Tag Archives: legends

Living Lore reblog: James Osborne ~The Gold Boulder

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from James Osborne: We all know legends grow with retelling. This one’s no exception. It’s about a gold boulder . . . and how it caused a murder. Or did it? We’re not sure. Nor are we convinced about … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged BC, British Columbia, gold, Grey Creek, Kootenay Lake, legends, miners, mining, murder, prospecting, riches, shooting | 2 Comments

Folk tales, local legends and fairy stories? – Guest posts wanted!

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Sue Vincent

It is five o’clock here in England and my daily featured spot is empty again. I feel unwanted, abandoned, bereft… Here I am, all ready to welcome guests, and not a guest in sight! I could just sigh and reblog … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest post | Tagged alternative realities, Book launch, book promotion, Books, death, fantasy, fiction, folk magic, Folk Tale, folklore, free author promotion, legends, loved ones, paranormal, Photography, Poetry, psychism, supernatural, writing | 60 Comments

Remains – Robbie Cheadle #writephoto

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Sue Vincent

This week, Sue has provided the prompt “remains” for her Thursday photo prompt. I thought I would have a go at another haibun. I like the idea of prose and a haiku related by a common thread, yet different. All … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged bungay, ghosts, legends, story | 2 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 →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged amwriting, Crazy, creative, creative writing, epic, fiction, flash fiction, fun, Humor, humour, Ireland, legends, myths, nonsense, short story, snakes, St Patrick, St. Patrick's Day, story, thriller, writephoto, writing, writing challenge | 2 Comments

Pancake Ridge – reblogged from Walking with a Smacked Pentax

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Sue Vincent

The Pancake Stone lies on the edge of Ilkley moor, in Yorkshire. Visible from some distance, and covered in ‘cup stones‘, it is a large slab balanced on top of another large rock (similar to a pancake in a large … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, reblog, Uncategorized | Tagged Ilkley, landscape, legends, Moors | 6 Comments

The land of the ‘stone father’

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Sue Vincent

At the heart of an ancient landscape is the Dorset village of Cerne Abbas. The village grew up around a Benedictine Abbey founded there over a thousand years ago and it is still a place where folklore, myth and legend … Continue reading →

Posted in The Silent Eye | Tagged Abbey, Cerne Abbas, chalk figure, dorset, Holy well, landscape, legends, symbolism, weekend workshop | 6 Comments

Red Riding Hood – Anurag Bakhshi #writephoto

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Act I This is the magical path through the woods on which I first saw her. She looked stunning, with her long blond hair, her blue eyes, and red lips. Adorned in a red cape, hood, and flower-printed dress, … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged amwriting, creative, creative writing, Fables, fairy tales, fiction, flash fiction, fun, legends, love, Mythical Creatures, Psychological, Quirky, Red Riding Hood, reimagining, retelling, romance, short story, story, thriller, True Love, writing, writing challenge | 4 Comments

Hallowed…

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Sue Vincent

We recently shared a simple meditation as a mark of love and respect for those who have passed, particularly within the last year. I thought long and hard about writing about what was a very personal and emotional experience, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Elusive realities, Life, Love, Memory | Tagged blessing, halloween, Halloween traditions, healing, legends, Samhain, turnip lantern | 22 Comments

The Wyrm and the Wyrd – Within the living land

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

It had been a long time since I had first come across a reference to Thor’s Cave when I was doing some research for Dark Sage. We were not, at that point, feeling the call to go there; caves were … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancient sites, History, Landscape, Mythology, Photography | Tagged burial, Don and Wen, Lair of the White Worm, legend, legends, prehistoric site, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, Thor's Cave | 30 Comments

The Wyrm and the Wyrd: Stones and stories

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Sue Vincent

What with exploding computers, forays to the north and everything else that has been going on around here, the account of our return from the Silent Eye’s weekend event in Wales got a little sidetracked while there were still a … Continue reading →