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Songs of a bard….

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Sue Vincent

I love the old stories, the legends and lays of ancient times when the world, from our vantage point, seemed both a more innocent and more magical place, where the impossible walked hand in hand with the improbable and where … Continue reading →

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Flying kites…

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Sue Vincent

The original post from 22nd March, 2013 in which Sue describes day three of our adventures in what was to become the story of, The Initiate… I woke yesterday to two lines in my inbox that brought a sense of … Continue reading →

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Letting in the Light

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Sue Vincent

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” Rumi Near the fence there are some huge chunks of wood… slices salvaged from the old horse chestnut tree that used to hold my home and garden within its embrace. … Continue reading →

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Storytelling

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Our earliest ancestors looked out upon this world and framed what they saw in stories that reached the heart through the imagination. As man and his questions became ever more sophisticated, the stories evolved, couching abstract concepts and ideas within … Continue reading →

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But ‘n’ Ben…

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Gauche… Gangly… Currently scrofulous… Bark Jaw-Dark contemplated the pork pie he had recently fished from the depths of the jacket pocket of his un-pressed suit and placed it whole in his mouth. “Hey, Jordache!” “Jaw-Dark,” spluttered Bark through the pork … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt: Fallen #writephoto

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Originally posted on willowdot21:
This is my entry for Sue Vincent of The Daily Echo‘s Thursday Photo Prompt Challenge. Fallen Fallen from another world These two angels never their wings unfurled. Fell to earth too fast to recover Lay now,asleep…

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Guest author: Wendy Van Camp – The Poet In Spite of Herself

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I stood before the audience, my notebook open as I prepared to read an excerpt from my novel “The Curate’s Brother“.  It is a historical romance based off of Jane Austen’s novel “Persuasion”.  It was one of many readings that … Continue reading →

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How To: Find and Set up Share Tabs on WordPress

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Originally posted on Plaisted Formatting & Genealogy:
Yes I know there are tutorial for WordPress about how to use and improve your websites & blogs (especially for beginners. The tutorials are brilliant and informative. It is a great place to…

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An Orcadian Diary (1) Silent Guns

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Originally posted on Sun in Gemini:
It ends beneath the ground; it always does. The bones of soldiers buried in fine ceremony, though the organic memory passed long before the corpse was glorified. Collective kindness crumpled by division in the…

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Ship of Fools – a Sonnet for the Playwright …

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Sue Vincent

“What’s that?” The gentleman standing beside me eyed the scroll in my hand. We had just completed the final ritual of Jewel in the Claw, the five-act workshop written by Steve and set in Elizabethan England. Steve had played Shakespeare… … Continue reading →

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