Category Archives: Don and Wen

Dear Wen: Cygnus…

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Wen Ah, yes, those pesky Romans (Acch phut) have a lot to answer for, covering our straight tracks, and calling them roads for one thing. And where, pray tell, did they get their name from? Why, from the Rods … Continue reading →

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Dear Don: Stepping Stones…

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Don, Now, I know we do a fairly good job of it, as a rule, but we can’t blame the Romans for everything… Although they might be to blame, inadvertently, for this. I can probably make a good enough … Continue reading →

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Dear Wen: Stepping Stones…

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Wen This clinging to the classical world has always puzzled me and can only be down to those pesky Romans (Acch-Phut)… When in Rome do as the Greeks do. This was over sixteen hundred years ago mind and ‘Pythagorean’ … Continue reading →

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Dear Don: Superstitions…

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Don, ‘Standing under’ and ‘hanging over you’? The immediate image to arise was that of the Sword that was hung by a single strand of hair above the head of Damocles when he experienced the trappings of power for … Continue reading →

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Moorings…

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* We had watched the ferry moored as we waited to disembark. * And its something we do by habit down south… Always returning via Avebury. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Dear Wen: Superstitions…

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Wen, Understanding, for some, has been around for millenia… But is ‘standing under ‘ a concept the same thing as having a concept ‘hanging over you’ ? Or is that merely superstition? Sheep really shouldn’t be behaving in that … Continue reading →

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Going West – The Kilpeck Corbels

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Kilpeck’s bellcote reminded me of the first church we had visited, where our adventures had begun, though this one is a nineteenth century addition, carved and decorated in keeping with the rest of the building; restorations have been gentle here. … Continue reading →

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Dear Don: ‘Dead Enkidu?’…

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Don, I am not sure I would apply the term ‘Covenanter’ to Donaldson’s doubting Thomas, not with its political ramifications, but his ‘unbelief’ does mirror the apparent choice of our ‘advanced’ society to shunt magic, miracles and a recognition … Continue reading →

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The Matter of Britain…

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Could there be an image more redolent of the true majesty of these isles? * We are minded of the church at Kilpeck with its famous and resplendant Sheila… * The fact that we had failed to get here … Continue reading →

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Going West – An Extraordinary Place

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“What are those? ” The bumps in the fields as we drove down the narrow lane looked suspiciously like the remnants of early occupation. “They look like earthworks…” It would make sense, the little church we were heading for was … Continue reading →

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