Category Archives: Scotland

Solstice of the Moon: Circle of Timeless Light

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

A few stars twinkled above Inverurie as our group gathered for dinner. It wasn’t even raining much. That probably explains why, some time after nine o’clock, when the moonless night had well and truly fallen, four people would once again … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: Switching the Lights On

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We had returned to Easter Aquhorthies for a second visit. It was still raining, but this time the sky was much brighter than the iron-grey deluge of the day before and there was already a sense of revisiting an old … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: Stone of the Maiden

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Once upon a time… twelve or thirteen hundred years ago… there lived a fair maiden. She was, it is told, the daughter of the Laird of Balquhain. She was betrothed and very soon to be married. On the eve of … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: Unfamiliar Territory

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It is raining again and about to get worse. You are in a suburban green space between neat-gardened houses, the last place you would expect to find an ancient treasure… and you are confronted with something both so alien and … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: Circle of Peace

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Our first stop next day was a place where mysterious stones, a Celtic saint and a link to one of the best-known legends of the British Isles all come together in a village churchyard. It took a bit of finding, … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: The Field of Prayer

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Sue Vincent

There were many merry meetings in Inverurie, bringing a golden glow to the afternoon that belied the grisaille of rain and wet stone. We were greeted outside our meeting place with fierce hugs from a lady we love dearly and … Continue reading →

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“Ain’t this a mess, Sheriff?” ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Sue Vincent

In the film ‘No Country for Old Men’, there’s a famous opening scene at the site of a drugs shoot-out. Everyone’s dead when the local Sheriff and his deputy arrive and start wandering through the bodies as though they were … Continue reading →

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Laying a trail…

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

I pulled the camper-van into the parking spot and woke my companion. While he set about making coffee in the snazzy little kitchen, I rummaged in the storage compartment for the tool kit and another sign. We had done well … Continue reading →

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Rings of Earth and Sky – Steve Tanham

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Sue Vincent

To find that time and circumstance Had placed us in an isle of fertile space Where others led us to a place A ring wherein the sky and earth would quarter meet There is no sense of wonder deeper Than … Continue reading →

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Maiden Mother Crone, Part 8 – Farewell by Helen Jones

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Journey to Ambeth: So this was it. The final stop on my weekend with the Silent Eye, not far from where it had begun for me, two days earlier. We were very close to Aberdeen airport, but, other … Continue reading →

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