Category Archives: Steve Tanham

Divination: Art or Science? (2) : An Old Fire ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The man, still distinguished though his hair and moustache were now silver, sat before the fire. Once more, he was alone in his home by the lake. Before him, the old kettle, as black with age as he was white, … Continue reading →

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Divination: Art or Science? (1) ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Sue Vincent

For as long as there have been humans on Earth, we have sought to find answers. Wise women and wise men have been cherished throughout history for their ability to throw ‘light’ on complex problems and situations. In our modern … Continue reading →

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The Old One and the Gatekeeper (3) non action ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Sue Vincent

37 The Dao abides in non-action but there is nothing it does not do. When the leaders abide, The myriad of things transform by itself; Transformed yet desire to act, I lead the community by not naming the simplicity of … Continue reading →

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Marking the Horizon ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Our garden is south-facing, which is lovely when the sun shines, as we benefit from its rays through most of the day. I’ve begun to write about the history of our ‘gunpowder’ village of Sedgwick in other posts. The old … Continue reading →

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The Joyous Photograph ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

From a photographic perspective, we live in a wonderful age. Even the most humble of today’s mobile phones boasts a decent camera. Used within their limitations, we can achieve an amazing record of our days – even locally to our … Continue reading →

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Going Viral ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

There’s nothing funny about Covid-19, the China-originated Coronavirus that has just been declared a global pandemic. But the explosive spread of the infection throws a lot of light on the state of human nature. A friend of mine said, recently, … Continue reading →

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Echoes of the Bunkermen ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

I was born in the 1950s. It was an age riven by anxiety about nuclear war. Ten years after the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had been destroyed by the first use of atomic-powered warfare, the west was still … Continue reading →

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Wisdom Breathes Out? ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We seem to be wrestling with the recognition that an age is coming to an end, and that strange forms are filling the world with casual madness, behaving as though nothing hangs over, us; no piper calling for the line … Continue reading →

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The Flickering Present ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

I’ve taken a lot of photographs during the past ten years, but none of them like the one above. Taken at Castlerigg Stone Circle, near Keswick, in December 2018, it depicts what I’ve called the ‘green flame’. The photo was … Continue reading →

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Voices in the Mist (2) ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part One. From a distance it looks too stark to be a monument. The eye is, initially, disappointed as the form makes its modernistic impact. Both the height of the pylons and the width of the base ( … Continue reading →

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