Tag Archives: symbolism

Going West: Where Ancient Sites Collide

Posted on September 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Wreathed in mist and roses, the Mother greets those who visit the sacred spring of St Non. The little shrine to the Virgin was erected in 1951 when the Passionist Fathers restored and rededicated the spring, as if to leave … Continue reading →

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Field of dreams..?

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Long, long ago, when the world was still young and I was younger still, I moved into a house with a garden. It wasn’t much of a garden, long-deserted, overgrown and gone to seed, but my mind painted it in … Continue reading →

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Names Matter: nimmy nimmy not…

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …Well, she felt that horrud. Howsomediver, she hard the king a coming along the passage. In he came, an’ when he sees the five skeins, he says, ‘Well, me dare I don’t see what ye will ha’ your skeins … Continue reading →

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The Story Teller’s Art…

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* In ‘Sunken Cities’ the author, A.J. North, contends that in Math the son of Mathonwy, one of the Four Branches of the Mabinogion, we have an instance of what can only be regarded as racial memory. In this story, … Continue reading →

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Photo prompt round-up: Serenity #writephoto

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Seeking solitude Being lost to find oneself Nature’s healing touch * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken on the estuary looking across to Edinburgh in Scotland… where I should be by the time this is published! We liked … Continue reading →

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Names Matter: gonned… Stuart France

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Well, the next day, har husband he took her inter the room, an’ there was the flax an’ the day’s vittles. ‘Now, there’s the flax,’ says he, ‘an’ if that ain’t spun up this night off goo yar hid.’ … Continue reading →

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Names Matter: gatless…

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …Well, she were that frightened. She’d allus been such a gatless mawther, that she didn’t se much as know how to spin, an’ what were she to dew tomorrer, with no one to come nigh her to help. She … Continue reading →

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Interpretations

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“ … the standard translation of one of the chief scriptures of China refers to the venerable Lao Tse as “the Old Boy”. This sounds comical to European ears, yet it is not so far removed from the words of … Continue reading →

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Going West: The Valley of the Flowers

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The rain hammered against the car. We’d been twiddling our thumbs for a while, attempting to keep the windows from steaming up too badly while we grazed on what we had in the glove compartment, looked at the map and … Continue reading →

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Dear Don: ‘Old-Man-Young’

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Don, Perhaps that’s why they are ‘authorities’… a tramline train of thought instead of spreading root and branch… You know, I think you are right about that being the ‘young James’ weekend… which would indeed give us our ‘three’… … Continue reading →

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