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Discovering Albion – day 7: Intrigued…in Brechin

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Sue Vincent

He was right, I couldn’t believe it. A whopping great Pictish Cross slab right opposite the door… and looking so fresh you wouldn’t believe it. Four letter words chased through my mind in lieu of superlatives, along with wondering why … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, Ancient sites, Photography, scotland road trip, travel | Tagged Bishop Mellitus, Brechin, Carved cross, Fenrir, Norse gods, Odin, pagan, Pictish art, Pope Gregory, Sleipnir | Leave a comment

Discovering Albion – day 4: Saxon Crosses

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Sue Vincent

There is a saying that ‘mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun’. It was barely daylight, there was no sun, only a thin, white blanket over the world. But our sanity with this trip had already been … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, Ancient sites, Photography, scotland road trip | Tagged Christian iconography, King Penda, mercia, pagan, Sandbach, saxon Crosses, Sutton Hoo | Leave a comment

The First Harvest: Lughnasadh or Lammas? ~ Christine Valentor

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Witchlike: Happy August! As the golden sun winds down and the days ever so slightly grow shorter, we find ourselves in the midst of the first harvest feast also known as Lughnasadh or Lammas. This is a cross … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged celtic, folklore, Goddess, harvest, Ireland, Lammas, Lugh, Lughnasa, Lughnasadh, Mythology, pagan, shakespeare | 1 Comment

Assemblage ~ Bela Johnson #writephoto

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Sue Vincent

The Photo Prompt: Wicker A walk in the forest reveals character, the too-smooth perfect bark of white cedar alongside the pocked husk of a dead relation not yet upended, bustling home to woodpeckers and nuthatches; mossy trunks of ancient fir … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged musings, nature, pagan, Poetry, spirituality | 3 Comments

Beltane Eve…

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Sue Vincent

The thirtieth of April is traditionally the eve of Beltane, the rebirth of summer when, according to Borrobil, the strange little man of William Croft Dickinson’s classic tale, the dark king of winter must be defeated by the white king … Continue reading →

Posted in Traditions | Tagged baby, beltane, fertility, festival, fire, fox, magic, may, maypole, pagan, saint, walpurgis, witch | 15 Comments

Yew – BART Station Bard

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from BART Station Bard: Ents at Kingley Vale Yew. Deep peace of the Grove. Silence in the back of my head. Like the Druid’s tonsure, forbidden at Whitby. When the Wild Celtic Church was tamed, Rome had its … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged druid, druidry, earth, history, memory, nature, pagan, peace, Poetry, San Francisco, spirituality, travel, Wales, Yew | 12 Comments

Thursday photo prompt – Messenger #writephoto by Willow

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Cold the winter, bare the trees The berries are all long gone Harsh the wind , the water set to freeze Still, hush all around not even a bird’s song. Expectant they wait, as they always do For the … Continue reading →