Tag Archives: Ireland

Discovering Albion – day 7: Brechin

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Just when you thought we must surely be moving into the next day’s adventure now… we went for lunch. It seemed a reasonable thing to do at quarter to twelve. I, at least, was in serious need of the grounding … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, Ancient sites, Photography, scotland road trip, travel | Tagged Brechin, church, Ireland, Round Tower, Tay bridge | 2 Comments

Barb Taub on Little Red RH as thriller. PLUS #BookReview~ Madam Tulip and the Serpent’s Tree by @DaveAhernwriter #RBRT #humor #thriller

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Barb Taub: Lately, I’ve been reading some fabulous books from Rosie’s Book Review Team, and thinking about them in terms of Christopher Booker’s metaplot theory. Using Little Red Riding Hood as a metaplot here, I considered what Red’s story might … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged actor, Barb's Commentary, book review, Christopher Booker, cozy mystery, Humor, Ireland, metaplot theory, paranormal, reviews, second sight, writing: craft | 3 Comments

The First Harvest: Lughnasadh or Lammas? ~ Christine Valentor

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Witchlike: Happy August! As the golden sun winds down and the days ever so slightly grow shorter, we find ourselves in the midst of the first harvest feast also known as Lughnasadh or Lammas. This is a cross … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged celtic, folklore, Goddess, harvest, Ireland, Lammas, Lugh, Lughnasa, Lughnasadh, Mythology, pagan, shakespeare | 1 Comment

For the love of roots ~ Thady #writephoto

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Sue Vincent

I grew up, somewhat displaced, on a small farm in south Sligo, in the beautiful west of Ireland. We lived near the village of Aclare, snuggled on the lee side of the Ox Mountains which kept the worse of the … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged childhood, Ireland, leaving home, memories, Sligo, town and country | Leave a comment

At the Stone Circle ~ Suzanne #writephoto

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Once again Sue Vincent’s prompt Writephoto prompt – timeless has a synchronous quality to it for me. A little over a week ago I purchased an online series of guided meditations called Mythic Listening. When I listened to the first meditation … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged Australia, Ireland, memoir, Poetry, spirituality, Sue Vincent's photo write, travel | 2 Comments

Ireland’s Holocaust heroine ~ David Lawlor

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from historywithatwist: The great events of our past – the wars and the genocides – are just a series of small steps strung together… steps that when looked back upon appear to be a seamless, momentous journey. And because … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged extermination camps, history, holocaust, Ireland, Mary Elmes, prisoner of war, refugees | 5 Comments

Joy Lennick interviews author Sally Cronin

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Joy Lennick, talking to Sally Cronin: Thank you very much Joy for inviting me over for an interview… it is a great pleasure. Where you born and what was your first memory? I was born in Wickham, a … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged authors, Factual, fiction, health, Ireland, Sally Cronin, short stories, Spain, travel, writers. | 2 Comments

Guest post: Award winning fiction from Kaye Park Hinckley

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Sue Vincent

2018 WINNER OF THE INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD IN RELIGIOUS FICTION THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE CORN: MEMOIRS OF A SCOTS IRISH WOMAN Kaye Park Hinckley Love and hate, life and death, trust, betrayal, and the ‘always hovering’ choice to forgive, … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest post | Tagged america, Books, faith, fiction, history, independent pressawards, Ireland, Life, prizewinning fiction, Scotland | 15 Comments

Weedwifery and the mythic imagination – Dr Sharon Blackie

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Enchanted Garden: In a chapter of The Enchanted Life entitled ‘Coming Home to Ourselves’, I wrote about the ways in which we can deepen our relationship and sense of belonging to the place we live: specifically, to … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged Airmed, celtic, Diancecht, Enchantment, folklore, herbalism, Ireland, myth, Mythology, The Enchanted Life, weedwife | 4 Comments

Banished – Anurag Bakhshi #writephoto

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Sue Vincent

We had to keep looking ahead, keep moving forward, for there was nothing left behind us, nothing but death and destruction. Uprooted from a land on which generations of us had taken birth, lived our lives, and prospered. Our lives … Continue reading →