Category Archives: The Silent Eye

Wings of love

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The red kites are teasing me again, circling low over the garden… until I grab the camera, disappearing in their typical fashion as soon as the lens is pointed skywards. They were at it all morning, yet all I managed … Continue reading →

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Fragments of Light

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Sue Vincent

I was talking with my son about the way life works out. The daily round of events and occurrences great and small that seem to be scattered, like pieces of broken glass, across the table of time. Some events hit … Continue reading →

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Walking through history

Posted on February 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We were out before daylight again, the dog and I. In spite f the storms, wind and rain, there are daffodils in flower and everywhere there are signs of spring. While the human half of this pre-dawn duo cowered gratefully … Continue reading →

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Virgin of the Ridge…

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …Come together in this countryside, where so much has lately gone undone, Come armed with wisdom and intelligence, together we shall utter the words of truth, which heaven’s saints are wont to hear and they will come down amongst … Continue reading →

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Getting engaged…

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Some places just seem to have a timeless quality. Almost exactly seven years after our first visit, ‘our blue chapel’ looked the same… still as beautiful and serene as ever. We sat on the rickety bench that is still there, … Continue reading →

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Who wants to live forever?

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Morning lights the east with liquid flame as the earth and I shrink into ourselves, frozen and pensive. Even so, with such beauty as this you almost wish you could live forever so the memory of it would never fade. … Continue reading →

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Our Blue Chapel…

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …Wen and I are discussing plans for the morrow over supper. I for my part am keen to spend as much time in Our Blue Chapel as humanly possible and to that end have come up with a task … 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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Living knowledge

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“Crepuscular!” He was getting desperate now, having exhausted his list of the most obscure words. His face fell as I gave him the definition. He tried another and scowled… “How do you do that?” “I read.” The words he dangled … Continue reading →

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A contract with wonder

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The glamorous sky seems an incongruous backdrop for mundane chimneypots and washing lines. Veiled by the pallid grey of low cloud or with a symphony of shades, the sun rises over the fields, painting the morning with impossible colour, every … Continue reading →

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