Author Archives: thewellhousecircle

Vertigo and the quest for self

Posted on October 23, 2013 by thewellhousecircle

Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958) is one of my all-time favourite films.  It has everything in it: a mysterious enigmatic heroine, a messed-up hero, romance, the American West, a beautiful deserted rose garden in the cemetery of a California Mission, unanswered questions, … Continue reading →

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The colour of the world

Posted on August 3, 2013 by thewellhousecircle

Have you ever had the experience of seeing things all around you in a colour for a time?  And then that colour changes. It’s like the leaves changing.  When the leaves are that bright spring green as they are in … Continue reading →

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The way we know each other

Posted on June 23, 2013 by thewellhousecircle

I wrote you some letters a few years ago. I felt I knew you, although it seems I didn’t. You wrote back, directly and through less direct means. Then, when I met you, I realised I didn’t know you. You … Continue reading →

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Kaleidoscope – mirror, glass and stones

Posted on May 27, 2013 by thewellhousecircle

‘A kaleidoscope is a cylinder with mirrors containing loose, coloured objects such as beads or pebbles and bits of glass. As the viewer looks into one end, light entering the other creates a colourful pattern, due to the reflection off … Continue reading →

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Uprooting illusions

Posted on April 18, 2013 by thewellhousecircle

In the flow of life that is Facebook, a quotation recently caught my eye.  It might have been this one:  ‘Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.’ – … Continue reading →

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The tip of the iceberg, the roots of the tree….

Posted on March 15, 2013 by thewellhousecircle

Listening to some incredible tales the other day – so incredible they could have been material for a seventh novel in Susan Howatch’s Starbridge series about the Church of England in the 20th century – I was reminded of that … Continue reading →

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Who am I?

Posted on February 24, 2013 by thewellhousecircle

Last year on my birthday one of my oldest, long-lost friends sent me an e-mail out of the blue.  It was affirming to be back in contact and illuminating – if a little uncomfortable – to re-establish how and why we’d … Continue reading →

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Sometimes you need to go far away to see clearly, and sometimes you need to come way up close and be overwhelmed by what it is you’re looking at before you can actually see it as it is – without … Continue reading →

Posted on January 25, 2013 by thewellhousecircle | 8 Comments

One that stays, one that goes

Posted on December 29, 2012 by thewellhousecircle

“The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you Don’t go back to sleep! You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep! People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds … Continue reading →

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Dear World,

Posted on November 24, 2012 by thewellhousecircle

Dear World, Just a few words from me.  I’ve been busy and I haven’t felt like writing.  I’ve got a name for it – ‘noble tiredness’*** – though I stubbornly refused to acknowledge it.  No apology or explanation, but I’d like to … Continue reading →

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