Tag Archives: Mythology

Dear Wen: ‘lunatic fringe’…

Dear Wen, Ah, I have it… It was dusk. I even have some photographs, taken during our brief sojourn, of the moon. Perhaps then, it is a sort of ‘Moon Madness’ from the lunatic fringe of the moor, as it … Continue reading

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The Story Teller’s Art…

* In ‘Sunken Cities’ the author, A.J. North, contends that in Math the son of Mathonwy, one of the Four Branches of the Mabinogion, we have an instance of what can only be regarded as racial memory. In this story, … Continue reading

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Names Matter: gonned… Stuart France

* Well, the next day, har husband he took her inter the room, an’ there was the flax an’ the day’s vittles. ‘Now, there’s the flax,’ says he, ‘an’ if that ain’t spun up this night off goo yar hid.’ … Continue reading

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Whispering Woods… Stuart France

* … Back in Coventry, Sir Albert’s Lady, overcome with extreme pain, was forced to choose between the spoil of her infant, or an end to her life. * Placing the preservation of her child, and benefit of her country … Continue reading

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Black Forest… Stuart France

* … “My most dear and beloved Lady, what art, or learning can perform, with all due speed shall be accomplished, for never shall rest take hold of my heart, nor sleep close the lids of my eyes, until I … Continue reading

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Dear Wen: Utterly Unacceptable…

Dear Wen… It occurs to me that the term ‘Hollow Hills’ may not be a landscape but rather a mind-scape description… ‘…The landscape of Cavan is dotted with drumlin hills but there are also many lakes and the drumlins form … Continue reading

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Dear Don: Utterly Unacceptable…

Dear Don, Ah yes… Columcille…. it all clicks back into place now… My mind seemed stuck on Aidan… I am not surprised you are happy about the Minahane being revisited. There was so much more in there at second reading … Continue reading

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Dear Wen: Sheaves…

Dear Wen… Yes, indeed…A real bonus though to get the thread of the Erin trip given to us so clearly, and to have But ‘n’ Ben so nicely rounded off. Once again we ended up in quite different places than … Continue reading

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Dear Don: Sheaves…

Dear Don, Good trip, wasn’t it? Once again time seems to have been obliging and stretched itself to fit with our meanderings. We are going to need to go south again though, with all I am reading about Marden Henge … Continue reading

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Dear Wen: Cheesehound…

Dear Wen… I see no reason why I should be blamed for the images in your head… Slugs get a bad press okay, and they have a role in nature’s grand scheme, an important role, just like pigeons in fact, … Continue reading

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