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Feb 28
1 min

Not your average Flintstone.

Photo by Sean Stratton on Unsplash As we move more to realign ourselves with nature, we can have a little help from the power of stones. ...

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Feb 12
1 min

Make War Not Love.

Who is St. Valentine? He was a man who believed in love and wasn’t afraid to go up against an Emperor of Rome. The year is 270 A. D. and ...

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Feb 7
1 min

Phases

The full moon has always fascinated me, the beautiful light it gives and the magical tales I’m sure it could tell if we but listen. We ha...

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Jan 30
2 min

The M is for Martial...

My journey into Martial Arts began when I was sixteen. The first class I took was in the Kung Fu style of San Soo in La Puente, Californi...

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Jan 23
1 min

The Real St. Patrick?

Have you heard the tales of Saint Patrick, the Patron saint of Ireland? Legend has it Patrick once walked the Irish shores and drove the ...

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Jan 16
2 min

Queen Of The Dead...

Photo by Chris Nguyen on Unsplash, Photo by Stefano Pollio on Unsplash. Edited by Mr. Shelley. The RMS Queen Mary has long been a favorit...

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Jan 10
1 min

Ghosts Revisited...

Return to Spadra! By mere chance, my husband and I spotted the old Phillips Mansion and made a stop. It’s by far a unique and beautiful t...

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Jan 3
1 min

Castles on my mind...

Photo by Iain from Pexels Castles of Ireland have always held a bit of magic and an exciting story to tell. Almost all of them have a gho...

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Dec 20, 2020
1 min

Merry Christmas!

Happy Monday! Over here in our home, we are getting ready for the Christmas Holiday, and I wanted to take a moment and send you all posit...

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Dec 13, 2020
1 min

Scary Christmas!

It may be Christmas, but I believe the best ghost stories take place this festive season! Night comes sooner, the air colder, and the mo...

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Dec 7, 2020
1 min

My Little Secret

We are fortunate enough to have our secret forest tucked away on our property. The tall breezy trees keep away the outside world while I w...

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Nov 29, 2020
1 min

WINNER WINNER!

I won NaNoWriMo! This stands for National November Writing Month. The goal is to write 50,000 words by November 30th and I finished by No...

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Nov 15, 2020
2 min

Paws to remember...

Today we made a remembrance stone for my husband's childhood pet, Merlyn. We created a place in the backyard for our pets that are no lon...

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Nov 8, 2020
1 min

NaNoWriMo-a-go-go

This week began week one of NaNoWriMo which stands for National November Writing Month. I had tried participating in Camp NaNo earlier th...

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Nov 1, 2020
3 min

The Ghosts Of Spadra

My husband and I took a ghost tour in a haunted cemetery from the 1800s on Halloween night! Our tour began at 11 PM; they were the last t...

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Oct 24, 2020
1 min

Of Serpents And Wolves Release!

Of Serpents and Wolves is here! Not all Saints are born with Halos... One was born with Claws... 16th Century Ireland. You've heard the t...

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Oct 11, 2020
1 min

A Song Of Sorrow...

The Banshee is one of the fairy folk and not necessarily bad. It depends on who is telling the story. It began in 8th century Ireland, an...

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Oct 4, 2020
2 min

You Don't Know Jack....

Or DO you know Jack? Legend has it that the Jack-o-lanterns that we fondly carve during October originated in Irish folklore with the tal...

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Sep 28, 2020
1 min

The chosen are not always willing....

There are many doors in the spirit world, and if you are a Shaman, you know all about this. The name Shaman means to know, and they are n...

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Sep 20, 2020
2 min

The shadows standing behind you..

The first time I heard the word Druid I was a child listening to a ghost story. I didn’t know what they were and if I should be afraid of...

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