Category Archives: Life

Remembrance Day

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Sue Vincent

I was dismayed to see how few places were selling poppies this year. It used to be that there was nowhere you could not buy one. This year, I had to look. And yet, in almost every town and village … Continue reading →

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Yes or no?

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Sue Vincent

I have, over the years, come across a number of excellent articles on the value of learning to say ‘No’. And it is good advice. We bend over backwards, tie ourselves in knots and wear ourselves to shreds sometimes trying … Continue reading →

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A spiritual wet kipper

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Sue Vincent

You know those life-lessons that come out of the blue and slap you round the face with a wet kipper? I had one of those today… and it was right that I should do so. I firmly believe that we … Continue reading →

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Three Days, Three Quotes Challenge

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Sue Vincent

“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as … Continue reading →

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Random musings on the pizza of consciousness

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Sue Vincent

From the archives 2014: I like cooking, but, as I may have mentioned before, I don’t do it often these days… unless I have company. It seems a waste just for me. For myself it is usually either fill the … Continue reading →

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Blue Jays and Mockingbirds

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Sue Vincent

From the archives 2014: I had first read the book years ago; it was one of those we were obliged to study in school for English Literature and our teacher at the time appeared to like neither books nor children. … Continue reading →

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“I think therefore…“

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Sue Vincent

From the archives 2014: The movement of the robotic face of the Geminoid DK robot is uncanny. It is almost… but not quite… perfect and has a vaguely disquieting effect, looking remarkably like Henrik Schärfe, who was part of its … Continue reading →

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Morning

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Sue Vincent
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The artichoke heart

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Sue Vincent

When I was growing up in Yorkshire, all those years ago, there were many things one read about in cookbooks but did not find in the local greengrocer’s shop. I was 25, living in France and pregnant when I met … Continue reading →

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Security

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Pygmalion and Galatea by Jean-Leon Gerome 1890 Have you ever noticed how many times we cling to the known rather than risk the adventure of the unknown… even when the known is not so good and the unknown full of … Continue reading →

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