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There are some things that just make you scratch your head and wonder and the year that I was a junior in High School we blundered up on one of them. To say that it was one of the strangest things that ever happened to either one of us is an understatement of epic proportions.  We were the youngest kids of youngest kids. Our grandparents were all born in the late 1870s to the mid 1880s. Papa was born in 1881 and Mama Carrie was born in 1888. That put us a whole generation, almost two generations closer to the 19th century than other kids our age – and had…

We use you for glue Maybe for tape Use you for everything We take and take Use you to learn And for morals Ignoring our own Dying like coral Our seas are sick Our planet is weak We use everything Trickles become leaks If you could speak Would we change? Or would we ignore Suffering and pain Why not We are doing it now Our planet is screaming In swirls of dark clouds Her children are dying As we stand alone Immune from what we cause Until it’s our flesh and bone I hear you cry As I lie awake The future is told In past mistakes

Being a huge Fae Fan, when Nigel Suckling’s book Faeries of the Celtic Lands plopped on my desk I was very excited, but also very guarded.  Having read a variety of Faery books, I expected this book to be much the same….’historic’ tales of Faery encounters, a brief dictionary of the Fae & Fae Clans, a bit lacking and usually a bit wrong.  I was pleasantly surprised by Nigel Suckling’s Faeries.   Nigel takes us through the world of Fae that Fae Fans dream of entering.  So complete in his writing Nigel Suckling takes us through the world of Fae from historic records of their first appearance, to the Celtic deities…

Through the Eyes of the Gypsee More of Monique’s artwork can be viewed at: http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=20904

Sharing for the Upcoming Holidays Merry Meet and Blessed Autumn to you all… As there are no major Sabbats or other holidays this month I am just going to send out some recipes for general interests… With Yule right around the corner you may want to start thinking of some healthy more natural gifts to give the ones you love… so look at some of these recipes and see if you would like to make them for your friends and Families… Charming Lavender Tea Gift You will need: 1/3 teaspoon dried lavender flowers 4 teaspoons orange pekoe tea New or vintage tea cup and saucer small plastic bag, or plastic…

Oh magic night I walk along in your moonlight warm Breezes blow but all I feel is your sweet glow. Oh magic night Wolfs howl and owls cry, but all I want to do is fly. Oh magic night Fire is burning in my heart, I can feel it all start. Oh magic night waves crash across the sea, please give your power to me. Oh Magic night The earth is giving me the will to try, I’m up and I can fly! Oh magic night I walk along in your moonlight, lead me to the path that’s right! Oh Magic Night! Copyright ©2008  Jackie Corcoran

Stars & Dung I tend to read my horoscope every week.  Not the silly one in the daily papers, but Rob Brezny’s Freewill Astrology. It’s amazing how close to home he hits, although I often get the idea he’s talking about what I just went through, not what I’m about to go through.  Here is the one for me (Sagittarius) for the week of October 15-22: “Be humble for you are made of dung,” says a Serbian provers. “Be noble for you are made of stars.”  I expect that you’ll soon be getting vivid evidence of that truth, Sagittarius.  Your challenge will be to resist the temptation to believe that…

Skara Brae What makes a site sacred? When I started visiting Pagan sacred sites I knew they would be places of great beauty, spiritually, and ancestor worship. Places that would make us feel as though we are a part of something greater than ourselves. My search was for a link between then and now. While in the Orkney Islands, we walked in the footsteps of an ancient people. We saw the places where these people lived and where they buried and honored their dead. What did we have in common, how did they live and survive?  They tell us their stories preserved in stone, evidence of tradition and a link…

A Green Religion One of the main aspects that drew me to learning about Wicca is that is an earth-based spiritual practice.  Honor and respect for our planet is now more important than ever as we hurtle ever faster towards a worldwide environmental crisis.  Though of course it is not impossible to both care for the environment and follow a traditional Western religion or other path, earth-based practices differ in that they shift the focus of what constitutes the sacred.  Wicca does not view the earth as a mere residence or a set of resources.  To many she is the very Goddess herself: Gaia.  Her green limbs extend upward to…