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The Creature on the Beach Beyond Thought ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Sue Vincent

It lay there, head in the sky, gazing at the radiance. Its tail was still in the ocean of thought, the gentle waves urging it back where it belonged… The gaps in the waves had always been there; they were … Continue reading →

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Living in a fairy tale

Posted on May 26, 2019 by Sue Vincent

I’ve been looking into old faery lore lately. Not the sanitised Victorian version of miniature winged beauties, but at the old tales of strange encounters, customs that go back beyond memory, time lost in the faery realm and the darker … Continue reading →

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The Bedouin ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Image by Cuyahoga from Pixabay It is said we learn most from those we would wish to emulate. Not copy, perhaps, but take from them an essence of thought, of action. If we are younger, of style, even… There must … Continue reading →

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The Ship ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Sue Vincent

This morning, I will drive to the family home town of Bolton, in Lancashire to collect my mother who is coming to spend Easter with us here in Cumbria. The journey is straightforward: fifteen minutes will take me from the … Continue reading →

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The Light between the Railway Carriages ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Sue Vincent

The light between the railway carriages… It was one of the best analogies I ever had given to me; yet it took me years to grasp its fullness. Like any true seed of ‘spiritual’ insight, it was strong enough to … Continue reading →

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The What of Life (2) ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Sue Vincent

I want to like you, she thought, loudly. Please don’t spoil it by picking on science in a stupid, fluffy way… but don’t stop challenging, either… find the villains… She listened, intently, as he talked about the need to ‘see’ … Continue reading →

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The What of Life (1) ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Sue Vincent

She was sitting in the front row – the car had mysteriously failed to start for the first five minutes of the would-be journey, as though projecting her future to this point with a mechanical will of its own. This … Continue reading →

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Reality TV? ~Steve Tanham

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Sue Vincent

It’s full of trivia and artificial things; things which have arisen in the name of entertainment. Everywhere you look there is a stream of mindless celebrities willing – some would say desperate – to eat tropical bugs to give themselves … Continue reading →

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The Rotating Blade of Meaning (8) – Final Part ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Sue Vincent

In the preceding parts of this series (see below for full list) we have seen how Arthur M. Young, inventor and chief engineer of Bell’s early helicopter design, was convinced that it was possible to construct a ‘map of human … Continue reading →

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Voices from the past

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Sue Vincent

There was a jaw-dropping moment when it finally hit home… We knew the story… we had discussed it long before Stuart had started working with it. The ‘hero’ was a historical king who lived around five thousand years ago. About … Continue reading →