Today we met old friends, got our registrations, set up for my art show booth. This evening was a delicious dinner with lots of friends at a steak restaurant. Then a bit of the McElroys panel and some people watching…
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DragonCon 2019 Thursday afternoon and night
Tagged with: atlanta, bunnies, cosplay, costume, dragoncon, fairies, game of thrones, ghostbusters, lord of the rings, party, wizards
Posted in Travel
Posted in Travel
Landscape of Scottish Mythological Gods, Goddesses and Giants
Scottish mythology and folklore make a finely woven tartan (travel) rug threaded with a collection of colorful and sometimes dark tales that have emerged from the long history of Scotland; each one elaborated and bettered by successive generations of storytellers. But…
Misfortune of Time is on Contract!
Misfortune of Time, book #6 in The Druid’s Brooch Series is on contract with my fantastic publisher, Tirgearr Publishing! The tentative date is set for early July 2018. Stay tuned for more details! Misfortune of Time Time…
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Posted in History, pagan, Writing
Posted in History, pagan, Writing
Folklore of Archaeology: Of Giants, Fairies, Megaliths and Menhirs – #FolkloreThursday
There is so much to say about megalithic tombs: of their function, carbon dating, about morphological typologies, and catchment areas. I could tell you about function and materiality, about labour and material costs. I could tell you about the magic…
Irish-American Witchcraft: Dangerous Fairies, Winter, and Staying Safe – Agora
It’s a good time to remember that there are more dangers in winter than just black ice and hypothermia. Source: Irish-American Witchcraft: Dangerous Fairies, Winter, and Staying Safe – Agora
The Enchanted Swans – new novel now On Contract!
HAPPY NEWS! The Enchanted Swans is now ON CONTRACT!!! WOOHOO!!!!! . The Enchanted Swans is a novelization of the beloved Irish Fairy Tale, The Children of Lir. . In pre-Celtic Ireland, Fionnuala was a fairy princess, born to a life…
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Posted in History, pagan, Writing
Posted in History, pagan, Writing
National Fairy Day!
In honor of National Fairy Day, I’m reblogging my post on Believing in Fairies. I am an accountant. I believe in what I see, what I can touch, feel, experience. So why do I believe in fairies? Why does my…
Huldufólk (Elves) in Icelandic and Faroese folklores
Read a brief article on the ‘huldufólk’ (sometimes referred to as ‘elves’), supernatural beings in Icelandic and Faroese folklores. Source: Huldufólk (Elves) in Icelandic and Faroese folklores
Why I believe in Fairies
I am an accountant. I believe in what I see, what I can touch, feel, experience. So why do I believe in fairies? Why does my cold, hard, left-brain sensibility still believe in beings beyond our ken? Why do I…
Come away, O Human Child…
Come away, O Human child; To the waters and the wild, with a fairy, hand in hand For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand. — W. B. Yeats **************** Don’t miss information on Celtic myth and…
Fairies in song, both good and bad
Great article from UCD on Fairies in song, both the good and bad side http://www.ucd.ie/news/2013/01JAN13/280113-Fairies-both-good-and-evil-in-Irish-traditional-music-and-song.html Don’t miss information on Celtic myth and history, as well as practical travel planning tips, and hidden places, in my travel books. And watch out…
Historical fantasy, time travel adventure, and urban fantasy 