June Ahern's Blog, page 6
August 21, 2020
August 17, 2020
HEALINGS & LEARNING W/SPIRITS
In addition to what I write in my book, How To Talk With Spirits: Seances •Mediums •Ghost Hunts, on healing relationships after the death of a loved one or anyone you had a disturbing relationship with in life, this presentation included guided meditations and hands on applications like automatic writing and focusing on a photo (pets included.)
I never know how my information will be, or not be, helpful and was happy when many attendees sent feedback within days of it.
Below are a few various responses of how healing is in process between the living and the dead and/or how people found the information.
About why I encourage you to heal with spirits before you meet them on the "others side": Besides living a more joyful, peaceful life and not walking around with a pained heart and guilty mind of I should've ... as you heal, the spirit’s soul also heals thus new karma is created between you and with those in the physical world also.
Surprises happen during spirit communication. Just because you call on a spirit doesn’t mean that spirit will respond:
“So appreciated, June. I wanted to tell you that the focus picture I had for the writing was not the person that came through the pen!! (It was the other picture, though!!) Isn't that something?!!”
We can seek assistance. Spirits can help us with present day projects. This person is an author and is presently writing another. You'll learn automatic writing includes drawing pictures and/or symbols.
"I was communicating with my grandparents who I've never met asking them for info for my book I'm writing about their lives. I drew them during the automatic wring session.(the drawings were sent to me.)" - Suzette Martinez Standring, Author.
Staying open to receiving messages from spirits is also a good way to approach communication:
“I wasn't sure who would come through the strongest; once you led us through the automatic writing, it was my dad, crystal clear. Our visit was happy; no sorrow or sadness. I saw and felt him sitting across from me and the writing brought through his New York City street slang - his healthy, happy self. He asked me to go to Ireland for him, and right after he said that, you shared on Zoom a spirit from Ireland was coming through. How cool! I was led into deep reflection, compassion, and forgiveness - death has affected much of my life, and it's taken time to heal from the losses. Your book brought up similar reflections of finding peace through pain. Thank you.”
Lock away pain and grief often comes as a surprise. Once brought forth a true healing can happen:
“I reached out to my sister's son who died three years ago at the age of 45 and discovered untapped grief that was on a deep level. It surprised me. I had felt ashamed or guilt because it seemed as if I felt so little about his death, but I had not taken or been given the space to experience my loss of him, and Thursday, I did. Thank you for the exercises and the information.”
Participants were asked to bring a photo of one or two spirits they wished to contact and were surprised by the response.
And those who just enjoy learning with an open mind:
“This session was incredible! I really feel that I got a lot of important information from you and my loved ones. I so appreciate your work and sharing your wisdom. It is such a wonderful gift! thank you.”
“Very much appreciated. Although I did not need healing for the two people I chose last night, your talk was very informative and I will try the exercises you showed us. Thanks again. Peace and love.”
What have your discovered and/or experienced when a love one comes through? Were you surprised? Did the spirit’s communication stir a memory? Did you find comfort in the communication?
My next Zoom talk is on Thursday, September 17th: Prayers, Spells, Invocations and Affirmations – Powerful Communication to Create or Not.
To Join: Send your Zoom Screen name. Talk by donation.
For more email me through my website june ahern dot com where you’ll find my books also.
My books are through me, on Amazon; Smashwords (eBooks only); Audio book How to Talk with Spirits available on Acx or Amazon. Watch me on The Haunted Bay on Amazon Prime where I"m a featured investigating medium or YouTube . 
August 8, 2020
GRIEF DISTURBS THE DEAD
What it is you say to a loved one on the "other side"?
Is it lovingly supportive of their new journey in another place and space?
It is jolly with laughter of your times together on Earth?
Do you wish them peace from your heart?
As a medium - meditator between the living and the dead for many years, I've learned how people communicate to their dead loved ones.
Most think and often speak aloud words of sorrow, often calling the dead back to help with this or that; they cry with guilt over what they should or could have done; what they did they think was wrong or harsh, or not enough.
I've done it myself.
Then I learned (from the dead) how our grief disturbs them.
Is that helpful to the spirit?
Well, put it this way - someone you care for, someone important to you in life is leaving for a long journey with a one-way ticket - what do you say?
"I wish you well" - "I wish you happiness" - "I hope you find what you seek"
Or,
"How could you leave me?" - "What did I do wrong?" - "Did I let you down?" Etc.
In my book, How to talk with Spirits: Seances, Mediums, Ghost Hunts, I encourage communication with words that continues to foster a loving relationship, and how to lessen the pain of guilt, yearning, anger, abandonment fear and all what we feel when in grief.
There is a proper way to speak to the dead.
To truly help the dead rest in peace turn your thoughts and images to peaceful ones, joyful memories and healing hopes for the dead.
Learn more about my books and me at june ahern dot com and watch Prime Amazon The Haunted Bay where I appear in Season 1 & 2 on paranormal investigations.
