Category Archives: Life, Love and Laughter

Red letter day?

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Sue Vincent

As the local supermarket has seen fit to start selling Christmas stuff already and someone-who-shall-remain-nameless has graciously shared the latest virulent bug with me, I thought I could do worse than to update a letter written in August three years … Continue reading →

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Double-take

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Sue Vincent

So it’s eight o’clock on a morning and you’re perched on the end of the eldest son’s bed while the lazy toad has you wait on him hand and foot, discussing the merits of beard oil, the latest blog post … Continue reading →

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A review by Robbie Cheadle : Notes from a small dog: Four Legs on Two

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Sue Vincent

 Ani would like to thank Robbie and Michael Cheadle for a wonderful review of ‘her’ book. Reblogged from Robbie’s Inspiration: What Goodreads says: “He asked me what it is with balls…why I love them so much. I had a think … Continue reading →

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Raw penguins and curried sons

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Sue Vincent

From the archives: “Just posting the magpies…” “I thought you’d got stuck..” “I’ll let you see the magpie if it comes out okay” “Cool. Remember – fast shutter equals sharp penguins!” “Sadly a lot of the penguins are so far … Continue reading →

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Forsaken Fears

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Sue Vincent

Since we began to build the Silent Eye School I have been on a journey. I suppose I always have. The life I have lived, the choices I have made in face of events, the books I have read and … Continue reading →

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Eyes of a fish

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Sue Vincent

After five hours of being stood upon, my feet ache and my back is not in the slightest bit happy. On the other hand, I did manage to catch a fish. This was not, I hasten to add, a mere … Continue reading →

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Notes from a small dog LIX

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Sue Vincent

Now that’s cool… LIX… supposed to be 59, but for a dog, that’s perfect. Might start signing my pawtographs that way… It’s almost as good as the three kisses when we got to 30… ‘cause I’ve always put the ‘xxx’ … Continue reading →

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Bubbling over

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Sue Vincent

“I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring Feeling thin would be nice in many respects, but not in this context, though it is a feeling many … Continue reading →

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Gold and silver

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Sue Vincent

It was, I believe, Mother’s Day in the US, so it was perhaps fitting that I should get to meet up with both of my sons as well as my granddaughter today, an unusual occurrence these days. My younger son … Continue reading →

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Notes from a small dog LVI

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Sue Vincent

This post is brought to you from behind the barricades,  somewhere under the dining table… about the only safe place in this house at the minute. I’m feeling a bit glum. All I’m getting is ‘not nows’ and ‘laters’. It … Continue reading →

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