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g invaders in 873 the army overwintered in repton and a vast mound has been excavated there containing the bones of around hundreds of them disarticulated and neatly stacked the volume of pilgrims was so great that rough hewn passages had to be cut through the fabric of the church and stone to enable a one way system to manage the number of people visiting the relics of the kings the church today reflects the whole of english history from that time onward the scars and damage of the reformation the rebuilding and changes in fashion the burials of medieval knights and tudor dignitaries it is all there to read in the glass wood and stone of a little parish church the door yielded reluctantly to our touch and we stepped back in time to breathe the holy air encased in stone there are no relics remaining of those long dead kings only the niches were their bones were laid to rest they were never buried here the bodies were first interred then the bones once the flesh was gone and the bones were clean were recovered and placed in the crypt the columns that have supported the vault for one and a half thousand years are decorated with ascending spirals a symbol that links back to the very earliest rock carvings and the silence is complete each breath resonates in a very strange way making you very conscious of your life in this house of the dead conscious too of your presence within a greater human story press a button or two to share go on make my day share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on whatsapp opens in new window whatsapp share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit print opens in new window print email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on telegram opens in new window telegram share on mix opens in new window mix like loading posted in ancient sites archaeology churches historic sites photography sacred sites stuart france and sue vincent tagged archaeology churches derbyshire folklore ghosts local legnds repton saxon 17 comments lucky posted on january 5 2024 by sue vincent the art of thierry arnault paris c1981 there are few photographs of my years in paris the camera i had back then was minimal film expensive to process and anyway postcards did a far better job that i could ever do it doesn t matter back then it was all about art not mine of course it would be twenty years before i picked up brush and courage and laid them on a canvas no it was all about the place du tertre i haven t been back for a very long time over a quarter of a century has passed and i cannot say how much has changed there and how much remains the same but there are things that remain fresh in our memories bright and sparkling for me paris was a time of intense emotion friendships so deep they stripped away illusion and until the last couple of years the happiest i have ever been some things we don t forget times places memories that stay in that special corner in our hearts where treasures are kept and there was paris 1981 and of course i still have the diaries i had been to paris once years before and fallen in love with the place of all the fabulous buildings and museums two places had stuck in my mind and felt in some indescribable way like home one was the rue mouffetard a little backstreet off the tourist track just behind the pantheon where i had wandered very early one morning the narrow street seemed timeless archetypically parisian the aroma of fresh bread and coffee hung in the morning and a tramp slept beneath the pages of le monde in a doorway clutching the green glass of an empty wine bottle to his chest the other was the place du tertre the artist s square in montmartre and a painted canvas on a rickety easel the picture showed another bearded tramp wearing a cap pulled low against the night just the grizzled face illuminated in the darkness by the match he was holding to half a cigarette so when i was lucky enough to go back to work there montmartre was the first place i headed for walking right across paris as if i knew the way in search of a memory i found the square and somehow incredibly soon found myself amongst friends mainly amongst the resident artists who stayed there all year round and took their art seriously others came and went chasing the concentration of summer tourists and francs those i came to know had made it their home i modelled for them and fed them when they were broke and when they sold a painting we partied they were some of the best friends you could wish for and we took care of each other the bar on the corner of the square au clairon des chasseurs was our meeting place i could arrive for coffee on a saturday morning and still be there in the wee small hours of sunday just talking my friends would come in one after another to warm their hands and as one left another would arrive back then everyone went to montmartre i met actors writers diplomats and aristocracy i knew the tramps and the prostitutes who worked there for all the surface commercialism the tourists saw there was still a true bohemian life under the surface and they invited me in everyone it seemed found their way there mini tahar and thierry the waiters joined the conversations as we discussed and debated just about every subject under the sun and then went further delving into the mysteries of the inner universe all nations all languages all faiths and perspectives met there and the only rivalries i ever saw were in jest it was an education sans pareil from a mousey little creature with neither confidence nor any great opinion of her worth i slowly opened up to life and laughter and began to see that perhaps i might have some kind of value after all you could not hide in montmartre it demanded that you be real warts and all the first christmas in paris stands out for many reasons i had been adopted and nicknamed la tomate for my penchant for wearing bright red or they called me yorkshire in heavily accented tones i really felt i had come home my closest friend was tom coffield a brilliant glaswegian artist he was a small wiry scot with a deep love of burns and a gift for holding up the mirror of the soul we had met after i had been sitting on the kerb talking philosophy with big boris he handed me a portrait he had sketched but i wasn t buying an i m no sellin said tom as he joined me on the kerb we must have talked for six hours straight sketch by thomas coffield paris 1981 we became firm friends he was my conscience mirror and confidante and he was my teacher in the fine art of living he tore strips off me when one of the artists developed an unrequited passion and taught me a new slant on responsibility and he taught me to laugh for no reason except joy he stripped away every illusion i could hide behind and made me see myself as real we spent most of the summer talking yet the dour scot was a few years older than i and i was never quite sure what he thought of me except the courage he told me i had courage i d never considered that before and it was a new slant on the way i saw myself he promised me a proper portrait but it never did materialise each time he tried to paint me he saw something new and