Tag Archives: Life

Notes from a small dog XIII

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I am dedicating this post to my fan. Yes, I have a fan. One or two, even.  Particularly, though,  to one lady who always reads my posts. Do dogs blush? I think not. We can do guilty, and are pretty … Continue reading →

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Frogs and the French

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Sue Vincent

 There is a blackbird singing in the sunlight in the garden. It is warm for a moment between the iron grey clouds that have drenched everything with spring rain. It is, just for these few minutes, golden outside. It is … Continue reading →

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The tree

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Sue Vincent

Going through old files in the night, I came across a piece I wrote some years ago, at a time when I had a partner, before the boys had left home, and when a great and beautiful chestnut tree overhung … Continue reading →

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Midnight musing – or Skyclad in Scotland

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I’m having a coffee, then I’m going to bed. Honest. I have been either sewing, on the phone or writing all day, apart from a quick visit to the supermarket for my son and yes, I still forgot to get … Continue reading →

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Taking a break

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I’m up to my eyeballs in bright orange cotton, I still haven’t eaten, the cooking’s forgotten. I might grab a sandwich or maybe some toast. (It won’t do to turn up at the launch as a ghost) The dusting needs … Continue reading →

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Ten days and counting….

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Sue Vincent

Ten days, that’s 240 hours… less a minimum of 60 hours sleep, the ten hours we are already into those ten days till we have to set off, 40 hours minimum earning my living, several hours between hospitals, travelling and … Continue reading →

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Eleven days….

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Sue Vincent

Ok, I will not mention panic, countdowns, or the shocked expletive that wanders constantly through my mind, kicking me into realisation… eleven days. Nine days and I’m at the hospital sorting the imminent surgery. the timing of that is wonderful, … Continue reading →

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A hobbit’s revenge

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Sue Vincent

The patio doors in from the garden had been open when I arrived for the first time this year. An observer would see me seated in the centre of the room while my sons, both bearded, tall, alike but yet … Continue reading →

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Nerkism

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Sue Vincent

Well, that’s buggered* that post then. How was I to know it was already in the dictionary? I had planned an amusing piece about a term coined by my sons some while ago at a point where they sought to … Continue reading →

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Just for a moment

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Sue Vincent

Let me see your face, just for a moment Lit by the moonlight through the window Before I close my eyes in sleep Give me your dreams, Beloved, And I will weave them for you On the loom of a … Continue reading →

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