My books are in eBook and Paperback form (The Timeless Counselor in paperback due Spring of 2021) Amazon, Apple, Smashwords, + many more ebook forms.
My Zoom talk 8/13/20 Healing The Unsaid With the Dead
July 26, 2020
HEAL WITH THE DEAD/COMMUNICATE
Healing The Unsaid With The Dead
Explore the possibilities of communicating with spirits of the dead to heal and resolve issues.
Learn to efficiently send and receive messagesIf only : “I wish I’d told her…"– “I shouldn’t have said…-” “We never got to resolve…”“Now it’s too late.”
No, it’s not!After a loved one, or anyone you knew, has died your thoughts and feelings might be disturbed as you ruminate what could/should have been - perhaps suffer from guilt and doubts if you did enough, said the right things and believe it's too late to resolve those issues.
You can effectively send a message and receive one with the spirits of the dead through practice, experimenting plus more to have a more peaceful mind and heart.
What would you say to your deceased loved one? Write a simple sentence.What will he or she say back - learning to "listen" - tune out the noises of chatter, TV, cell phones, and sit quietly in a comfortable room or outdoors in nature (a great way to communicate).I've taught may how to tune in to the spirit world, into their intuitive minds - successfully!
August 13th, 2020 in the United States I'm giving a Zoom talk. If you're interested contact me with your screen name, city of origin and why you'd like to take this zoom class.
Contact me june at sf coaching dot comMy books are available paperback, audio, ebook Amazon.com and Smashwords.comAbout the speaker:
June Ahern's near death experience led her to unexpected careers as a physic reader, medium and metaphysical occult teacher. She has authored four books, is a professional speaker and a Metaphysical Life Coach.
June’s latest book “How to Talk With Spirits: Seances, Mediums, Ghost Hunts” has proved to be helpful to those seeking understanding of psychic phenomena. After forty plus years June is mostly retired from private practice but continues to share her psychic abilities through lecturing, teaching and on a documentary series with the Haunted Bay seen on Amazon Prime and YouTube. Her book, “The Timeless Counselor: The Best Guide to a Psychic Reading” was the number one best seller of a new author at New York’s 1990 Whole Life Expo. To review June's books go to www.juneahern.comJuly 25, 2020
HEAL UNRESOLVED W/THE DEAD
Healing The Unsaid With The Dead
If only : “I wish I’d told her…"– “I shouldn’t have said…-” “We never got to resolve…”
“Now it’s too late.”
No, it’s not!
After a loved one, or anyone you knew, has died your thoughts and feelings might be disturbed as you ruminate what could/should have been - perhaps suffer from guilt and doubts if you did enough, said the right things and believe it's too late to resolve those issues.
You can effectively send a message and receive one with the spirits of the dead through practice, experimenting plus more to have a more peaceful mind and heart.
What would you say to your deceased loved one? Write a simple sentence.
What will he or she say back - learning to "listen" - tune out the noises of chatter, TV, cell phones, and sit quietly in a comfortable room or outdoors in nature (a great way to communicate).
Who can do this? You. Yes, you can if you open your mind and heart to the intuitive aspect of yourself that all humans have.
Other than you, psychic readers and mediums.
In my book I encouraged a person to communicate themselves and that's even if they wish to see a person talented and skilled at spirit communication
I've taught may how to tune in to the spirit world, into their intuitive minds - successfully!
August 13th, 2020 in the United States I'm giving a Zoom talk. If you're interested contact me with your screen name, city of origin and why you'd like to take this zoom class.
Explore the possibilities of communicating with
spirits of the dead to heal and resolve issues.
Learn to efficiently send and receive messages
If only : “I wish I’d told her…"– “I shouldn’t have said…-” “We never got to resolve…”
Contact me june at sf coaching dot com
My books are available paperback, audio, ebook Amazon.com and Smashwords.com
About the speaker: June Ahern's near death experience led her to unexpected careers as a physic reader, medium and metaphysical occult teacher. She has authored four books, is a professional speaker and a Metaphysical Life Coach.
June’s latest book “How to Talk With Spirits: Seances, Mediums, Ghost Hunts” has proved to be helpful to those seeking understanding of psychic phenomena.
After forty plus years June is mostly retired from private practice but continues to share her psychic abilities through lecturing, teaching and on a documentary series with the Haunted Bay seen on Amazon Prime and YouTube. Her book, “The Timeless Counselor: The Best Guide to a Psychic Reading” was the number one best seller of a new author at New York’s 1990 Whole Life Expo. To review June's books go to www.juneahern.com
If only : “I wish I’d told her…"– “I shouldn’t have said…-” “We never got to resolve…”
“Now it’s too late.”
No, it’s not!
After a loved one, or anyone you knew, has died your thoughts and feelings might be disturbed as you ruminate what could/should have been - perhaps suffer from guilt and doubts if you did enough, said the right things and believe it's too late to resolve those issues.
