Tag Archives: mystery

Thursday photo prompt: Stark #writephoto

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Every Thursday at noon GMT, I publish one of my photos as a writing prompt.  If you know where the photo was taken, please keep it to yourself until the challenge is closed and I usually share something about the … Continue reading →

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Photo prompt round-up: Way-stone #writephoto

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Which way to travel Every choice may lead you home Eternal questions Knowing only one answer Follow the path of your heart * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken one cold and windy morning in Shillito Wood, … Continue reading →

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Half Remarkable Relations… Stuart France

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* In the monstrous Tyranny of process… What is Is next to What was and what is no longer… While what never was But what could have been And perhaps even what should have… Is that much stronger. * Continue … Continue reading →

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Trial by Fire and Water… Stuart France

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* It was five years ago that we last attended and actually got to see the  Fire Festival. On that day too the rain had poured steadily all day and many a lake-like puddle lay in wait for us on … Continue reading →

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The Celebration of Mister Fox: more and less… Stuart France

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* …More, because our Foxes are one-third Man And also less, because our Foxes are one-third Man. Huh? Man’s individuality makes them more yet, By its very nature, That individuality has to be less than whole. * Continue reading at … Continue reading →

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Religious Syncretism: a proper priest… Stuart France

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* … “What are you talking about?” “A question of questions, young Wendolina, the answer to which may serve as a stunning proof of our original assertion.” “Your original assertion, which was posed as a question anyway. And I’m older … Continue reading →

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The Celebration of Mister Fox: bestial cluster… Stuart France

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Bear and Wolf, And Dog and Fox are all closely related. It is tempting to imagine a common ancestor; Bigger than Wolf but smaller than Bear. * Continue reading at Stuart France

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Religious Syncretism: iconotropy… Stuart France

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* … “Is he meant to be a giant?” “In the story he is two-thirds divine, one third-man.” “Which doesn’t actually answer my question.” “I don’t know, is he meant to be a giant?” “Ah, I see… Well, if that … Continue reading →

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The Celebration of Mister Fox…

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* I never knew Holmfirth in the days of mill workers and clogs. I really got to know her in the Post Industrial gloom, Of swish Cafe Bars, And cosy restaurants, All day drinking parties frequented by the nouveau riche… … Continue reading →

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Songs of the Stone: monkish mead…

Posted on October 27, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* “Sea-mist,” repeated Kieron, thirteen-hundred years before those words were uttered. “Dragon’s Breath,” snorted Bark Jaw-Dark into the dancing particles of icy-air which swirled about his head, “And I’ve never know a world be the same once it’s raised.” “There’s … Continue reading →

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