Category Archives: Don and Wen

Callanish Calling: Fingers of Stone…

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Not only is the Old Man of Storr hurling more water at us than we can shake a weather-vane at… * He is also depriving us of food, and drink, and shelter. * Not one of the food waggons … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling: Threshold…

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Anyway, Wen was wrong… It’s not a ‘reckie’ we’re on, it’s a raid! * But before we can ‘plunder’ Lewis of her treasury of stone, we have to get past the Dweller… * There is some debate over what … Continue reading →

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Tobias and the Angel: A dog called Toby…. Stuart France

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Domingos Sequeira – Tobias heals the blindness of his father * … “On a recognised Pilgrimage route?” “Why not?” “Well, that would explain the presence of the two other Archangels in the paintings even though there is no mention of … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling: Isle of Skye…

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Somewhat fortuitously we got the last room in practically the last B&B on the mainland. * Pictish art, courtesy of our landlady, Christine, greeted us in the porch. * We had proper coffee in the bedroom, a great view, … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling: Light of the World…

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* What we had thought were the distant hills of Bonny Scortland, so recently traversed, turned out to be the hills of Skye herself yet to be encountered. * This trip was already proving to have more surprises than a … Continue reading →

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Tobias and the Angel: Grateful Dead… Stuart France

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

William-Adolphe Bouguerea * … “If a story is canonical in one tradition and uncanonical in another it immediately raises two questions.” “What makes it ‘canonical’ for one tradition?” “And what makes it ‘uncanonical’ for the other?” “One might have supposed … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling: Star Stones…

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* ‘Imposing though it may be, it is also cramped…’ – Burl * “And in any case, it’s the wrong time of year!” “I had that thought too, but we could just treat it as a ‘reckie’.” “A ‘reckie’ for … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling: Thin White Stones…

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* ‘This site, important for its grandeur, its design and its astronomy, is a complex, of a diminutive stone circle, an avenue, three rows and a chambered tomb…’ – Burl * “To be ‘called’ is not the same thing as … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling…

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Dear Wen, I have booked an additional day off work – The Wednesday… However, we possibly need a bit more of a plan than, ‘If we have it we can fill it’, for me to book any more time … Continue reading →

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Finding joy…

Posted on July 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

““And then, right on cue as it were, in walks our angel.” “Oh, you mean the old woman with the radiant face and sparkly eyes.” “Ah ha, you see, even you noticed her radiant face, bit of a giveaway that … Continue reading →

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