Category Archives: Life

This too… #covid #cancer

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Sue Vincent

I never thought that I would say it. It goes against pretty much everything I hold dear. But, between a world turned upside down from the fallout of the COVID crisis, to my own journey through the treacle-paved and elephant-strewn … Continue reading →

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Be the Light… #LightTheDarkness

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Sue Vincent

International Holocaust Memorial Day 27th January * In remembrance of all those men, women and children whose lives were taken from them simply for being themselves. * The flame symbolises a resolve to stand against prejudice, hatred and injustice today, … Continue reading →

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Snail’s pace

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Sue Vincent

The internet was playing up, the email account had been hacked yet again, pages were taking up to ten minutes each to load and anything that had images or video took longer. It was going to be one of those … Continue reading →

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Bittersweet

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Sue Vincent

The misty dawn blushed a soft, rosy pink, probably embarrassed by the number of clichés it was inviting. It had begun with a delicate glow, suffusing the rising mist with gold as I shivered on the doorstep, then painted the … Continue reading →

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Core Sky…

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* The future forms Within us before We know it. * Count Jack Black Reblogged from France & Vincent

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A foggy morning

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Sue Vincent

I scrape the ice from the windscreen, looking with little enthusiasm at the heavy pall of fog that blankets the world. November… we’ve done well to make it this far without ice on the windows. Even so, my fingers are … Continue reading →

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Tee Pee Tales: Each to his Own…

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* One day Turtle made ready to go on the war-path. His comrades Live-Coals, Ashes, Bulrush, Grasshopper, Dragonfly and Pickerel determined to go with him. They set out together in good spirits but on the morning of their first camp … Continue reading →

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That was then…

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Laughing with my son today I could not help but notice as the light caught a faint scar on his shoulder. It is so faded now that no-one else will ever notice it. I do, and it breaks my heart … Continue reading →

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The Drums of Affliction…

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Sue Vincent

When Nan died she became a mountain, I don’t know why and it seems churlish to ask. She suffers terribly, forcing her craggy cave of a mouth into the shapes that form words… It took Gramps a year and a … Continue reading →

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Around the flames

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The year turns towards winter, pulling first a blanket of leaves and mist over its face before veiling itself in frost and snow. It is a time when many traditions remember the dead, the past or the holy. On a … Continue reading →

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