oh my goodness, a new post already! Out there in The Fields, where the blackbirds rehearse their joyful courtship songs Almost spring and the song of the blackbirds and of the sea, – and of Selkies and seals …. (and The Selkies Lament – my love of Celtic and Icelandic lore accompanied by…
Tag: short stories
Tales for Yuletide
it was my dream ever since I posted previously about Hans Christian Anderson’s Little Match Girl, to try to bring that poignant and classic tale to life in a video story form…….
The Stolen Child (a story dedicated to Yeats and Ireland)
also called A Summer’s End -a short story: Megan looked over the last of the Black -eyed Susans glowing in the morning sun. It was time to lock up the summer cottage forever, she thought. Something happened yesterday that had confirmed all her old fears and misgivings about the place. Some years before she had…
Not always here and never all there
I wonder if I’m missed!! I’ve really fallen by the wayside in blogging. I admit to using Flickr on and off as it has been a lot easier to post and poof. Here I must be more thoughtful and with my previous bout with depression (SAD) plus, and then a painful sciatica in…
Happy Hauntings! The Custodian’s Tale
I wish you all a Happy Halloween or Samhain. I hope you have left an offering at the crossroads and may all saints and all souls be blessed. I managed a little haunting for the occasion ( story) and then another haunted tale The Custodian ( or Crypt Keeper) Mr. Wharton wearily made his…
The Last Witch of Scotland
People often walk by the place where I died. I have no grave, but only a stone to mark the spot where I met my fate. It still stands at the foot of someone’s private garden. There is no name on it, just a date, and I might add, an erroneous one. I did not…
A Summer of monochrome and fairy lore
my submission to Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness (4-9) this week was this lovely butterfly at one of my hanging baskets. I had no idea that internet connection might be a problem from time to time when you live outside of town!! but that means I actually get to go out more! and when days are…
Monochrome Madness 4-2- Movement
Visit Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness Gallery (May 3)~ My submission is The Windy Wicklow Way In the Wicklow Mountains at Glendalough there is the site of an ancient monastery founded by St. Kevin in the sixth century. Around 1042 Norsemen used the timber in Glendalough to build the second largest Viking Long Ship (Havhingsten fra Glendalough). _____________________________________________________________ and…
the runes of the gatekeeper's daughter- dedicated to Nick 