Sophia is a loving, generous, contradictory goddess whose name in Greek means wisdom. She is affiliated with Shekinah as the holy spirit imbuing matter and with Gaia as the living embodiment of earth. Sophia is Lady Wisdom. Her beauty is not blatant and superficial. She remains hidden, and yet is accessible to those with sincere… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Sophia Lady of Wisdom
Author: Flossie Benton Rogers
Paranormal romance author who loves to shake the edges of reality.
Mythic Monday: Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! “They begane now to gather in ye small harvest they had, and to fitte up their houses and dwellings against winter, being well recovered in health & strength, and had all things in good plenty; for some were thus imployed in affairs abroad, others were exercised in fishing, aboute codd, & bass, &… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Happy Thanksgiving
Tuesday Tales: Writing Band
Tuesday Tales is a weekly blog featuring diverse authors who post excerpts from their works in progress based on word and picture prompts. We’re a book hungry troop that enjoys reading as much as you do. Today our word prompt is band. The excerpt is from a paranormal romance featuring a fading rocker. Please visit the… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Band
Mythic Monday: Rune of the Day – Mannaz
MANNAZ Divination is a way to focus on what matters. It allows us to gain insight into the ripe possibilities of the moment and is best used as a type of meditative effort. With their symbolism and kinship with long ago Scandinavian and Germanic cultures, runes are a fascinating method. From the bag of runes,… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Rune of the Day – Mannaz
Vintage Friday: Autumn Leaves 1886
Autumn Leaves by A. Purinton By happenstance I came across a female poet I was not familiar with, a New Englander named A. Purinton. Her compilation Autumn Leaves was published in 1886 in Massachusetts. Have you heard of her? She never sought to be published and wrote the lyrics for her own satisfaction. They… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Autumn Leaves 1886
Tuesday Tales: Writing Hook
Tuesday Tales is a weekly blog featuring diverse authors who post excerpts from their works in progress based on word and picture prompts. We’re a book hungry troop that enjoys reading as much as you do. Today our word prompt is hook. Please visit the other fabulous authors at Tuesday Tales. “My mother taught me,… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Hook
Happy Halloween
Vintage Friday: Wordsmithing Hallow
HALLOW We all have favorite words, magical sounds we love to hear uttered. One of mine is hallow or hallows, also its form hallowed, especially drawn out and pronounced in three syllables. Hallow comes from the Old English noun halga, meaning holy person or saint. The verb form meant to make holy, to sanctify. And get… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Wordsmithing Hallow
Tuesday Tales: Writing Ghost
Tuesday Tales is a weekly blog featuring diverse authors who post excerpts from their works in progress based on word and picture prompts. We’re a book hungry troop that enjoys reading as much as you do. Today our Halloween appropriate word is ghost. Please visit the other fabulous authors at Tuesday Tales. Damn, he could… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Ghost
Mythic Monday: Thank God It Wasn’t Daryl
The new season of the horror fantasy, The Walking Dead, premiered last night. We knew Neegan, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and his temperamental baseball bat, Lucille, had bashed to death at least one of our beloved friends in Rick Grimes’ zombie fighting group. Last season’s finale had shown us that, but had not revealed… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Thank God It Wasn’t Daryl