Category Archives: England

The Initiate.. Free on Kindle!

The book begins and ends with a riddle… and you can join us Don and Wen on the adventure. It all started with a trip to the White Horse at Uffington and the ancient stone circle at Rollright… “We don’t have any … Continue reading

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Free Kindle Book…The Initiate by Sue Vincent & Stuart France

Now why would any writer want to give their books away for free?  It comes down to the simple fact that writers write because they have to…but they publish because they want to share something. We wrote The Initiate because … Continue reading

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Wet dog in a luminous dawn

“Yeurch!!…that’s disgusting…” “Genetics,” comes the laughing retort.  “You should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself.” “….!” He has an answer for everything that son of mine. But he’s not getting away with laying all the blame on me! Still, he has … Continue reading

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Notes from a small stellar dog, supplemental….

I know, I know… two posts… but well, it’s official. I’m a star. I’ve made it. I am an inspiration.. a muse… No, not amusing…a Muse…. Not only do I have my own followers, more fan mail than she gets and my … Continue reading

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Celebrating

It has been a lovely day. Chilly, grey, cloudy.. but dry at least. A nondescript autumn day…but it has been wonderful. It begins with two friends at dawn, duly supplied with coffee (while Ani hopefully wields tennis balls) hunched over … Continue reading

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Dog days?

It didn’t really start well. I was on the phone to my friend in Scotland. Ani, as usual, objected to me being thus distracted and attached me firmly to the other end of a tug toy. All was well while … Continue reading

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Civic pride

Ok, we have long since established that while I live in small village in Buckinghamshire, I come from God’s Own County.. I’m  a Yorkshire lass. But you would be forgiven, knowing the concentrated power of having heather in the blood, … Continue reading

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There and back again

I have been in Yorkshire for the best part of the week, to attend a five day course on behalf of the School. It has been odd to have little internet access and even my phone, which is usually a … Continue reading

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Stone and sea

“Stone and sea are deep in life Two unalterable symbols of the world Permanence at rest And permanence in motion Participants in the power that remains” ― Stephen R. Donaldson I thought about those lines a lot over the past … Continue reading

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