Category Archives: Stuart France and Sue Vincent

Circle of Heaven… Stuart France

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* To find a Black-Bird’s Stone Laid-by the Snake of Steel City, Before the Lowly-Ladies House, Beyond a Blood-Baked Bridge. O’er stile and up, a rise Which leads out-the-wood High, upon a ridge… Continue reading at Stuart France

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On the trail again…

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Sue Vincent

We tend not to do any research before we visit a sacred site, be it an old church or a stone circle. I have written before of some of our reasons. First, there is the risk of spoiling the surprise … Continue reading →

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Derbyshire’s Green Man… Stuart France

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* Beyond the forest’s leafy shade, The hooded one, with giant’s pace From pinnacle to pinnacle Leap’t silently, in moonlit grace… * In eremitic solitude In caverns deep to meditate… Within, the riddle of the night, A key that will … Continue reading →

Old Priest’s Parlour… Stuart France

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* Where silver trees have bent their bough O’er sleepy village streets, we go to solve the riddle of the stones A scattered presence in a row. * To nourish soul and body’s need- A place where ancient bards ovate, … Continue reading →

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Garnering gold…

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Sue Vincent

We followed a golden path through a wood steeped in history and mystery. Mesolithic folk once walked here, whose flints are found eroding from the soft earth. Mines have been dug to gather minerals from deep below a surface where … Continue reading →

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Alder-Ley… Stuart France

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* A rift in the bed-rock Makes us wonder Just what is destined to emerge… A poisonous fume Or the trailing plumes Of a Sun-Bird? * Source: Stuart France

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Burning Bush… Stuart France

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* So, what to say of this banner? It is a work of art, certainly. It is a work of art which transcends the medieval style of its composition, although, the ‘S’ as an ‘eight’ and the ‘M’ as an … Continue reading →

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Blinded by the light… Stuart France

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* So, we return to the quest. And turn shining eyes to the south. Not that we ever left it, yet the churches had definitely ‘fallen off-line’… Until Skipton. Until one particular stained-glass window in Skipton. It is tempting to … Continue reading →

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The Star of St George… Stuart France

Posted on November 24, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* In a green hill, the hollow green hills, a dragon sleeps, tonight. * The red cross on the white shield of St. George is made up of red scales like the scales of the red dragon that wakes at … Continue reading →

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Given III… Stuart France

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* “The problem with ‘religious art’ is that whenever you start to enthuse about it people put you down as ‘God Squad’.” “And then impose their own conception of ‘God’ on you.” “Which is usually a hideously naive one.” “I’d … Continue reading →