February 2020 – Sun in Gemini

February 27, 2020 + #Silenti, Consciousness, Face of Shiva, Politics and Power, Silent Eye School, Speaking truth to power, Wisdom

Wisdom breathes out?

by Steve Tanham

We seem to be wrestling with the recognition that an age is coming to an end, and that strange forms are filling the world with casual madness, behaving as though nothing hangs over, us; no piper calling for the line to the clifftop. The word ‘wisdom’ is to be used cautiously. It is subjective. One person’s wisdom is another’s folly. And yet, looking back … Read More Wisdom breathes out?

February 26, 2020 + Spirituality

Wings of love

by Steve Tanham

Sue, Red Kites…and a very different April weekend.

February 26, 2020 + Spirituality

Shivering River…

by Steve Tanham

Originally posted on France & Vincent:
* The traditional number of runes stands at twenty-four. A colt has twenty-four milk teeth. Sleipnir is a colt. * The runes are usually depicted in tablet form as three rows of eight runes apiece. * The facts here tend to support the poetic thesis. * There is, though, an important distinction to be made. ‘Heaven’ is not…

February 25, 2020 + #Poetry, Spirituality

A Tangent to the Earth

by Steve Tanham

No thought of dirt as Young fingers slid round iron Rifled in straight and bitter verticals To stop small boys ascending Ha! ~~~~~~~~ The base to space so broad We could propel those vital First two feet, and then With will, and strengthening fingers And will, and tearing nails And will, and iron conquered Hang in space so far From that ordinary world Until, … Read More A Tangent to the Earth

February 23, 2020 + #ShortWrytz, Photographic techniques, Photography, Spirituality

#ShortWrytz : Leaves of Winter

by Steve Tanham

There’s a new park in Kendal. It nestles beneath the Fellside district. It’s an old part of the town that climbs to become one of the first fells on the way to Lake Windermere. The meeting of Lakeland fell and level park is dramatic and beautiful. The centre of the park is circular, and filled with ornamental grasses, surrounded by shrubs. Cold and frost … Read More #ShortWrytz : Leaves of Winter

February 20, 2020 + Ancient Sacred Sites, Consciousness, Photography, Solar Year, Spirituality

The Flickering Present…

by Steve Tanham

I’ve taken a lot of photographs during the past ten years, but none of them like the one above. Shot at Castlerigg Stone Circle, near Keswick, in December 2018, it depicts what I’ve called the ‘green flame’. The photo was part of a set taken during the ‘Full Circle’ Silent Eye weekend. Sue and Stuart had created the weekend and were doing the detailed … Read More The Flickering Present…

February 18, 2020 + #ShortWrytz, Lake District, Spirituality, Travel and Photography

#ShortWritz: End of the Road

by Steve Tanham

The A66 road connects east and west across northern England and runs through some of the highest parts of the Pennine Hills. Notorious for its severe winter winds that topple heavy wagons, it’s also very beautiful. Here, at its western end, this fast road soars across the glacial landscape, up and down like a bird of prey, before dropping us onto a scene of … Read More #ShortWritz: End of the Road

February 16, 2020 + #Poetry, Poetry, Spirituality, Stream of Consciousness

A Hundred Years of Calais

by Steve Tanham

You took us to your window To see the cliffs of dawn Across the miles they shone like sheets Hung on a washing line We knew, you said, beyond the chalk On scribbled boards you waited And prayed that you were searching, too For those who searched for you… ©Stephen Tanham

February 14, 2020 + Spirituality

Virgin of the Ridge…

by Steve Tanham

From Stuart…

February 13, 2020 + Spirituality, Stream of Consciousness, Travel and Photography

Horseman in the Mist

by Steve Tanham

The town of Cassel, near Lille in Northern France, is shrouded in mist – the same mist that had accompanied our first ever visit to the World War One cemeteries of Vimy and Notre Dame de Lorette. Six of us are slotted, snugly, into the mid-size people carrier bouncing at speed into the centre of Cassel. Behind us are a variety of warm coats … Read More Horseman in the Mist

February 11, 2020 + #NightMoves, #WhimsyPhotoEssays, Photographic techniques, Travel and Photography

#NightMoves : Sodium Stroll, Wimereux

by Steve Tanham

Like most bloggers, I enjoy writing. I also enjoy taking photographs – as many as my long-suffering wife, Bernie, can tolerate, on our travels. One of my favourite styles of photography is black and white – particularly the high-contrast ‘Noir’ mode offered by modern cameras. I recently suppressed the urge to upgrade my ageing Apple laptop in favour of spending the money on a … Read More #NightMoves : Sodium Stroll, Wimereux

February 9, 2020 + #Collie dogs, #PhotoZen, #ShortWrytz, Photography, Places and Prose, Spirituality

#Shortwritz: liquid sunset

by Steve Tanham

Sometimes you just get lucky. This is the mouth of the estuary at Arnside, Cumbria, where two of the abundant local rivers flow out into Morecambe Bay. During the previous half hour, and further upstream, I had taken several shots on the tiny beach where we sometimes walk Tess, our Collie dog–and finish the day with the excellent local fish and chips.. With the … Read More #Shortwritz: liquid sunset