Month: June 2017

The Wyrm and the Wyrd: Getting there…

Meanwhile, somewhere in North Wales… The Silent Eye We took our time getting organised, intending to take a leisurely drive cross-country… perhaps stopping along the way, wherever the spirit moved us. In the spirit of the planned walk-and-talk weekend, the prisoners had escaped and were heading for the border. Anyone would think we were on holiday. We did ourselves. We should know better by … Read More The Wyrm and the Wyrd: Getting there…

An Eye full of Reflections (2)

There is so much going on that you can miss him on the downward leg of the guided introduction to Portmeirion. In a world of the strangely beautiful, one in which the normal laws of constructing a ‘village’ have been changed, there is simply too much to see to notice the quiet, deeply bronze head of Patrick McGoohan. We stop to consider this dramatic … Read More An Eye full of Reflections (2)

An Eye full of Reflections (1)

The idea is a simple one: to pick a location and invite a group of friends – some of them Companions of the Silent Eye School, some simply friends, some new to the whole thing – to experience it in a different way… It does require a degree of preparation. For these ‘shared discovery’ events to work they have to flow, smoothly, from one … Read More An Eye full of Reflections (1)

Third Annual Bloggers Bash

Originally posted on Take Five Authors:
This is rather a self-indulgent post as I re-live the Bloggers Bash. I can’t believe it’s already a week since I was in London meeting up with bloggers, some of whom I met last year, some of whom I only knew online and others whose blogs were new to me. Here I am with two of the organisers,…

Religious Syncretism? IV…

An Encounter with Death

It is 1616. King James VI of Scotland has been on the throne of England and Ireland for thirteen years, having inherited the kingdom as the closest surviving relative of the beloved and sadly deceased Queen Elizabeth I. England continues to go through a time of both upheaval and opportunity, though the crowning glory of Elizabeth’s reign, the destruction of the Spanish Armada, has … Read More An Encounter with Death

The Resting Place

To drop, with aching feet, into the chair Though aluminium’s shine is bright To sigh as muscles ease and tea is poured And think of winter’s distant, endless night Then seal sweet moment into memory fair ©Stephen Tanham

The Bloggers Bash 2017

Originally posted on writerchristophfischer:
I had a fantastic time at this year’s Blogger’s Bash. It was such a wonderful experience to meet so many amazing people, who, over five years of me blogging have become a second family to me. Getting to talk to these supportive and all very interesting people in the real world was truly a delight. We had plenty of time…

Maxims…

Originally posted on Stuart France:
* Fight fire with fire And the world is burning. * Fight fire with water And the world keeps turning… *

Rain on the window

The Silent Eye The light changed, suffusing the clouds with a soft glow and shadowing the sky that strange half-light that heralds a storm. The rain, it seemed, had settled in, pattering against the window and drawing the eye to focus on the diamond streaks of misery. Yet, beyond the pane there was colour, molten gold flaming in the sky as the day drew … Read More Rain on the window

What a WINNER Of A Day! #BloggersBash2017 #SundayBlogShare

Naked people

The Silent Eye There are a lot of things that I could write about the Blogger’s Bash…and doubtless many will be writing about it for some time to come, but if I were to choose the one, overriding image of the  day, it could only be the naked people. Granted, the ones we actually met were not quite as naked as those we passed … Read More Naked people