Category Archives: Life, Love and Laughter

Regressing

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I waltzed in the door singing to be met by groans and panic. The groans because of the singing, the panic mainly because I almost gave Nick a heart attack by accidentally catching the panic button on the alarm fob. … Continue reading →

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Blood Wedding

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Sue Vincent

A very long time ago, while I was living in France, my boss and her sister in law, knowing I loved dance, took me to the cinema to see Bodas de Sangre… Blood Wedding. I have to admit I was … Continue reading →

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Notes from a small dog VIII

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I made her laugh out loud today. I try my best. I am a bit of a clown sometimes. But she had a headache and didn’t look too good again, so I pulled all the stops out for her. Apart … Continue reading →

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A picture of despair

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Sue Vincent

The table that was flower decked and centre of attention Now piled with paper has become a studio extension. It’s covered with a rainbow layer of pretty pastel dust… The passage of a nice damp cloth will soon become a … Continue reading →

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Being random

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I sit on the floor with my back against the door frame chatting away to my son and itching for a pen. I don’t have one to hand. The voice recorder, obviously, is in the other handbag… it always is. … Continue reading →

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Notes from a small dog VI

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I am sorry. I have to report that she has failed abysmally in her duties as my deity this weekend. No walks, not a one. Not even in the snow. OK, she did let me play out in the stuff … Continue reading →

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Stuffing Nemo

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Sue Vincent

It wasn’t forecast snow today, so I regarded the heavy white flakes falling doggedly to earth as simply adding insult to injury as I faced the morning without my customary coffee. Not so much ‘out of coffee’ as ‘not allowed’. … Continue reading →

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The other side of the street

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Sue Vincent

A reciprocal guest post from writer and friend Alienora Taylor. As always, she pulls no punches.   As a society, we become ever more desensitised, cynical and, at heart, disempowered. This concerns me hugely. Let me give you a very … Continue reading →

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Don’t Panic

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Sue Vincent

There are books one refers back to again and again through life, stories that get under the skin in some way or another, touch a nerve, move the heart or feed the soul. It is perhaps no coincidence that many … Continue reading →

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Healer’s Prayer

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Sue Vincent

Healer’s PrayerTeach me how to laugh; mother, sister, daughter, friendThat I may keep the joy withinto share with those that have no joy of their own.Teach me how to weep; that I may understand their pain.Teach me how to live; … Continue reading →

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