Category Archives: Life, Love and Laughter

Songs of a bard….

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Sue Vincent

I love the old stories, the legends and lays of ancient times when the world, from our vantage point, seemed both a more innocent and more magical place, where the impossible walked hand in hand with the improbable and where … Continue reading →

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Remember…

Posted on December 2, 2023 by Sue Vincent

Cold creeps in slowly, Bones, chilled and brittle Snap like twigs, Fragile and friable. Remembered warmth Turns the mind to memory; Sunlight and laughter And your hand in mine Murmuring dreams; Walking our future As our words entwine And our … Continue reading →

Posted in England, Landscape, Life, Love and Laughter, Photography, Poetry | Tagged being, Life, love, Photography, Poetry, spirituality | 8 Comments

A Pen and the Swords

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Sue Vincent

Sue – a photograph taken during her ‘Swords Phase’ *** February 6th, 2013… Some time around half past one this morning I dried my eyes and placed the final full stop at the end of the manuscript. The characters came … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Life, Love and Laughter, Spirituality | Tagged Life, love, magic, spirituality, yorkshire | 16 Comments

Words matter

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Sue Vincent

Words matter to us. Those that are said, those that are not said. The precision of a phrase, the use of one word rather than another can make all the difference to how we feel about something or someone. Often … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Love and Laughter, Spirituality, The Silent Eye | Tagged being, health, lessons, Life, love, passion, relationships, The Silent Eye | 91 Comments

Living in Colour

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Sue Vincent

It is New Year’s Eve. Everywhere are posts about the year in review or hopes for the coming one. It’s sort of obligatory. A mini rite of passage as the old year fades and the new comes to birth. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Love and Laughter, Spirituality, The Silent Eye | Tagged art, consciousness, esoteric school, Life, love, passion, spirituality, The Silent Eye | 32 Comments

When tomorrow comes

Posted on December 29, 2022 by Sue Vincent

I looked at the pile of work on the table and thought, sod it, it could wait till tomorrow. But then, really, can it? Reading the Yeats poem today it occurred to me that I am twelve years older than … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Love and Laughter, Spirituality, The Silent Eye | Tagged being, consciousness, Life, spirituality, The Silent Eye | 26 Comments

Magnetic north

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Sue Vincent

*** August bank holiday weekend is approaching fast. The weather has been glorious, the skies clear and temperatures pleasant. As I get myself organised this morning it is, quite typically, raining. Today I once again throw the bags in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, England, Landscape, Life, Love and Laughter, Photography, Sacred sites, travel | Tagged being, Life, Photography, yorkshire | 15 Comments

Free as a bird

Posted on December 3, 2022 by Sue Vincent

All, I have to say, is not right with the world. At least in terms of weather. Granted, it tends to behave beautifully when I really need it to…it is obligingly suited to purpose most of the time. Even … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs, England, Landscape, Life, Love and Laughter, Photography, Spirituality, The Silent Eye | Tagged being, Dogs, fear, Photography, relationships, spirituality, The Silent Eye | 16 Comments

Rowan berries

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Sue Vincent

*** It started with a sleepless night. I was late to bed, as I couldn’t seem to relax. I wandered back downstairs a scant hour and a half after snuggling down with every intention of staying there for a long, … Continue reading →

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Blame the heather….

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Sue Vincent

*** “… See you soon…Stay in the car!” He must have known the futility of that message as it winged its way through the ether…I could hear the sighs of despair… I had texted my current location and “… the … Continue reading →