Tag Archive | spirituality
Behind the Scenes…
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
It is an odd thing to put on a workshop where ritual and drama are mixed. Odd, but old… theatre has its roots in the sacred drama of ancient times. Even the rituals of the Church have a theatrical element, blending light, song, the glamour of embroidered…
More than survival
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
One of my all-time favourite fantasy cycles is the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson. They were the first fantasy books I ever read other than the classics such as Tolkien, Lewis and Carroll. My grandfather sent me a copy of the first…
Notes from a small dog XXVII
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
I do not have fleas…. She knows that…she‘s the one who makes sure I don’t get them…. So calling me Fleabag was entirely uncalled for. It is the winter moult, that’s all. It itches. But I’m not telling her that… she’ll only want to bathe me and…
The vicissitudinous growth of grass…
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
The winter before last caught me by surprise with the early onset of rain. The final cut of the lawn was postponed due to wet weather… and remained that way until spring finally decided to put in an appearance. Now, I love to see a meadow of…
The alchemy of joy
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
By the time this goes out, another workshop will be over and our Companions will have dispersed for another year. Inevitably, every time we go back to Great Hucklow, we think of that very first workshop… and for me, that meant laughter… “What have you done with…
Looking in the Looking Glass
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
As I schedule a post or two in advance to cover my absence for the Silent Eye’s workshop weekend, there are few things I can predict with any certainty. You never know what is going to happen or how things are going to work out. One thing…
A common misconception?
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
“….so, this year it is Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Court, and next year we’ll be in Sumeria.” Running around getting things organised for the workshops always involves the attempted acquisition of some strange items. I frequently get asked what I’m hoping to use them for and that…
Odd socks and the mummification of rats…
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
I couldn’t put it off any longer, bad back or not… the sheets needed changing and the mattress was overdue to be turned. My son, for reasons best known to himself, chose to furnish himself with one of those huge beds of the mega-super-king variety that are…
Easter
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
In England today there are chocolate eggs and rabbits. In France the church bells are silent as the bells of St Peter’s fly to the children, tied with ribbons and flowers. Across the world images that combine the Christian and the older pagan festivals of spring and…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 