Tag Archives: Port Naain

Watch where you put your feet ~ Tallis Steelyard

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Jim Webster, aka Tallis Steelyard: A wise man avoids encounters with the law. Whatever your budget, it’s still more than you can afford. Not only that but once entangled with lawyers, you place yourself at the mercy of … Continue reading →

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Twinkle toes ~ Tallis Steelyard

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: Port Naain has a vast array of dance styles. Some are danced by couples, some are danced only by women and some are danced only by men. There are peasant dances, sailor’s dances and in Port … Continue reading →

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The clerk of works ~ Tallis Steelyard

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Jim Webster aka Tallis Steelyard: There are people of impeccable good taste whose houses are symphonies of elegance and charm. Yet how many cases can you cite where the house is testimony to the good taste of a … Continue reading →

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Mistress Laviscia Kipplehowe and her kitten ~ Tallis Steelyard

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: Mistress Laviscia wasn’t one of my more regular patrons. It wasn’t that we couldn’t work together; it’s just that I’m not the sort of person you’d automatically call upon for arranging the sort of event she … Continue reading →

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My cynical use of enjambement ~ Tallis Steelyard

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: When I wrote about the Anaphora Controversy it brought back memories of other arguments within our community, and I can still see the face of Silhat Wheelbroom when he realised what I’d done. But still I … Continue reading →

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The Anaphora controversy ~ Tallis Steelyard

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: Do many now remember the notorious Anaphora controversy? At the risk of causing insult, I’ll merely remark, for those who have advanced far beyond such techniques, that Anaphora is the deliberate repetition of the first part … Continue reading →

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Eternal vigilance ~ Tallis Steelyard

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: It has been said that whilst Justice might not sleep in Port Naain, there are times when it dozes on the job and honest citizens have to step into the breach and ensure that justice is … Continue reading →

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Looked at in a certain light ~ Tallis Steelyard

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: I suppose I can appreciate paintings as well as the next person of good taste. I’ve worked with enough painters to know their paintings have to be hung properly, (and after trying to arrange a display … Continue reading →

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Tallis Steelyard on The perils of enthusiasm

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: Tallis has commented to me that it’s all well and good letting Benor have a bit of publicity, but Tallis has his own patrons to panegyrize. Thus and so I am handing his  blog back to him. … Continue reading →

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Jim Webster ~ Pontifications along a road less travelled, when things get out of hand.

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Jim Webster: I learned long ago that people don’t read blogs about authors going on about the trials and tribulations of being authors. The world at large tends to cast a jaundiced eye in their direction and suggests, … Continue reading →

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