Category Archives: Life

Mobile menace…

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It is a five-mile drive home from work. I nearly killed three people. Four, counting the baby I must assume was in the hooded pushchair. You can imagine the headlines, “Mother and baby killed by careless driver…” Few would look … Continue reading →

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Sound of waves…

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* After holidaying three years running at White-Lake, Mother decided it offered more congenial surroundings than sooty Colton in which to bring up a family so she put it to Father that we really ought to move there for good. … Continue reading →

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Ugly ducklings?

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The past few days have been all about fish. The near-constant rain had delayed operations in my son’s garden and the waterfalls were slowing up enough to make cleaning the pond pumps and filter a matter of some urgency. So, … Continue reading →

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Down the wormhole?

Posted on November 30, 2019 by Sue Vincent

I am waiting for a hospital appointment. I have now been waiting for nearly three weeks and have heard nothing. It is a good thing that I am not expecting them to find what they are looking for, or I … Continue reading →

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Cryborg…

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* When, O’ when will we learn? * Pathologies are not people. * Neither are robots, nor automatons. * Count Jack Black Reblogged from France and Vincent

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Man vs machine?

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Sue Vincent

I awoke with an odd thought playing around the corners of my mind. “…You could, theoretically, extrapolate the whole of human evolution and history, every conversation and story that had ever been or would be, from a single human cell.” … Continue reading →

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Out of nowhere

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Beckie at Beckie’s Mental Mess is running a series at present to highlight the many misunderstood aspects of mental health by asking people to write of their own experiences. This week, she is looking at the effects of PTSD. Ten … Continue reading →

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Con-Men and Cwena…

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* Talking to door-knobs, is one way of opening doors… * ‘Maam, charmed,’ sez the Wolf-of-Oz, oozing oblique obsequies, rather than, ‘Alacazan!’ * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Harmony

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Berry brown and ancient, Lichen covered stones Watch a frosty moon Colour winter’s clouds. Flowering the night With sacred light; Sanctuary for a wild spirit. My soul rests, Breathing Nature’s harmony A quiet shade In the garden of life.

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Elusive realities and strange encounters: Will you share your story..?

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Sue Vincent

This post also exists as a ‘page’ in the menu, but as so many people now read on devices where the menu headings are not immediately visible, I thought it might be an idea to share it again here… there … Continue reading →

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