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Whispering Woods… Stuart France

* … Back in Coventry, Sir Albert’s Lady, overcome with extreme pain, was forced to choose between the spoil of her infant, or an end to her life. * Placing the preservation of her child, and benefit of her country … Continue reading

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Dear Wen: Cygnus…

Dear Wen Ah, yes, those pesky Romans (Acch phut) have a lot to answer for, covering our straight tracks, and calling them roads for one thing. And where, pray tell, did they get their name from? Why, from the Rods … Continue reading

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Dear Wen: Stepping Stones…

Dear Wen This clinging to the classical world has always puzzled me and can only be down to those pesky Romans (Acch-Phut)… When in Rome do as the Greeks do. This was over sixteen hundred years ago mind and ‘Pythagorean’ … Continue reading

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Tokens ~ Anita Dawes #writephoto

There’s a kind of déjà vu a message going on here First Jaye calls me into the office to see one of our followers Beautiful pictures of an eagle Who while flying above his head? dropped a flight feather Continue … Continue reading

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Dear Don: Superstitions…

Dear Don, ‘Standing under’ and ‘hanging over you’? The immediate image to arise was that of the Sword that was hung by a single strand of hair above the head of Damocles when he experienced the trappings of power for … Continue reading

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Moorings…

* We had watched the ferry moored as we waited to disembark. * And its something we do by habit down south… Always returning via Avebury. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Dear Wen: Superstitions…

Dear Wen, Understanding, for some, has been around for millenia… But is ‘standing under ‘ a concept the same thing as having a concept ‘hanging over you’ ? Or is that merely superstition? Sheep really shouldn’t be behaving in that … Continue reading

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The Matter of Britain…

* Could there be an image more redolent of the true majesty of these isles? * We are minded of the church at Kilpeck with its famous and resplendant Sheila… * The fact that we had failed to get here … Continue reading

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A Magical Token of Friendship ~ Mason Bushell #writephoto

They say; You have to believe it to see the magic. Twelve-year-old Elsie believed with all her heart. Every time she got the chance, she’d run through her back garden and into the ancient oak woods beyond. She’d make her … Continue reading

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Dear Wen: ‘Dead Enkidu?’…

Dear Wen, … I expect that is what is so endearing about Thomas ‘the Covenanter’ although his leprosy does become a metaphor for our culture and its ‘outcasting’ of the land. A ludicrous idea if ever there was one, I … Continue reading

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