Welcome to Tuesday Tales, a weekly blog featuring diverse authors posting excerpts from their works in progress based on word and picture prompts. I’m pleased you stopped by today. This week the word prompt is gray. My snippet is from a fairy tale. Enjoy the other authors of Tuesday Tales. The blustery wind howled… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Gray Crags
Tag: Celtic
Vintage Friday: It’s Your Music 1966
As a girl I waited tables in my mother’s restaurant situated near a crossing of the Withlacoochee River. Besides tips and people watching, one of my favorite pastimes was playing the juke box. The Irish Rovers’ music made my Celtic heart sing. Do you remember their song, The Unicorn? Shel Silverstein wrote the lyrics a… Continue reading Vintage Friday: It’s Your Music 1966
Mythic Monday: Six Summer Solstice Celestials
Summer Solstice celebrates the time of the greatest light in the northern hemisphere. The day is the longest of the year and the beginning of summer. How interesting that with the hottest season starting, the length of days now decreases for the rest of the year, culminating in the Winter Solstice or the shortest day… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Six Summer Solstice Celestials
Mythic Monday: 13 Magical Mothers
Magical mothers give birth to powerful children whose fame withstands the poisonous erosion of time. Let’s tour a smattering of those maternal immortals: Demeter’s treasure was her daughter Persephone. When Hades whisked Persephone away to his dim, underworld abode, Demeter’s stark grief created the earth’s first winter. Ana (also called Anu and Danu) is the… Continue reading Mythic Monday: 13 Magical Mothers
Bali’s Goddess of Fertility
On April 19th in Bali, women make temple offerings of fruit to Rangda, the Goddess of Fertility. Rangda has a chaos vibe similar to that of Durga and Kali and is feared by many people. That’s understandable, since creation and fertility are powerful forces that can also destroy. However, Rangda is also revered and sought after for the transformative powers that she… Continue reading Bali’s Goddess of Fertility
Ireland and Yeats: Part 2
When my friends Karen and Lori visited Ireland recently, they soaked up as much culture, cuisine, music, and magnificent scenery as they could. Premium on the tour were sites pertaining to my favorite poet, William Butler Yeats. Last week’s post featured his verse, and this week we’ll take a brief glimpse into his private life,… Continue reading Ireland and Yeats: Part 2