day Sweet-Mouthed-Maeve went to the well of Uran Garad for water. She was carrying a small bronze cup in her hand which she dipped into the well. The maggot, Gobble, swam into Maeve’s cup, and every colour there … Continue reading →

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