Sue Vincent's Blog: Echoes of Life, page 5
June 25, 2023
St Michael’s-on-Wyre…
*** I first visited St Michael’s-on-Wyre over forty-five years ago. I was around eight or nine years old at the time and we called in on the way back from a day on Beacon Fell. Something about the memory of … Continue reading →
June 23, 2023
Also Prophecy?…
A youthful Orson Welles explains to reporters that he had not intended to cause panic… (October 31st, 1938) * ‘The War of the Worlds’ was a Halloween episode of the radio series, The Mercury Theatre on the Air, directed and … Continue reading →
June 17, 2023
Phantom Inns…
* Count Jan Potocki (pron. Yan Pototchkee) was born of an aristocratic Polish family in 1761. In 1815, shortly after completing his masterwork, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa, and suffering from a chronic illness he took his own life by … Continue reading →
June 14, 2023
Prophecy too?
* …The lines you refer to probably start more like lines on an instrument, say a zither, and then proceed to those structural supports of a Big Wheel, as the shadow side is gradually revealed. Good film that. Well worth … Continue reading →
June 9, 2023
Also Temples…
‘Vitruvian Man’ *** Many, if not all, geometric forms can be used as templum, and the diagrammatic glyphs of most spiritual systems can be mapped on to the form of the human body after a three-fold pattern. Despite exoteric claims … Continue reading →
June 7, 2023
Prophecy?
* Prophetic laughter Illuminating veiled truth Light in the darkness Hubris shaping history The jester holds the mirror *
June 2, 2023
Old George…
* Maggot always gets his man. Wherever they go. However far they flee. However cunningly they hide… * Maggot enters the Ol’ George: legendary menagerie of care-worn dreamers. This evening’s vibrantly clad gathering part to allow him to the bar. His ‘thirties’ hat and summer rain-coat are still the heir to respect even in a … … Continue reading →
May 26, 2023
Temples Too…
*** The space created by the temple, for augury, originally, appears to have been in order to better observe the flight of birds across the sky. To afford them focus and meaning. Their point of origin, the direction of travel, and the type, and number, of the birds seen being instrumental in formulating a reading, … … Continue reading →
May 19, 2023
Living Ones…
‘Solar Bear’ – Sue Vincent 2009 *** … “Well,” says Wen, with a mischievous grin playing across her features, “I have some more shocking news for you.” “Really?” say I. Not really paying too much attention because most of that … Continue reading →
May 17, 2023
…Happy Dog!
Ani and Nick *** Ani was originally acquired as Nick’s assistance dog when he first came out of hospital after the attack. That didn’t work out so she adopted first Sue and then me as her assistant human! She still … Continue reading →
