Category Archives: Life

The Big Issue – A Magazine, lifeline and a way forward.

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Sue Vincent

From Sally Cronin… Originally posted on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life: My view on charity is that its aim should always be to enable people to become independent wherever possible. Which is why I support organisations that … Continue reading →

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Three Quote Challenge – III

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Sue Vincent

“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” — Oscar Wilde Éilis, whose poetry and … Continue reading →

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Independence Day… and what it means to me

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Sue Vincent

Today is my son’s sixth birthday… he is thirty one years old. I ought, perhaps, to clarify. It is the 4th July. What, to the US, is Independence Day, was long ago renamed in our household as Nick’s re-birthday. And … Continue reading →

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Red rag…

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Sue Vincent

“Do you know you are bleeding, luv?” I thanked the shopkeeper through gritted teeth. Yes, I knew. It had been going on a while. I wasn’t exactly having the best of mornings, being in the clutches of the health system … Continue reading →

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New and unusual…

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Sue Vincent

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining. Just curious. For the third time I had woken up to a whole day’s worth of page views before I had even put the kettle on for the first coffee. Yes, I … Continue reading →

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Don’t drink the water

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Sue Vincent

I poured the glass of water and immediately banished the thoughts that sprang to mind. I’d just been dealing with the pond again, watching leeches swim in the shallow water at one end and wondering how the hell they got … Continue reading →

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Five days photo challenge 2 – Wheels

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Sue Vincent

This is not a bike. It is not even just an awesome recumbent trike. This is adventure. It is currently being customised at London Recumbents who sent the pictures, and explains one of the mysterious trips we made down that … Continue reading →

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Adrenaline

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Sue Vincent

Well, after yesterday I slept like the proverbial log, content, by the end of it, that the rollercoaster had ground to a halt. This morning it would be a slightly later start than usual. I had time for housework and … Continue reading →

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Hunting the sneak

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Sue Vincent

I woke early. Four o’clock is early by any standards, more so when it had taken till two in the morning to finally get to sleep. By this time I was slathered in aloe and menthol, smelling like some kind … Continue reading →

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Risk assessment

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Sue Vincent

My son is Up To Something. No, not another jump! You’ll have gathered I’m dying to write about it, but until he lets me, I remain silent. Sort of. Suffice it to say that the whole affair carries more than … Continue reading →

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