Tag Archives: history

Brave New World ~ Willow Willers #writephoto

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The path well trod leads to the stones Feet bare or shod approach the thrones The Gods of men look down and smile The land is bathed in gold for a while. Continue reading at willowdot21

Posted in photo prompt, Photography, Poetry | Tagged extinction, future, history | 1 Comment

The outcast dead ~ Mike Biles

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from A Bit About Britain: This is Cross Bones Graveyard, surely one of the saddest places in London. Its story belongs within a wider narrative about poverty and prostitution, an important aspect of the two-thousand year history of the … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged burials, Cross Bones Graveyard, history, London. | 3 Comments

A silver cord

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

As soon as I was considered old enough to wander alone… a ridiculously young age by today’s standards… I would knock on the doors of the various elderly relatives that lived within a stone’s throw of home or school. Their … Continue reading →

Posted in The Silent Eye | Tagged coal mines, compassion, continuity, eyewitness, history, isolaton, loneliness, memory, mills, pit ponies, stories | 6 Comments

Memory ~ Hayley R. Hardman #writephoto

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Who knew what the old standing stones remembered. I ran my hand along their rough cut, damp moss covered surface as I walked around each one. Did they remember where they came from? Who brought them here and what worship … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged countryside, family, gods, history, Image Writing Prompts, memories, mystery, night, relfections, snow, stone, tears, teenages, writephoto | Leave a comment

Fragments of history

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Over the past month or so, we have been revisiting places in my local area in preparation for the April workshop we will be running here. There are so many wonderful sites that we would love to include, but time … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Books, Churches, England, Friendship, Heart of Albion, History, Life, Love and Laughter, medieval wall paintings, Photography, Spirituality | Tagged being, Books, consciousness, history, Life, Photography, spirituality, Stuart France | 20 Comments

Hostýn and a strange image of Jesus ~ G. Michael Vasey

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Magical World of G. Michael Vasey : Last weekend I managed a quick trip out to Hostýn about 100km from Brno. Svatý Hostýn or St.Hostýn is a hill in Moravia and a place of devotion to Mary. … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, reblog | Tagged churches, czech republic, energy, history, Holy well, leys, mystery, sacred spring | 1 Comment

Guest Author: Robbie Cheadle ~ Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The Hungarian Jewish Museum was constructed on the plot where Theodor Herzl‘s, known as the father of the State of Israel, two-story Classicist style house stood, and adjoins the Great Synagogue on Dohány Street in Budapest. The museum holds the Jewish Religious and Historical … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest post | Tagged Hanukkah, history, holocaust, hungary, Menorah, museum, travel | 31 Comments

Terms of Endearment

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Sue Vincent

I have had many nicknames over the years, from the inevitable adolescent reflections on my anatomy, an avenue we will not explore here thank-you-very-much, to the classically inspired… and just about everything in between. Most have had a literary inspiration, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, france and vincent, Goddess, Heart of Albion, Humour, Lord of the Rings, Mythology, Spirituality, Tolkein | Tagged Books, history, love, magic, motherhood, relationships, spirituality | 57 Comments

Oncoming storm ~ Tina Stewart Brakebill #writephoto

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

an oncoming storm harbinger of future doom echoes history Continue reading at Tina Stewart Brakebill

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Ancient stories

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

One of the things that have struck home over the past few years, wandering around the churches of Britain, is just how much we learn and understand from stories and images. The record held in these ancient places goes back … Continue reading →