Category Archives: Life

There’s even an app for that…

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Sue Vincent

The air was redolent with incense with a vague hint of coffee and Indian chai masala. Outside, the birds were singing in the unexpected sunshine. A monkey screeched from the depths of the bed covers, stopping the conversation in mid … Continue reading →

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Distance….Stuart France

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* If we want a yardstick, for how far we have travelled from our Gods… We need only consider the once widespread custom of sacrificing a first-born child… It hardly seems credible from this vantage, irrespective of its counter productivity … Continue reading →

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Honouring Sanctity… Stuart France

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* And so, the mighty bend low before the Saint? The misery of his meagre apparel, the antithesis of all they strive for. And yet, is there not something of power in renunciation? What is it that moves behind those … Continue reading →

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Losing the plot…

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I sat and stared, listening to my mouth continuing about its business. With a curious, detached prescience, I was acutely aware that my words were about to run out. I needed his name. Needed to end my speech with it. … Continue reading →

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The puzzle of being

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Sue Vincent

“I can usually work people out,” he mused. “What their underlying motives and reasons are, what is really behind how they are. Can’t do it with myself though. Doesn’t matter how much I look… I never know if I am … Continue reading →

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Memories of the written word

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Sue Vincent

There is a certain irony in the fact that I became aware of the Unesco Memory of the World Programme whilst researching the most ancient artefacts. Wikipedia says that the initiative was launched to ‘safeguard the documentary heritage of humanity … Continue reading →

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Going viral …

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Sue Vincent

When I was small and faced with a plate piled with the over-boiled cabbage I detested, my grandmother always told me to eat it first… get rid of it… so I could enjoy the rest of the meal… and to … Continue reading →

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Jack in the Box… Stuart France

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* The highest kite you’ll ever fly? … Imagination! Count Black Source: Stuart France

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One size fits all?

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I had to chuckle at the emotions that flitted across my son’s face. He even managed to continue his sentence without a blink, yet the whole internal ‘did she just say that?’ conversation was written in a millisecond across his … Continue reading →

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Swift as the Wind… Stuart France

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* A fast flowing river tarrys for no man. Not least, when he moves at snails pace. Nor even, if he indulges a little leap-frog! * It is almost impossible to translate tempo from one system to another. It acts … Continue reading →

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