Category Archives: Books

The Burren: ‘Wedge Tomb’…

Posted on October 30, 2022 by Stuart France

County Clare, Wednesday, 27th July 2022… *** *** The presence of Skull Rock is probably responsible for the number of ‘tombs’ in the field across the track, which is now a road, of which there are, reputedly, a goodly number. … Continue reading →

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The Burren: Skull Rock…

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Stuart France

County Clare, Wednesday, 27th July 2022… *** *** A glacial erratic deposited in a ‘stony place’. *** *** The ancients would have venerated such a stone and may well have adapted it for symbolic purposes. *** *** The limestone ‘shelving’ … Continue reading →

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‘Nellies Rock’?…

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Stuart France

County Roscommon, Tuesday 26th July 2022… *** *** The ‘oldest’ tomb at Carrowmore has recently been controversially dated to the Late Mesolithic, using the latest new-fangled dating method, but the folk of that time are not supposed to have been … Continue reading →

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Summer holiday

Posted on October 10, 2022 by Sue Vincent

*** Today is the first day of my long awaited holiday. Except I’m still here, at home, skulking in the shade and bandaged. I could wail and moan.. but honestly, is that going to do anyone any good? The sun … Continue reading →

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Cow…

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Sue Vincent

*** Protected and serene, the stream of life flows from her breast, Within her sheltered warmth her starry children safely rest. Her lowly form oft overlooked, conceals the Mother’s crown In heaven’s vault the arc of stars her diadem and … Continue reading →

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Hare…

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Sue Vincent

  *** Most subtle of the shifting forms and yet most constant too Whose moonlit transformation cannot change the heart that’s true. He hearkens to each season’s turn and reads the twilight air And listens to the inner song that … Continue reading →

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Weland Mind-Weld…

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Stuart France

14th September 2021… * ‘On such a day as this two fools who laughed at death embarked upon the adventure of a lifetime…’ * …Today, the adventure is all but over with just a sealing of fire and water, inevitably, … Continue reading →

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A Fear of Heights blog tour… a new novel from Tallis Steelyard aka Jim Webster

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Running in, please pass? I suppose that because we helped Maljie acquire her new sedan chair, we are all somewhat to blame. She had had a chair of her own but frankly it was getting old, tired and a little … Continue reading →

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Found Mounds: the Call of Albion…

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* ‘…Maybe it is because it is our third visit or maybe it is because there are three of us, or maybe we had to work out the St Andrew thing before we were allowed to ascend, who knows? Whatever … Continue reading →

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Announcing the WINNERS of the Sue Vincent Rodeo Classic at the Carrot Ranch

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Sue Vincent

When the doctors told me that the cancer had spread to my brain, they also told me that I did not have long left…’days to weeks’ were their words. At this point, the wonderful folks at the Carrot Ranch wrote … Continue reading →

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