Category Archives: Spirituality

Four letter word

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Sue Vincent

“Who do you love best?” I overheard a conversation between mother and her small child and remembered my own sons asking me this question when they were very small. I imagine it is one many children throw at their parents … Continue reading →

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Talking to myself?

Posted on August 27, 2019 by Sue Vincent

I was going back through some old writings and as is often the way, things written long ago come to my eyes as if penned by another hand and heart. Meaning leaps from the page, revelations lurk behind each word … Continue reading →

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Emergence

Posted on August 25, 2019 by Sue Vincent

The dragonfly perched on the sun warmed granite of the bench… more than I am allowed to do, as it still has to be drilled and fixed immovably in place. I was precariously perched on the edge of a flowerbed, … Continue reading →

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Eyes for an Eye… Stuart France

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* “You know of what I speak, Gandalf. A great eye, lidless, wreathed in flame.” * I recall struggling to formulate this image when first reading Tolkien’s masterpiece. Even with the help of the cover illustrations it seemed to me … Continue reading →

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Space and Time

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Consciousness flickers round the edges of dreaming and I become vaguely aware of the delicious luxury of warmth and comfort and a body relaxed and sleepy. It is dark and silent, the dawn will be long in coming, and dreams … Continue reading →

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Perfect peace

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Sue Vincent

The sun had shone on a perfect day, buzzing with the sound of summer. The air was full of small noises… the distant squeals and laughter of children playing, insects busily going about their job, music carried on the breeze, … Continue reading →

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Shadows

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Sue Vincent

To the small creatures that call the tree home, we are no more than a temporary addition to their landscape. Spiders and beetles wander over our legs or drop from our hair as we rest with our backs to the … Continue reading →

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Rombalds Moor

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Sue Vincent

There is a place the heart calls home, I think, for each of us. Sometimes we are lucky enough to live there. Sometimes it simply lives within us and pulls at the heartstrings, calling us. It may be the place … Continue reading →

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Reflections

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Sue Vincent

‘Know thyself’… Pausanius tells us it was inscribed in the court before the temple of Apollo at Delphi. We are given to understand it is associated too with the Inner Temples in ancient Egypt. It is one of the first … Continue reading →

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Herr Doktor…

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* Not warlike… Blood-Spilled! Not romantic… Heart-Thrilled! Not adventurous… Action-Filled! * Instead, our muse intends to trill it’s heaven-sent verse ‘gainst this… * …Our players willed to shape the Faustian Fall for well or ill. * Continue reading at The … Continue reading →

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