Category Archives: Life

…Happy Dog!

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Stuart France

Ani and Nick (Photo – Kim) *** Ani was originally acquired as Nick’s assistance dog when he first came out of hospital after the attack. That didn’t work out so she adopted first Sue and then me as her assistant … Continue reading →

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Magical mornings…

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Sue Vincent

*** It was a luminous dawn, the world blanketed in a thick cocoon of frost against the darkness and silence of a newborn morning. The sun rose, pale and gold, strewing a million diamonds on the tarmac path; setting a … Continue reading →

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Hawk at Noon

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Sue Vincent

*** The cult of celebrity seems to have run mad over the past few years. Anyone can have their fifteen minutes of fame and if they can be sufficiently outrageous, outraged or enraging, may find themselves with a career in … Continue reading →

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A life well lived…

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Stuart France

Excerpts from the funeral service held at Watermead Crematorium, Aylesbury… * * Sue Vincent, 14th September 1958 – 29th March 2021 ‘We prepare to receive one whose life has been well lived…’ * Procession entry music: ‘Vincent’, Don Maclean… * … Continue reading →

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For Wen…

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Stuart France

* Whiter than the swan on a lake Whiter than the gull of the stream Whiter than snow on the high-peak. * Like a wave of the sea from ebb to flood Slender as the tall-birch, blowing… Of a shape … Continue reading →

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Swift Passage…

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Stuart France

A Guided Visualisation by Sue Vincent… * Close your eyes, relax and prepare for an inner journey, breathing deeply and easily. You stand on a green mound by a sunlit sea. Far below you is a pristine shore of white … Continue reading →

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A Lifesaver…

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Mothering Sunday. There are your favourite huge lilies in a vase, filling the air with the perfume of heaven. White and pale lilac blooms wait with the chocolates, destined to fill another vase. Your granddaughters have made beautiful cards for … Continue reading →

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My Mother’s Hands

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Sue Vincent

A repost of an old poem in honour of Mother’s Day here in the UK… perhaps more poignant this year than ever…   I see my mother’s hands before my eyes The first caress that I had ever known, And … Continue reading →

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Feeding the ducks…

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Sue Vincent

It was cold, but it was a beautiful day. Signs of spring in the air… catkins and pussy willow dancing in the breeze, swathes of daffodils about to open beneath the trees… and the first of the early blossom open … Continue reading →

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The giftie…

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Sue Vincent

There is a ‘wishing squirrel’ tied around my wrist. Its cord matches my dressing gown. The red squirrel. ‘Tufty’ to most of my generation in this country… has been under threat from the invasion of its grey cousins for years … Continue reading →

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