Category Archives: Life

Ready to roll

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Sue Vincent

My new chair arrived and the writerly posterior is now ensconced in unaccustomed and softly cushioned luxury… and loving it. However, I do have a small complaint. Not about the chair itself…oh no, that’s heaven! But… Call me old fashioned, … Continue reading →

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A twist in the tail

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Sue Vincent

My son’s pond is a constant source of delight. There is something tranquil in the still, reflective surface and the sound of water running through the stream and falling from the little cascade. After three years the ecosystem is well … Continue reading →

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This little piggy…

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Sue Vincent

A foot was thrust into my line of vision with an injunction to look. Unable to think of a suitable retort to this unusual command, I complied. The foot appeared to be just that… a foot. Not a particularly attractive … Continue reading →

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Lord of the flies? A tale of the unexplained…

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Sue Vincent

Technology has been letting me down left, right and centre… losing work to crashing computers, locked out of various sites for no reason I can find…phone running slower than a little old lady in traffic and the back-up laptop refusing … Continue reading →

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Sleepless with slugs

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Sue Vincent

I should be in bed, but I’m sitting here listening to the rain. The windows are all wide open, even though the air is now chill and midnight long gone. Ani, ever the opportunist, demanded the back door be opened … Continue reading →

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Getting nowhere fast

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Sue Vincent

The morning started early…long before dawn… even though the night had ended late. You would think I would have done mounds of stuff by now, but not so. The rest of the morning disappeared in my son’s kitchen then I … Continue reading →

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Urban spring

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Sue Vincent

Over the past couple of weeks I have spent an awful lot of hours in the garden, weeding, planting and filling it with future delights. Not my garden, I hasten to add… mine is both very green and very untidy, … Continue reading →

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Another late night…

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Sue Vincent

It is late. It has been another busy day and it is not over yet. I have still to return my son whence he came… Hades comes to mind. Once, that is, he has finished wallowing in my carefully hoarded … Continue reading →

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The longest days…

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Sue Vincent

“There is a god…” My tormentor grinned ecstatically. Though quite why he feels the Good Lord should choose to manifest proof of His existence in the tortured screams of a perfectly good hobbit, I do not know. My son, however, … Continue reading →

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A day of little things

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Sue Vincent

It has been a beautiful spring day here, so the fact that the heating has died again didn’t become apparent until I dipped my toe in the nice, hot bath I had run and found it to be about as … Continue reading →

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