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A riddle…by Stuart France #Writephoto

Reblogged from Stuart France: Dark the frame and dark the spur About the light which shines over there. * Lost to memory, lost to time Good and great cut down in their prime. * Continue reading at Stuart France

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A writerly weekend…

I was late setting off for the north on Friday, so there was no time to stop and enjoy the autumnal colour that now blankets the land like some medieval tapestry, all ochres, rust and gold. By the time I … Continue reading

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Spirit y’all? – Stuart’s journey

The second of our accounts of the journey so far…. Spirit y’all? by Stuart France ‘Our own journey is entirely imaginary: that is its strength’ – Louis Ferdinand Celine I grew up in a religiously tolerant family which knew a … Continue reading

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Like a spear that roars for blood

And Greidyawl-the-Wise came into the clearing where sat Gwythyr surrounded by all the birds and animals, and he took from Gwythyr’s grasp the harp of Tertiu-the-Melodious. “Like a spear that roars for blood,” sang Greidyawl-the-Wise, “Or the flower whose face … Continue reading

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Notes from a small dog XXXVIII

We’re not talking, me and her. I mean, I ask you… she’s barely back from one jaunt when she buggers off on another. That’s not too bad, I suppose, except she keeps coming back smelling of such interesting places … … Continue reading

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Guinness and ice cream

Sleep last night was almost impossible. Home I might be, but there was much on my mind. The past few days have been both heady and intense in ways I would find hard to describe and the sense of home … Continue reading

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Day 4 – The Living One

  THE LIVING ONE: Contemplations on the Gospel of Thomas Stuart France “…It is like the smallest of seeds and if it falls on prepared soil, it produces the largest of plants and shelters the birds of heaven…” Many scholars … Continue reading

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Day 2 – Crucible of the Sun

CRUCIBLE OF THE SUN: The Mabinogion Retold By Stuart France “I will dazzle like fire, hard and high, will flame the breaths of my desire; chief revealer of that which is uttered and that which is asked, tonight I make … Continue reading

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From Giants Dance…

..“Is that Wild enough for you?” “That’s pretty wild.” “Glad we brought it on?” “No, not really.” “How can the One be evil?” “Say what?” “The One is the One.” “Oh.” “The evil is a disguise to win back the … Continue reading

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Alright on the night?

I’m sitting here in tears again this morning. Yes, I know… you must think me a real watering pot, but honestly I seldom weep except for beauty and that is the cause again today. I have just finished a first … Continue reading

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