Tag Archives: solitude

Close to you…

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

I wander into the kitchen… the world is silent except for the little grunting noises Ani makes as I cuddle her good morning. I don’t speak dog fluently, but I have a feeling these short, low grunts are an expression … Continue reading →

Posted in Love, The Silent Eye | Tagged caring for others, human contact, loneliness, new year resolutions, self care, solitude | 18 Comments

My Secret Beach ~ Keith Hillman #writephoto

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

I wrote, recorded and posted this piece twelve years ago. Nobody commented. So I thought I’d try again! Let me read it to you … I sense silence. Yet all around I hear the sounds of nature. The shingle crackles … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged beach, solitude, spoken word | 3 Comments

News of a Wedding ~ Adele #writephoto

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Although my gaze was fixed upon the water as it rushed forth as if it were late for an appointment, my heart was otherwise engaged in a very distressing matter–a matter which has placed my very constitution for happiness in … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged alone, attention, business, company, conversations, cook, danger, dinner, employer, engaged, equal, fear, feelings, fortnight, happiness, heart, housekeeper, impending, landscape, maid, manor, matter, news, nuptials, read, servant, silence, sketched, solitude, Span, subject, suffered, town, walks, water, wedding, whispers | 2 Comments

Contented ~ Na’ama Yehuda #writephoto

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Sue Vincent

There was nothing wrong with her beyond that she could not abide much in the way of interference, and had always preferred the company of fair-folk and the song of wind and dust-in-light to the over-stimulating presence of other humans. … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged contentment, creative writing, flash fiction, Gratitude, inheritance, micro fiction, self awareness, short story, solitude, tenacity, writephoto | 2 Comments

Peace #midnighthaiku

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged haiga, haiku, meditation, solitude | 11 Comments

Solitude of a Night in Prague ~ Randall Collis

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from one of my favourite photographers, Randall Collis, at Global Sojourns Photography: I’ve never welcomed the darkness as much as tonight. The isolation clears my head; this solitude of nothingness, paraphrasing the philosophy of the Dao de Jing, …holds everything. Such … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, reblog | Tagged Charles Bridge, czech republic, darkness, light and dark, Night Photography, Prague, solitude | Leave a comment

Window – Elizabeth #writephoto

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Sue Vincent

behind those windows peace and tranquility just what i need right now and forever a room of solitude but to reach it the mind needs to rip apart all thorns and fences mindfulness focus on the roses Source: Tea and … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged mindfulness, poem, Poetry, solitude, writephoto, writing challenge | 4 Comments

Alone?

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Sue Vincent

To fly in solitude and greet the sun Far from the crowded dwellings of the herd! To find the sky as wide as any bird And vaunt each breaking day as freedom won. To find a home where only deer … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged isolation, petrarchan sonnet, solitude, spiritual growth, unity | 10 Comments

My Lady Solitude – Steve Tanham

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Sun in Gemini: When Winter’s call Strips bare the wood When Summer’s kiss Is but a brood Upon your heart I will intrude My lady solitude Continue reading: My Lady Solitude – Sun in Gemini