Monthly Archives: January 2021

Temple of Living Land…

* … “So, why haven’t you written a book?” “Never been given a story.” * I remember the exchange well and the precise location. We were in the back room of the Queen Anne Public House, and it was the … Continue reading

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Magical mornings

It was a luminous dawn, the world blanketed in a thick cocoon of frost against the darkness and silence of a newborn morning. The sun rose, pale and gold, strewing a million diamonds on the tarmac path; setting a fire … Continue reading

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remnants #midnighthaiku

Ruined remnants sleep Inviting understanding Memories revived

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All Is As It Should Be ~ G. Michael Vasey

Reblogged from the Magical World of G. Michael Vasey: Today it is gloomy, very misty, cold with a slight drizzle. It has been this way more or less since I started working with Morana, Goddess of winter. The weather forecast … Continue reading

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Discovering Albion – day 8: Synchronicity

We needed a walk after breakfast. We’d made a start on the fruit and cereals… and there was toast. We may not have bothered had we realised that the plates soon to be delivered would feed the pair of us … Continue reading

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Ars Geometrica: Atalanta…

‘The Flight of Atalanta’ by Michael Maier… * …The ‘Sixteenth’ and ‘Seventeenth’ Leaves. * ‘…From a man and a woman make a circle…’ ‘…And then a square…’ * We thought again of The Officers Of Law who appeared to see … Continue reading

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Feeling True…

…Her hand crept to the feather at her throat. Her gift from the gods. The colour of flame. She had strayed from the path. Seeking silence. Preparing herself for what was to come. The great bird had wheeled overhead. Soaring … Continue reading

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The Small Dog on the Common Cold (or why there are sausage rolls under the sofa cushions…)

She’s got a really rotten cold And isn’t feeling well, She’s curled up on the sofa And she looks as rough as hell. The good thing is it’s ‘feed a cold’ As far as I can tell, Which means, of … Continue reading

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Brave #midnighthaiku

Delicate petals Defying appearances Wears summer colours Exotic fragility Braves winter to reveal strength

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Kilneuair Chapel ~ Jo Woolf

Reblogged from The Hazel Tree:   Writing in ‘The Kist’ in 1994, the historian Lady McGrigor said: “The old church of Kilneuair (Cill an Iubhair, Chapel of the Yews), once important in the district as the parish church of Glassary, … Continue reading

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