Category: Spirituality

A restful weekend…

Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
“Don’t give me your excuses…. you’re a superhobbit and superhobbits don’t seize up!” My son had phoned me to discuss his garden, even though I had just spent yet another nine hours in it, moving tons of earth and stone… and that is not dramatic exaggeration but simple fact. I’d done the same the for two…

#FurryFives – cappuccino

– You wouldn’t get me sulking Cappuccino! – I only said your fur looks like a milky coffee… And yours a cappuccino! – Well, I am a cat! ©Stephen Tanham

#ShortWrytz : “thank you!”

Thank you. Oh thank you… thank you. 😎 Steve

Vexed by the Tribe (part two) – the fabrication of complexity

We’re visiting relatives. It’s friendly. We have a light meal and some cake to follow. But then someone mentions Brexit and a cold frost descends on the room… My wife and I bite our tongues, knowing our hosts are firm believers that Britain’s post-colonial destiny lies in a renewed ‘Little England’ reborn from some poster of decades ago. Until my wife’s uncle says, “Besides, … Read More Vexed by the Tribe (part two) – the fabrication of complexity

Crescent over the Midland

I snapped this while walking the collie along Morecambe’s seafront in a strong wind, earlier today. And then I was reading about WordPress’ new iOS ‘share’ extension for Apple iPad and iPhone, which can instantly convert online content (eg pictures or a block of text) into a there-and-then post. It seemed the perfect test! However, I was expecting a ‘preview’ dialogue, but apparently not.. … Read More Crescent over the Midland

Summer Dragonfly

Originally posted on Windmills of My Mind:
Your flashing wings suddenly appear on a warm spring day; Wings quick, turning, zigzagging to catch a micro insect in the warm air. Then, your brilliant colors flashing wings, delicately enjoying the last days of summer before you disappear.

Dreaming Stones: Pause for thought?

Sue and Stuart’s enormous journey crosses back into England…

Vexed by the Tribe (part one)

I am vexed… It’s a word you don’t hear much, now. Old English, I believe. It describes an agitated state of mind – and possibly body – when something nagging can’t be solved. What I’m vexed about is the entrenchment of nationalistic opinion across the world, in the face of much more important issues – like the world’s climate problems and the undermining of … Read More Vexed by the Tribe (part one)

Slimegrobbels and custard…

Let us tell you a story… Sue’s post The Silent Eye “Tell me a story…” My granddaughters and I were sitting on the floor of their pink-painted cabin at the bottom of the garden. I had evicted yet another invading spider and, while the youngest sat on my knee, her almost-five year old big sister was sprawling in the pink armchair. The three of … Read More Slimegrobbels and custard…

Primal screen

Somewhere in the frontal cortex of our brains there’s a very special junction – a place where we learned to do something truly different with our minds… Let’s call it the Primal Screen… Our spines can be considered the highway of our historical evolution: the inherited paths of form and energy that developed from single cells in oceans, through fish, lizards and apes. At … Read More Primal screen

mindfulness

Originally posted on rivrvlogr:
mindfulness gulls wheeling overhead, their cries mingling with the sound of waves lapping at the shore cormorants diving, surfacing downstream, carried by the current a great blue heron raising its head, its catch grasped firmly in its bill a soft breeze coming off the water, a mild caress, warm day or cool beside the river or upon it, and my…

Dreaming Stones: A room with a view…

Sue and Stuart’s Islands adventure continues…