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Living Ones…

Posted on May 19, 2023 by Stuart France

‘Solar Bear’ – Sue Vincent 2009 *** … “Well,” says Wen, with a mischievous grin playing across her features, “I have some more shocking news for you.” “Really?” say I. Not really paying too much attention because most of that … Continue reading →

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Temples…

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Stuart France

‘Hassop Church comprising a sandstone temple with Etruscan portico, Grecian windows, and Tuscan pilasters. Constructed deep in the Derbyshire Dales by Francis Eyre.’ (Photograph and description by Sue Vincent) * Temple – n 1. a building designed for religious purposes. … Continue reading →

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‘Something Feral…

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Sue Vincent

… This way comes!’ *** Up high among the hilltops a lone figure braves the weather, Feet braced against a howling gale and shoulders hunched together, The bitter wind and rain have dogged his footsteps every mile, The trademark headgear … Continue reading →

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‘Rooted in the Land’…

Posted on May 3, 2023 by Stuart France

*** This is something which was very dear to Sue’s heart. The ‘logo’ is still in sketch form because Sue, as well as re-editing our books for their second editions, was working on this project just before she passed… The … Continue reading →

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Big Book of Giants…

Posted on March 24, 2023 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 →

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Flying Kites…

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Stuart France

*** … The church of St Lawrence is surrounded by Yew trees and as we leave the grounds I see a flash of red arrow from tree to tree very low as if coming in to land. I burst through … Continue reading →

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An Unexpected Encounter…

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Sue Vincent

We took to the backroads again, nodding to Drake’s statue as we passed through Tavistock once more, climbing up towards Dartmoor. On our way south, the mists had closed around us completely and we had seen little more of the … Continue reading →

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Labour pains…

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Sue Vincent

*** The clock is ticking, time inexorably moves us closer to the launch event of the Silent Eye… in a little less than three weeks… We are flat out getting everything ready… and of course, this is precisely when I … Continue reading →

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Stepping stones

Posted on November 26, 2022 by Sue Vincent

I was thinking about one of my favourite places today, and while for me it is the high moors, there are other things to see in Ilkley. As a child I used to love stepping off the train into the … Continue reading →

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Dark Fantasy…

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Stuart France

  * First a formless mass of light, then the firmament of stars, then sun and moon, then sea and land, then reptiles, and birds, then beasts, and man, and then, contemplation… * If the ‘candlestick vision’ which opens the … Continue reading →

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