spirits of place
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Making Peace with my Namesake
I have been feeling a call to return to Scotland for a few years. This is because of some unfinished business I know I had with this land. Business that is ancestral, in part. And also having to do with my relationship with the place I was named for – the Isle of Skye. A Continue reading
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Apu Mt. Monadnock
In the central Andes, where the second highest mountain chain makes their imposing presence viscerally felt, the indigenous people have since time immemorial venerated their mountain peaks. Quechua-speakers (the language of the Inca Empire) call them Apus. Certain Apus are designated sacred mountain peaks, based upon teachings of the wise ones. Typically these sacred Apus Continue reading
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A PRAYER FOR KEENE
CRYSTAL MANDALA PRAYER Dear Keene We come to you Small spirits on a winding path At the turning of these days At the changing of the cycles Please open the way For our small and humble community To shape shift into the next Step of planetary evolution We call upon the spirits Up high and Continue reading
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THE MYSTERY BEGINS: EXCERPT FROM MY NOVEL “THE SPIRITS OF JADE”
EXCERPT FROM MY NOVEL “THE SPIRITS OF JADE” Whenever people asked Jade to describe what happened next, the only word she could come up with was “beautiful.” It’s not a word that anyone would expect, but that was the first thought that appeared in her head when she stood at the threshold of her mother’s Continue reading
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Winter Solstice and The Spirits of Jade
This Winter Solstice marks the 5th anniversary of the death of the my mother, which launched an intensive month of writing the initial draft of what is now my new novel – “The Spirits of Jade”. The story opens on a winter solstice eve when the main character – down-on-her-luck Jade – finds her life Continue reading
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Why I Write…with thanks to Paulo Coelho
As I launched my first ever novel – THE SPIRITS OF JADE – with family and friends on December 11th, I wondered why I had spent so much time and energy bringing it out into the world. Why did I write it? And how can I have the audacity to try to write a novel Continue reading
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