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Afghan Adventures #14 Food & Friendship ~ MarySmith

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from MarySmith’sPlace: Harvest time Islamic rules, and the traditions of the country, dictate that hospitality is shown to guests. People, therefore, felt obliged to invite the foreigner round for dinner. Some would have felt easier fulfilling their obligations had … Continue reading →

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Afghan Adventures ~ Mary Smith #13 #Babies

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from MarySmith’sPlace: Although Hussain didn’t encourage house visits he could never bring himself to refuse, even though experience was teaching him the messenger’s ‘emergency’ was probably nothing worse than an indigestion attack. But there was always the fear that … Continue reading →

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Keys of Heaven (4) – through the bones of the whale ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Sue Vincent

The pale winter sun lies – to our symbolic view – just beyond the East Cliff horizon. Its lowness and lateness in the cold sky speaks of the approach of the winter solstice, a time of maximum darkness and minimum … Continue reading →

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Whitby Weekend: Night Lights

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Sue Vincent

We had, finally, booked into our hotels and headed back into Whitby to join the rest of the party for dinner. Arriving early, there was time to wander the darkened streets for a while and, eventually, call for a swift … Continue reading →

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Keys of Heaven (3): the synchronicity of kindness ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Sue Vincent

There’s a certain ‘presence’ about kindness. Like the spiritual – or, more likely, as a part of it – the act of unexpected kindness drops into our lives like a messenger from the ‘Gods’. So it was with our visit … Continue reading →

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A sack of Jack…

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* “To approach each and every situation with an agenda, hidden or otherwise, is to be as far removed from ‘the now’, as it is possible to get.” * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Corporate Wisdom…

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* The doors and windows of your homes have more locks than a prison cell. * This, perhaps, should not surprise us. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Keys of Heaven (1): Cod and Lobster ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Above: approaching Staithes’ wonderful Cod and Lobster pub Bright against the icy darkness, the Christmas lights of the Cod and Lobster pub greet the quiet sound of only two sets of winter boots, where, until a few hours ago, there … Continue reading →

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Here and Now

Posted on December 8, 2019 by Sue Vincent

The problem with living in a downstairs flat is that there is no upstairs. This may sound obvious, but when you have lived in a house almost all your life, with an upstairs, you tend to forget. Many times I … Continue reading →

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Catching dreams ~ Andrea Stephenson

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Harvesting Hecate and featuring a book by Pamela S. Wight of roughwighting: On the first wintry day of the season frost crisps the landscape.  My breath billows in clouds of white.  The sun is honey, oozing through the … Continue reading →

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