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Lore: Grave Goblin

Published: 02-11-2012 05:20pm
Posted In: Spontaneity

Winter has been a crazily busy time. It has been quite some time since any new residents have come to live at the Castle. Over the season, as I've been walking around and holding congress with the other residents here, I kept thinking it was time for someone new.That's when I heard that old Gundersnack was going to be in town. Gundersnack runs the Orphaned Goblin Relocation Experiment (O.G.R.E.) and I've adopted 3 Goblins from him over the years.I set an appointment to meet with him straight away, and soon thereafter had set my gaze upon a horde of the little buggers. One by one I met them, picked them up, turned them roundabout but one ye... » Read More

Totem: Hummingbird

Published: 02-05-2012 01:36pm
Posted In: Ways of Magic

I will never forget the first time I saw a hummingbird land, I was half-convinced they never did so! I knew then that I had a special connection to the little aviator.Yesterday I woke up, had a glass of sparkling water and was looking out the window watching the birds. Finches and red-breasted robins swooped in the sunlight. Out among them all, one tiny green hummingbird darted into sight and alighted on a branch.There was my little bird :) Bringing me a delicate smile and visions of a land that inhabits this world just beyond our mundane sight. This, combined with my dream of the Hummingbird King left me feeling the urge to recognize ... » Read More

Tree Lore: Fig

Published: 01-25-2012 02:33pm
Posted In: Ways of Magic

For some time now, I have been editing my book on the myth and magic of trees (faeries love trees, as I am sure you know :). It is a tedious process, there are a lot of trees and I've researched over 100! I thought perhaps I might share a little bit of what I've learned along the way. Today I begin editing with the Fig tree.Elemental Association: AllAstrological Signs: AllRuling Planet: Saturn, Pluto Gender: MaleFig trees are steeped in history and lore from Ancient Egypt to Mesopotamia to Asia and Near Eastern cultures. In Indian culture, it was underneath the Bodhi Tree - which was an ancient and revered Fig - that Siddhartha Gauta... » Read More

Whoa-Snow!

Published: 01-18-2012 07:56pm
Posted In: Spontaneity

The world wrapped sleeping under sheets of iceWith blankets of snow, dreaming Cthulhu lies.Need I explain that it snowed mightily last night and today? I was getting my peppermint cocoa last night when I looked out the back archway.There he was, standing sentinel and I thought how beautiful a white-on-white picture of snowy Cthulhu would be.This morning, I took one. Now I believe that a roaring fire, port-wine cheese, crackers and soup sound utterly delicious - nom!... » Read More

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