Category Archives: Humour

Notes from a small dog XLIV

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Sue Vincent

I’m bored. Really bored. It’s raining outside and she’s shut the door. I haven’t been allowed outside for almost an hour! Can you believe that? Personally, I think someone should call the RSPCA… I’m sure it constitutes Cruelty to Anis … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs, Humour | Tagged Books, boredom, depression, pets, Photography, poetry, rain, setter, small dog, tennis ball, writing | 15 Comments

Heart of Albion: Tales from the Wondrous Head – Book Review

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Heart of Albion is the second book in the Triad of Albion series, along with The Initiate and Giants Dance. It began with a walk over the bracken covered hillsides of Derbyshire to a lonely stone circle, almost forgotten. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Giants Dance, Humour, Landscape, Photography | Tagged giants dance, llama, stonehenge, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, triad of albion | 2 Comments

Vanity in vain

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Sue Vincent

You close your eyes as the blades come together. It is at this point you send a silent prayer to whichever ancestor first introduced the genetic material that gave you curly hair. It hides a lot. And at times like … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour | Tagged dog, eccentricity, hair, hair dye, haircut, scissors, split ends | 15 Comments

Mission accomplished

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Sue Vincent

The room smells of incense… clouds of the stuff are billowing through the dim light. Ani is chasing moths and ignoring me. She may not speak to me ever again… or at least for five minutes; she’s had a bath … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs, Humour | Tagged bath, dog grroming, pets | 37 Comments

Notes from a small dog XLIII

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Honestly, you have no idea how hard I have to work to look after her! Last night it was the big spider outside the window. Just hanging there, looking at her… I barked and barked, tried to get up on … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs, Humour, Photography | Tagged aliens, Ani, Bibliomancy, caterpillars, cats, Dogs, elephant hawk moth caterpillar, invaders | 15 Comments

Culling caterpillars

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Sue Vincent

I had occasion to visit the supermarket yesterday. I had been pouncing on almost any excuse not to do so, but eventually, it became a necessity. I have never enjoyed shopping at the best of times… apart from bookshops, of … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour | Tagged beauty, eyebrows, illusion, perfection, threading, vanity | 7 Comments

Wet feet …

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Sue Vincent

“Aargh! Go, go go…!” That was the reception accorded to the dripping figure in the doorway. I closed the door on the screams and loud music. A few moments later… fairly desperate… I opened it again… “NOOOO! GO AWAY!” Disconsolate … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs, England, Humour, Life, Love and Laughter, Motherhood, Photography | Tagged Dogs, Life, motherhood, Photography | 15 Comments

Mayhem and black coffee

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Sue Vincent

It’s just at the moment when everything’s manic, The clock’s ticking fast and you’re starting to panic, Repeating your lines while the iron is steaming And even for god’s sake, when sleeping and dreaming… That things unexpected will creep up … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Life, Love and Laughter, Poetry, Uncategorized, Workshop 2014 | Tagged Life, poetry, workshop | 6 Comments

Marking time

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Sue Vincent

“Dreaming when dawn’s left hand was in the sky…” Dawn’s hands are still firmly in her pockets. The sky has that long-before-dawn quality and it doesn’t need the clock to tell you that you should be asleep. So it is … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, Books, Dogs, fantasy, Humour, Life, Love and Laughter | Tagged being, Books, Dogs, Life | 4 Comments

Day 3 of Kindle Offer – Initiate and Heart of Albion

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Sue Vincent

“I’ve just worked out the game of ‘fetch’.” “Oh, really?” “Yes really, the Ball of Power is… Love. And no matter how hard you try to get rid of it. It just keeps coming back to you.” The Ball of … Continue reading →