Month: December 2015

Leaf and Flame: The Foliate Man #4

Still time to join us in April… you’d like it! The Silent Eye “Short body and thick waist, with bulging buttocks spread more delicious to the taste was the one she by her led.” – J.R.R Tolkien  #4: La Chapelle Verte “In which The Veiled One reveals the true answer to the riddle of a woman’s heart, Merlin and the Lady unleash the animate … Read More Leaf and Flame: The Foliate Man #4

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The Illusionist

Originally posted on Annette Rochelle Aben:
Feel the energy There is magic in the air Abracadabra! Rabbits are in hats Ladies take chances with saws Worn out seat edges Don’t anyone breathe And don’t let anyone blink Lest they might be fooled The conjurer’s hand Pulling coins from behind ears When not hiding cards Masters of their craft They troll for the fish named…

Where books go to die

Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
Book sculpture from http://www.KellyCampbellBerry.com Christmas is over, the New Year approaches and I’m thinking about taking down the tree and packing it lovingly away under the stairs. The trouble is that the removal of the Christmas trimmings will be my signal to start a clear-out. It happens every year, not through planning or habit, but just…

Forty-Five Degrees of Separation…

2015: Looking back from December…

Christmas and New Year have always been special times for me – Christmas more than the New Year, as I have always come to view the Winter Solstice as the start of the the truly new, rather than the formal ending of the calendar’s twelve months. The solstice sees the nadir of the visible light, as the solar ‘victory’ changes the face of the year … Read More 2015: Looking back from December…

Notes from a small dog: the robin and the lurgy

Sue could do with lots of healing thoughts…

Last Train from Platform One

There is no barrier, just belief

You cannot buy a ticket

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River of the Sun, Chapter Ten – Darkness at the Door

  River of the Sun, Chapter Ten – Darkness at the Door   Rameses waited for a moment on the quayside, listening to the sound of the waters lapping at the stone in the black night. He was about to do something that his father would have found unthinkable–he was going to force entry into a temple of the mysteries and take over the … Read More River of the Sun, Chapter Ten – Darkness at the Door

Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 42 – The Huntress

Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 42 – The Huntress .Alexandra. “Animals…” I said, just letting it hang in the air. “Animals?” John replied, playing his favourite ‘dead bat’. Just at that moment, Rose brought my coffee. Getting to our coffee shop after him was becoming annoying–particularly as I made every effort not to. Wherever this myth led, it was clearly important to him that … Read More Nine Deadly Sins with Coffee, part 42 – The Huntress

Terminal Outbreath

  Terminal Outbreath ——- You know my sighs, and yet, I am a stranger to your knowing; Though not your eyes, which, Drinking in my flowing, See me. ——- As vision sees the fleeting blink, As petals bid farewell To the last drop of dawn’s clear ink; As the young bird triumphs, briefly, in the uplift of a feathered wing ——- And even here, … Read More Terminal Outbreath

A writer’s rant

Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
Dear WordPress, Yes, it’s me again. Well, what did you expect? Reindeer? First, let me thank you for providing what is, in my humble opinion, the best blogging platform out there with what has to be the best blogging community you could wish for. Second… WordPress, we have a problem. Well, several actually. Again. For starters,…

River of the Sun, Chapter Nine – The Priestess Calls

  River of the Sun, Chapter Nine The Priestess Calls Anzety, high priest of the Isis temple, watched from the east of the temple as his sister, Neferaset, the prime figure of authority on the island, entered through the opened portal of the west. The symbols of her status as high priestess, worn at forehead and throat, reflected the candle lights and seemed to … Read More River of the Sun, Chapter Nine – The Priestess Calls