by Steve Tanham
Originally posted on Stuart France:
* It was probably foolish, I know… * * But I took a liking to this ‘little lady’. * * Who, if the board is correct, could have been supporting the capstone’s weight for over six thousand years. * * Which is some feat, as you can probably see… * * We call it stone technology and we have…
by Steve Tanham
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
It had been forty years since I last crossed the Menai Strait to the Isle of Anglesey and beyond, to the Holy Isle. I had fallen in love with the place back then and my memory has painted the island in the colours of summer, garlanded with wildflowers and encircled by a turquoise sea. But this…
by Steve Tanham
Four hundred steps… six hundred million years… It’s a lot, especially when they descend one of the steepest cliffs in Britain. But it’s worth it. To travel through the known geological history of the Earth in the few minutes it takes to hum ‘Morning has broken’ is a soul-warming experience; and nor is the song out of place when you’re experiencing one of the … Read More Moon over Venus – Part One
by Steve Tanham
Imagine two men: one a lone traveller in a desert, the other a city dweller, a successful man, rising through the ranks of business, destined for greatness. The first man has only a light backpack, resting on shoulders that would be sunburnt but for the reflective, white muslin shirt that both protects the skin and allows his sweat to evaporate from its hot … Read More #Silenti – A Rose Beyond Violence, part three
by Steve Tanham
Originally posted on Stuart France:
* If you like… * * Your cool… * * Old, Old Skool… * * Check out… * * Long Meg’s ‘Tatts’. * * Oh yeah…
by Steve Tanham
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
The last vestiges of autumn’s glory still clings to the trees, pale gold and copper against the damp-blackened bark and vivid green of the English countryside. The stone-built cottages, many of them still roofed with ancient slabs of sandstone, or the dark grey slate that echoes November skies, look warm and cosy with their lights casting…
Sun in Gemini 