Tag Archives: luck

The Luck of a New Year ~Tina Stewart Brakebill #writephoto

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Singularity Expanding in space and time As day dawns again As day dawn again Spinning ‘round the milky way A new year is born Continue reading at Tina Stewart Brakebill

Posted in photo prompt, Photography, Poetry | Tagged #writephoto, big bang, Cosmos, haiku, Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille, luck, Mindlovemisery's Menagerie, new year, singularity, space, time | 6 Comments

Guest author: D. G. Kaye ~ Mercury Retrograde 101

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Sue Vincent

How’s the Mercury Retrograde doing for you guys? I can’t recall a more schizophrenic retrograde in my life, and I’ve sure had enough. Mercury retrograde has sucked out every last ounce of my patience. Every day since the first week … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest post | Tagged astrology, luck, mercury retrograde, Murphy's Law, planets, stars | 46 Comments

Elusive realities: Robbie Cheadle – The boy with nine lives

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Sue Vincent

On 30 January 2006, my son, Michael, was born. He was a very healthy baby, with a tiny wizen face, just like a little old man. His APGAR score was 10 out of 10 and he didn’t need to go … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest post | Tagged children, luck, lucky star, nine lives, sons | 109 Comments

A quirk of fate – Neel Anil Panicker #writephoto

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Sue Vincent

He peeped inside and saw a creaking wobbly legged old wooden cot and lying on it an eighty year old woman spitting blood and bile onto the mud floors, her flaked skin and mangled bones spreading out all over like … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged luck, poverty, rags to riches, short story | 2 Comments

Superstition #midnighthaiku

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Unlucky for some Object of superstition Calculating risk

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged black cat, haiku, luck | 15 Comments

An optimist on wings

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Sue Vincent

“…as everyone knows, if the first butterfly you see is yellow the summer will be a happy one. If it is white then you will just have a quiet summer. Black and brown butterflies should never be talked about – … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged butterflies, golden butterfly, luck, Moomins, signs and portents, Tove Jannson | 43 Comments

How to make a living as a writer #amwriting

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Sue Vincent

I was speaking to a friend this morning, a woman whose writing often glows with lyric beauty, yet who has stopped writing because she could not sell her manuscript and will not self-publish. As a writer, and much as I … Continue reading →