Tag Archives: history

Circles Beyond Time – Dawn by Helen Jones

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Journey to Ambeth: This is the continued account of my weekend away with The Silent Eye. Click here for parts one, two, three, four and five. 5:11am. Ugh. I hadn’t slept well, and my alarm jolted me out … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Photography, Silent Eye weekend workshop, Spirituality | Tagged ancient, Arbor Low, Carl Wark, hill fort, history, reflection, ritual, stepping stones, stones, sunrise | Leave a comment

Photo prompt round-up – Caged #writephoto

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Sue Vincent

The photograph for this week’s prompt was taken outside a Sheffield pub, the Noose and Gibbet, where the notorious highwayman, Spence Broughton, was gibbeted after his hanging at York in 1792. As pub signs go, this macabre example is in … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged fantasy, fiction, history, mystery, Photography, poetry, short story, writing, writing challenge, writing prompt flash fiction | 8 Comments

The gate of the year

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Sue Vincent

In the little church at Nevern, a poem on a card caught my eye. It was one I’d never seen before and, when I got home, I looked it up and found it has its own place in British history. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged British Royal Family, faith, history, Minnie Louise Haskins, Queen Elizabeth II, royalty, service | 14 Comments

The Crypt from Jane Dougherty #writephoto

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Jane Dougherty Writes: Late night. Moonlight streams through the tall, slender lancet windows and silvers the cold stone of the nave floor. No light falls in the crypt below, but the air moves nonetheless, restless and cold. Tombs … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, writing, writing prompt | Tagged chiller, dark fantasy, fiction, flash fiction, history, short story | Leave a comment

Morphology… from Stuart France

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Stuart France: * The image of myself * * I have made… * * is part of my environment… Continue reading at Morphology

Posted in mystery, Photography, Spirituality | Tagged ancient sites, Derbyshire, giants, history, landscape, mercia, mystery, Photography, psychology, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, The Silent EyeAlbion | Leave a comment

#writephoto: The Door – Jane Dougherty

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Jane Dougherty Writes Their fathers had slaughtered the monks when they arrived at the settlement. Their longship had glided up the estuary on the windswept coast like a grass snake through the rushes, and the battle was short … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged flash fiction, history, invaders | 2 Comments

Mirrored #midnighthaiku

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Posted in Photography, Poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged haiku, history, sculpture | Leave a comment

Silver threads

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Sue Vincent

Blame Colleen 😉

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged haiku, history, roots | 43 Comments

Grazed

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Sue Vincent

This hillside close to my home was once home to an ancient settlement going back to the earliest times. Later, the Romans built a road below it and who knows the stories of those who passed that way? Today few … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography, Poetry | Tagged continuity, haiku, history, lineage | 26 Comments

Grá mo Chroí – Celebrate St Patrick’s day… Free on Kindle!

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Sue Vincent

Grá mo Chroí Love Stories from Irish Myth Ali Isaac & Jane Dougherty I would like to thank Sue Vincent for inviting us (Jane Dougherty and Ali Isaac) to talk about Grá mo Chroí. So here goes, in time for … Continue reading →