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Jewels in the Claw (6) – Steve Tanham

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part Five. Sipping the tea, his hands clasp around the warm cup. The gesture reminds him of the way she took her husband’s arm, at the end of that first glimpse of what The Queen had in store for … Continue reading →

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Milestones

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I came across an old post while I was rummaging through the files. It looked at the decades of an ordinary life…my life… and how the things that seem ordinary to you, while you are living them, can look very … Continue reading →

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Jewels in the Claw (5) – Steve Tanham

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part Four. Kind hands pass him a hot tea. He sits on the edge of what was the Royal Court, sipping and watching the ghosts… Many kind faces came to life in this, now-unstructured space – but it … Continue reading →

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An Orcadian Diary (2) Before History – Steve Tanham

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Sun in Gemini: Continued from Part One And now we should go back to an older time – a much older time – to flesh out the story of the islands of Orkney, north-east of the Scottish mainland. … Continue reading →

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Clocking off?

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Sue Vincent

The road was calling me north and I couldn’t wait to finish work and give in to its blandishments. The sun was shining and warm, the forecast unusually good for England. The fields were ablaze with the brilliant yellow of … Continue reading →

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Shadowlands and the magic lantern…

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Every so often, I need a break from whatever is currently occupying my attention. Occasionally, I will watch a film. These are usually whatever I can find online and I seldom have a clear idea of what I fancy until … Continue reading →

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Jewels in the Claw (4) – Steve Tanham

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part Three. The line of packing cases is nearly complete. The man looks down at the three chairs in the East, one white, one purple and one red. The symbolism of the outer two was plain: the Tudor … Continue reading →

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Dreaming

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I dreamed you last night. You were the heart that listened to my fears, Comforting the pain with tea and tissues And attentive ears. You were there with me as I faced them, Slaying them one by one, with logic … Continue reading →

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WHAT’S UP DOC? Lines of communication IV…

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* …’All colour had faded from the sky and although the big board by the gate creaked slightly in the night wind, there was no passer-by to read the sharp, hard letters that cut straight as black knives across its … Continue reading →

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Jewels in the Claw (III) – Steve Tanham

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Continued from Part Two The man with the packing case pauses as he passes the place that was the East, the place from which the Queen began her direction of proceedings in this, her favourite palace of Nonsuch, in 1590’s … Continue reading →

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