Monsters #midnighthaiku

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Strange creatures lurking

What is feared may yet be loved

True nature hidden

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A Review of Morgan Daimler’s ‘A New Dictionary of Fairies’ ~ Neil Rushton

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from deadbutdreaming:

A New Dictionary of Fairies: A 21st-Century Exploration of Celtic and Related Western European Fairies by Morgan Daimler (Moon Books, 2020). ISBN 978 1 78904 036 4

The upsurge of interest in faerie traditions over the last decade suggests there is an innate, newly invigorated, understanding that the faeries represent a fundamentally important part of our cultural zeitgeist. This is partly the result of the internet and the wide spread of information that is now available about a phenomenon, which was previously relegated to the sidelines and even disregarded as an irrelevant, fossilised remnant of past superstition. While folklorists have always maintained the tradition in public consciousness, there has recently been a more dynamic delivery of the faerie phenomenon, which suggests it may have much more to offer, and that its place in the 21st century is an ongoing process.

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Guardian ~ Joe M #writephoto

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

waves batter a cliff
cliff and ocean disappear
i nibble a scone

Reblogged from Joe M at Does Writing Excuse Watching?

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The Last Pilgrim Sets Sail

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

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The day has arrived!

Launch day for The Last Pilgrim!

I’ve just been notified that it IS finally up as an e-book on Kindle!

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The Last Pilgrim: The Life of Mary Allerton Cushman captures and celebrates the grit and struggle of the Pilgrim women, who stepped off the Mayflower in the winter of 1620 to an unknown world – one filled with hardship, danger and death.  The Plymouth Colony would not have survived without them.

 Mary Allerton Cushman was the last surviving passenger of the Mayflower, dying at age 88 in 1699. Her unusually long life and her relationships with important men – her father, Isaac Allerton and her husband, Thomas Cushman – gave her a front row seat to the history of the Plymouth Colony from its beginnings as the first permanent settlement in New England to when it became part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony…

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Carve The Cliffs ~ Na’ama Yehuda #writephoto

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The calls of people searching for him reached his ears but he ignored them. They’d find him soon enough, and there would be punishment for him whether he answered or not. He preferred making good use of his time till then. Listening to other things.

The gulls dipped and screamed above the crashing surf. A rain-cloud hovered over the water, advancing like the searchers toward an inevitable drenching of the shore. It was his perfect weather. This mist on air. The colors. The expectation.

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Guardian ~ Cheryl #writephoto

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Wise old men warnings

Protecting the sailing fools

Proceed with caution

Reblogged from Cheryl at The Bag Lady

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Sunday…

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

A lazy Sunday afternoon
Was not what I intended,
But after work, I closed my eyes,
And woke when day was ended.

With such a lot I ought to do,
From paperwork to cleaning,
I thought I’d read through coffee break
To give the hours meaning.

The Small Dog must have worried
And to make sense of the puzzle,
Woke me by whiskering my face
And going mouth to muzzle.

She plonked the ball down on my chest
To make sure I was waking,
I roused myself and groaned a bit
At all the places aching.

I threw the ball and shook the dreams
From sleep I must have needed…
The battle to stay wakeful
Had been lost, I had conceded.

But all the things I should have done
And not done, to my sorrow,
Don’t really matter much at all,
They’ll still be there tomorrow.

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Guardians ~ Balroop Singh #writephoto

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Frozen faces?
Don’t mistake them for stones
They are the faces of humanity
They tell the untold misery.

Sunburnt and sunken?
Don’t judge their color
They are unsung heroes
Tortured souls who refused to give up.

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Gifted #midnighthaiku

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Romance or passion

All that a heart may yearn for

Found as Nature’s gift

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Bourke’s Luck Potholes in Mpumalanga, South Africa ~ Roberta Eaton

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Roberta Writes:

Bourke’s Luck Potholes in Mpumalanga, South Africa, is a natural water features that indicates the beginning of the Blyde River Canyon. These swirling whirlpools have formed over centuries as the Treur River plunges into the Blyde River causing waterborne sand and rock to grind large and cylindrical potholes into the bedrock of the river.

Bourke’s Luck Potholes are named after a gold digger, Tom Burke, who staked a claim nearby.  Although his claim did not produce a single ounce of gold, he correctly predicted that large gold deposits would be found in the area.

The photographs below are in the order they were taken during our exploration of this famous natural tourist attraction.

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