Tag Archives: Stuart France

Turnings… Stuart France

Posted on September 9, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* …First she was a speck, black against the sky, then she was an arrow balancing the breeze, finally, after measuring the hole in the wall of my room with her wing-span, she became an awesome, majestic weight, sprung upon … Continue reading →

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Mantle of Time… Stuart France

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* …”All those keepsakes: photographs, trinkets, letters, cards, little knick-knacks which tug at the heart-strings in quiet moments,” said Bill as he paced my room with his meticulously measured tread. “When girls die they get to take these things with … Continue reading →

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Succession?… Stuart France

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* …”Providing for your future is no throwaway gag,” said Bill’s friend, slipping his arm through mine. I can still feel the soft twill of his well pressed jacket warming my bare flesh. “It’s a serious affair,” Bill did likewise … Continue reading →

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Infinite regress…Stuart France

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Sue Vincent

THE INFINITE HIGHWAY If one always returns to where one came from, then one’s destination is halfway between where one came from and where one is going to. HALFWAY TO INFINITY Every step along the infinite highway is simultaneously an … Continue reading →

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Chanteater – Stuart France

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* It was probably foolish, I know… * * But I took a liking to this ‘little lady’. * * Who, if the board is correct, could have been supporting the capstone’s weight  for over six thousand years. Continue reading … Continue reading →

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Smoke – Stuart France #writephoto…

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Sue Vincent

I know why we did it. Why it was suggested. It was Ned’s idea. Ned, with his ‘sacred tobacco’. Still, it could hardly have been sacred here, then… Continue reading here

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Wish you were here… Stuart France

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Holidays were originally just that… Holy Days. The whole community would lay aside their work day duties and together engage in deeply or intrinsically symbolic activities which related to the situation that they all found themselves in. Cheese Rolling… * … Continue reading →

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Sayings… by Stuart France

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* ‘Sure as Stone’ * * ‘Old as Hills’ Continue reading here

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Something round…by Stuart France

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* “How old is it?” “How old is what?” “The Turnip Lantern Tradition?” * * “It is truly ancient.” “That is good.” “There appear to be others who agree with you.” * * “A heartening sight.” * Continue reading here

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Something bidden… by Stuart France

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Sue Vincent

* “Who said their ‘Gods’ had to be exotic anyway?” “?” “I mean, the anthropologists have written tome after tome evidencing our ‘own High God’s’ development from the ‘lowly’ corn spirit.” * * “‘Good’ originally, meant ‘good to eat’.” “From … Continue reading →

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