August 2015 – Page 3 – Sun in Gemini

We met at our usual coffee shop on the seafront–it having become anything but usual over the past few weeks; when our short, Monday adventures had taken us out in the landscapes around the bay. “Ah, normality! – So, at least I’ll get to London on time,” said Alexandra, sitting down at the table and looking glad to be enjoying a less hectic Monday morning. “My … Read More Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 23 – Too much of everything!

August 5, 2015 + Uncategorized

Why writing fiction really matters

by Steve Tanham

Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
“Insert!” He extended his foot… “You sound like a Borg.” … and wriggled his toes into the sock. “That would make me a cyborg.” He paused. I could see the wheels turning. “That’s it…my recovery… the screwdriver must have damaged the wiring… and the nano-bots have been busy with repairs…” He stopped as I sighed… to…

August 4, 2015 + Uncategorized

When a smile breaks your heart

by Steve Tanham

Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
Nick, Bournemouth, before the attack I frequently write about my son… as I see him every day, it is natural that he is very much part of my everyday life, even without the story of his incredible journey to tell. But I have two sons, and my younger son’s story is a quieter tale. Alex is…

August 4, 2015 + Collie dogs

Model aeroplanes, stone walls and the dog’s disc

by Steve Tanham

When I was a youngster, I dreamed of having a ‘radio-control’ model aeroplane. At every chance, I would pore over well-thumbed magazine articles about how you could build your own ‘single-channel’ radio control transmitter, which, in conjunction with impossibly complex on-board gadgetry, including a well-wound rubber band to power the mechanism that changed the rudder setting, would allow you the merest smidgen of control … Read More Model aeroplanes, stone walls and the dog’s disc

August 3, 2015 + Arthurian Legends, Arthurian Poetry, Consciousness, Mystical poetry, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Spirituality

The Warrior’s Glade

by Steve Tanham

In the original stories of the Arthurian cycle, the summer and autumn journeys of Sir Gawain, during his year of waiting for death at the hands of the Green Knight, are little documented and left to our imagination. In this poem, the Knight rests in a glade and becomes enraptured by a flower that reminds him of the pentagram, his symbol. The depth of the … Read More The Warrior’s Glade

August 2, 2015 + Uncategorized

Watching the Storm roll in

by Steve Tanham

Wonderful storm front picture from smacked pentax.

August 1, 2015 + esoteric psychology, imprisonment, Spirituality

Ben’s Bit, part two – The Little Red Book

by Steve Tanham

I’ve done it again – drifted off, fully conscious; somewhere else. I do not know how long I’ve been staring at the Bakewell Gazette (see part one), absorbing their celebratory levity at my incarceration. ‘Local Businessman’? Well, stretching a point, but I know what they mean – certainly born among Northern hills very much like the beauty around Bakewell. ‘Businessman’? Definitely, until the recent, long-awaited … Read More Ben’s Bit, part two – The Little Red Book