knowing me so well he tried to capture it all but that christmas he gave me something better he gave me a memory it was snowing and paris is magical in the moonlight we bumped into thierry arnault at dinner chez denise on the rue lepic tom insisted that thierry show me his studio and his work in a tiny garret next door thierry however seemed more interested in introducing me to his cats snoopy and pigalle mini at the clairon had presented me with a bottle of chateauneuf for christmas and it accompanied us all to montparnasse where the layers of this bohemian world came together to party it was according to my diary a wonderful evening i must have written the entry as soon as i got home there was dancing and song i have no idea what possessed me to join vince in ilkley moor bah t at to drown out tom s gaelic i may be obliged to plead the fifth not amendment but chateauneuf they decided to rename me la princesse with great ceremony and so much laughter tom kissed me a merry christmas i was leaving next day for england he told me to come back soon as i was loved by many and would be missed it was the first time in my life that i felt i really mattered in the world one is born into a family but those who find and cherish us for who we are they are very special my diary records and that was a good day so many friends i have made i am a lucky woman tom also gave me a christmas gift that night it hangs on my wall today close to that very first sketch he made the day we met the pen and ink drawing shows the clairon and all my friends tom is the small guy with the beret on the left talking to monsieur steve and old marcel who loved the light in my hair i am listening to big boris somewhere below his beard sam yeo mini thierry the dogs and the no credit sign even the pigeons on the glass roof the tall figure of alain with his fiery eyes but that is another story once upon a time i knew them all it still stands i am a lucky woman au clairon des chasseurs paris thomas coffield 1981 press a button or two to share go on make my day share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on whatsapp opens in new window whatsapp share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit print opens in new window print email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on telegram opens in new window telegram share on mix opens in new window mix like loading posted in christmas friendship painting tagged art memories memoirs montmartre paris place du tertre thierry arnault thomas coffield 48 comments songs of a bard posted on december 15 2023 by sue vincent i love the old stories the legends and lays of ancient times when the world from our vantage point seemed both a more innocent and more magical place where the impossible walked hand in hand with the improbable and where worlds seemed interwoven through the warp and weft of reality the tales tell of monsters and battles quests and fair maidens intrigue and magic at least on one level it is possible to hear in them still the crackle of the fire and the cadence of the bard holding spellbound an audience yet to listen to these stories in the silence of the heart is to realise how much they hold in storytelling there is a perfect way to commit history to memory to teach of new advances and preserve old lore to guide the heart and mind through the hidden valleys of wisdom and show not only a way to live but a reason for life and the winding pathways we traverse the stories were simply stories tales to while away the evenings round the hearth or fill the mead hall with sound they were entertainment in much the same way as our society sits on its sofa watching fantasy and documentary on tv we choose whether to be amused or informed so did our forefathers but perhaps it was the level of attention and engagement that changed not the tale continue reading at france vincent press a button or two to share go on make my day share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on whatsapp opens in new window whatsapp share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit print opens in new window print email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on telegram opens in new window telegram share on mix opens in new window mix like loading posted in crucible of the sun fantasy history life love and laughter mabinogion mythology spirituality stuart france uncategorized tagged books history life magic stuart france 4 comments petals of the rose posted on december 8 2023 by sue vincent petals of the rose guided journeys sue vincent a collection of guided meditations designed to open aspects of the personality in as gentle and natural way as the petals of the rose open at the touch of the sun each inner journey will carry you to a haven within your own psyche from which to explore layers of your own being learning their meaning and purpose from mystical and silent castles to the song of the unicorn each journey takes you deeper into your inner being and carries you out beyond the stars stories stir the imagination casting images upon the screen of mind that allow us to explore in safety aspects of our lives and being that we might otherwise avoid or overlook there is a rich vein of experience in memory that can be mined for its treasures one of the simplest and best ways of exploring the labyrinths of the mind is to do so through a guided journey meditation and visualisation are not arcane practices in which a few indulge we all use these tools every day to navigate our way around the world and our lives we ask ourselves what if creating imaginary scenarios before we act we visualise the route we walk to work or what the basket full of ingredients will look like once assembled and cooked on a dinner plate there is no mystery in meditation but when you give time and attention to the practice it can open the door to many mysteries including those of our own being available via amazon com amazon uk and worldwide in paperback and for kindle press a button or two to share go on make my day share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on whatsapp opens in new window whatsapp share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit print opens in new window print email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on telegram opens in new window telegram share on mix opens in new window mix like loading posted in books life poetry writing tagged haiku magic mystery psychology spirituality 1 comment remember posted on december 2 2023 by sue vincent cold creeps in slowly bones chilled and brittle snap like twigs fragile and friable remembered warmth turns the mind to memory sunlight and laughter and your hand in mine murmuring dreams walking our future as our words entwine and our hearts race seeing the far yesterday in our tomorrow climbing our mountains with the innocence of children finding our future in each others eyes cover art sue vincent now elkmar and aini built a house on the bank of the river avon aini had the form of a great white cow but she also had the form of a fair and beautiful woman big boss stud wanted to sleep with her aini was amenable to that but she feared the power and the might of elkmar for his whiskers wer...