Category Archives: Steve Tanham

Vexed by the Tribe ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on August 15, 2019 by

I am vexed… It’s a word you don’t hear much, now. Old English, I believe. It describes an agitated state of mind – and possibly body – when something nagging can’t be solved. What I’m vexed about is the entrenchment … Continue reading →

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What’s the point of blogging?

Posted on May 24, 2019 by

Blogging is a commitment… it takes time, energy and work to produce a respectable blog. What starts as a free site often begins to cost money and, every so often, you will wonder whether or not the returns are worth … Continue reading →

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The Bedouin ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on May 23, 2019 by

Image by Cuyahoga from Pixabay It is said we learn most from those we would wish to emulate. Not copy, perhaps, but take from them an essence of thought, of action. If we are younger, of style, even… There must … Continue reading →

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Two for the Solstice ~ Barbara Walsh and Steve Taham

Posted on December 20, 2018 by

Two poems for the coming Solstice. The first is The Iron Hand from Barbara Walsh, who is in the process of establishing her own WordPress site: The Iron Hand The iron-hard earth imprisons life below Cold darkness, gripping life that … Continue reading →

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A Walk with dogs, The Lune and St Michael ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on November 8, 2018 by

The Lune Valley is always worth exploring. The river Lune rises as a stream near Ravenstone Dale, Cumbria, and gathers momentum and volume as it winds towards the sea at Lancaster and its one time port, Glasson Dock. Devil’s Bridge, … Continue reading →

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A Chip off the Old Block (part 2 of 2) ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on October 11, 2018 by

In Part One, we looked at the implications of one of the hot topics in modern physics: that of Block Theory, and its two offspring theories – Expanding Block Theory and Evolving Block Theory. These dull names hide a very … Continue reading →

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Principles of Fire (5) A Tribe of One ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on September 6, 2018 by

They who set out to discover the twin meanings of the word ‘self’ must walk a certain path. The route to the deeper, real self lies only in the journey through the everyday self. Without this study – and its … Continue reading →

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The feather ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on July 12, 2018 by

There was a feather on his pillow when he settled down to sleep that last time. He had no idea where it had come from. If it was time to die, so be it… Always the same beginning to the … Continue reading →

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Jewels in the Claw (5) – Steve Tanham

Posted on May 24, 2018 by

Continued from Part Four. Kind hands pass him a hot tea. He sits on the edge of what was the Royal Court, sipping and watching the ghosts… Many kind faces came to life in this, now-unstructured space – but it … Continue reading →

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Carry on talking – Steve Tanham

Posted on March 15, 2018 by

From twisted flesh and sinew You dared to dream To think, to see, to do And in that doing felt The Universe create anew ⦿ Continue reading at The Silent Eye.

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