Sharon Blackie has coined the word "hagitude", saying when it came to her she knew instantly that it was going to be the title of her new book. In other words, the book is about hags with attitude.
Read MorePausing in silence and connecting to our memories through the four elements, especially stones and water is an age- old tradition. When we are still and let the voices of the stones carry us into stories, into our stories and the stories of our family, we are gifted with teachable moments and a sense of ancestral/familial support that is rich and meaningful. By extension, walking through the oldest section of a cemetery or strolling up to a park monument, gives us an opportunity to imagine the lives led by people whose names are carved in their stones- a humbling and moving experience.
Read MoreI find it intriguing and ironic that we are now beginning to see that the Ancient Ones understood and used energy in ways that are just coming into our awareness. You don’t have to visit ancient sites to open to this awareness. A walk in the woods, sitting in a garden or watching a sunset can do it.
Read MoreMore on Ogham, lines scratched on twigs of wood that came to represent a secret code or alphabet which was as close to writing as the Druids, an oral culture used.
Read MoreIt is a Leap Year and we are coming up on February 29, that day that once every four years reminds us that we get out of synch with the natural cycle of the sun and moon.
Read more about the history and stories that surround Leap Day and the Celts.
Read MoreIntentionally embracing a path of connection to Nature, to Spirit, to Universal Energy can help us embrace the future from a place of grounding, of positive anticipation, and of renewed vigor.
Read MoreHearing voices? Some think this is normal, some call it paranormal and others dismiss the idea as fantasy, others label hearing voices as abnormal.
Read MoreWe all have read of such things in classic children’s fiction: Alice going down the rabbit hole, the Narnia wardrobe. More recent fiction has Harry Potter and friends finding a portal within the train station at Platform 9 ¾ and Claire dropping into an earlier century Scotland in the Outlander.
Read MoreAmidst the Stones is free on Kindle today and tomorrow in honor of St. Brigid Day! Visit Amazon.com to get your copy.
Read MoreSo many readers of my new novel Amidst the Stones of Celtic Ireland asked questions about what is real and what is fiction within the book, that I decided to write a blog about it. If you haven’t read the book yet, I will try not to spoil it, but you will hear the general themes that unfold.
Read MoreFull moons have a beauty, a magic, a magnificence of their own; even more so when aligned with a Celtic stone circle. I marvel at these Neolithic sites and wonder what the Ancient Ones knew that gave them the knowledge and the motivation to create them…
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