Category Archives: Love

A photograph…

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Looking for photographs, I opened a folder on the computer. The first image I came across had me unexpectedly in tears. I have seen it hundreds of times and simply smiled, if a little wistfully. Yet this time, for some … Continue reading →

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Losing the plot…

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I sat and stared, listening to my mouth continuing about its business. With a curious, detached prescience, I was acutely aware that my words were about to run out. I needed his name. Needed to end my speech with it. … Continue reading →

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Under the altar…

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I am not even sure how we saw them hidden there in the shadows beneath the altar. I do know we would never have seen them had we not been looking at the unusual cross-fleury on the floor. The mosaic … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Natalie Ducey – Transendence

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Today, I’d love to share a  poem from The Heart’s Lullaby collection, Transcendence. The Heart’s Lullaby was published in July, 2017. It’s my second poetry collection. I discovered my passion for digital art and painting in the past year and love … Continue reading →

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What if? Not a poem – by Jan Malique

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from strangegoingsonintheshed: Image: Barmouth, North Wales, Jan Malique What if I could bring back all that you’d forgotten? Will you smile then, run in fields of glory, be the child bathed in laughter? Piece by piece assemble the memories … Continue reading →

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The quiet ones…

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Sue Vincent

The computer decided to play the fool, doing unmentionable things with no provocation. I’d only just sorted the email that had blocked me from answering anything, even though it let me see all the emails piling up. And, to make … Continue reading →

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The Grampire, Darth Vader and the Wicked Witch

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Sue Vincent

O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An’ foolish notion: What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us, An’ ev’n devotion! Robert Burns: … Continue reading →

Posted in children, Humour, Life, Love and Laughter, Love, The Silent Eye | Tagged , , , , , , | 43 Comments

Guest author: Patty L. Fletcher (and Seeing Eye Dog Campbell Lee – aka Bubba) Bubba Tails: Awakening to love

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Sue Vincent

To many, waking up with a big hairy dog for a companion every-day might seem rather trivial. To me, it is one of the very best parts of the entire week, hands down. The following tells the (tail) tale better … Continue reading →

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A light in the darkness

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Sue Vincent

“I have awoken with a fire in my belly, a good fire, one that speaks of life, a beacon in the dark, and if I place it on a high enough peak perhaps you can see it, perhaps it can … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, depression, Grief, Life, Love, Memories, Nick Verron, Spirituality, transformation | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 36 Comments

Ani’s Advent Invitation – You are never too old to be loved by Sally Cronin

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Well, it snowed a bit here yesterday… not much, not even long enough for me to play out…and then it all disappeared. It is all very well her heaving sighs of relief, but I was looking forward to a long … Continue reading →

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