You can effectively send a message and receive one with the spirits of the dead through practice, experimenting plus more to have a more peaceful mind and heart.
What would you say to your deceased loved one? Write a simple sentence.
What will he or she say back - learning to "listen" - tune out the noises of chatter, TV, cell phones, and sit quietly in a comfortable room or outdoors in nature (a great way to communicate).
Who can do this? You. Yes, you can if you open your mind and heart to the intuitive aspect of yourself that all humans have.
Other than you, psychic readers and mediums.
In my book I encouraged a person to communicate themselves and that's even if they wish to see a person talented and skilled at spirit communication
I've taught may how to tune in to the spirit world, into their intuitive minds - successfully!
August 13th, 2020 in the United States I'm giving a Zoom talk. If you're interested contact me with your screen name, city of origin and why you'd like to take this zoom class.
Explore the possibilities of communicating with
spirits of the dead to heal and resolve issues.
Learn to efficiently send and receive messages
If only : “I wish I’d told her…"– “I shouldn’t have said…-” “We never got to resolve…”
Contact me june at sf coaching dot com
My books are available paperback, audio, ebook Amazon.com and Smashwords.com
About the speaker: June Ahern's near death experience led her to unexpected careers as a physic reader, medium and metaphysical occult teacher. She has authored four books, is a professional speaker and a Metaphysical Life Coach.
June’s latest book “How to Talk With Spirits: Seances, Mediums, Ghost Hunts” has proved to be helpful to those seeking understanding of psychic phenomena.
After forty plus years June is mostly retired from private practice but continues to share her psychic abilities through lecturing, teaching and on a documentary series with the Haunted Bay seen on Amazon Prime and YouTube. Her book, “The Timeless Counselor: The Best Guide to a Psychic Reading” was the number one best seller of a new author at New York’s 1990 Whole Life Expo. To review June's books go to www.juneahern.com
July 10, 2020
PSYCHIC IMPRESSIONS: HOW TO KNOW IF TRUE.
I LIKE TO SHARE MY PSYCHIC IMPRESSIONS EQUALY I WANT THEM CONFIRMED.Requirements: Can the person relate? Is the information valid? Do you have photos, records? But! beforehand -tell me nothing. Let me just do my work.
I always say, don't tell me anything until I give you my psychic impressions and this especially true for the paranormal investigations I do for The Haunted Bay Paranormal Investigations as seen on YouTube and Amazon Prime (The Haunted Bay).
Recently, with shelter-in-place my psychic mind needed some entertainment - yes, I enjoy testing my psychic impressions - so I asked another to find a place, a house where a person thinks their home is haunted.
The person wanting the investigation must have historical information to confirm what I'll pick up.
I would do this remotely.
And one was found.
I investigated a historical San Francisco home built in the late 1800s.
From the first day the woman resident went to this home she was completely aware of negative energy in a particular area. We covered that and more.
The woman was not part of my interview and impressions until Part 3 of the YouTube video.
In Part 1 I gave my psychic impressions and Part 2 the interviewer gave me her feedback. How accurate was I? The interviewer, Jill, didn't have all the history or information thus the resident's feedback was necessary.
Please watch Part 3 - go to https://youtu.be/hsQ1M-MSsCY - https://youtu.be/hsQ1M-MSsC and will you a give thumbs up and leave a comment?
Have you had hair raising intuitive impressions in certain places? How did you deal with it?
See Part 1 and Part 2 leading up to the residence giving feedback. Follow the links in blue to your left.
Learn more about me, my books and free Zoom talks at June Ahern at my website.
June 30, 2020
FROM A DISTANCE: REMOTELY VIEW GHOSTS
SHELTER-IN-PLACE PSYCHIC VIEW OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
Recently, I did a psychic remote viewing of a house in San Francisco built in 870s.
Yes, I see dead people and other paranormal things.
I did it for my own paranormal entertainment and because with my regular crew The Haunted Bay Paranormal Investigations being on hold (the virus thing) my psychic energy needed to be released. See those videos on YouTube or Amazon Prime (The Haunted Bay)
I asked another to find a person who thinks their space has paranormal activity.
Part 1 are my sightings with Part 2 the feedback on what I encountered remotely of the house presented.
It shows people how one doesn't have to be physically present to pick up psychic information.
Please watch and give a thumbs up, and leave a comment. Thanks.
https://youtu.be/FJuMantW50o - Part 1
https://youtu.be/xQZKazq7lrQ - Part 2
For many years I conducted telephone readings of which I was asked, "How does that work?" Quite well, say I.
More on that can be read in my complete consumers's guide book, "The Timeless Counselor: A Guide to a Successful Psychic Reading." eBook only at this time. Amazon & Smashwords. Links below. My other book, "How to Talk With Spirits: Seances, Mediums, Ghost Hunts" connects people to their deceased, talks about my NDE, includes an ESP Quiz and much more!
Check them out at june ahern dot com
June 20, 2020
SPIRITS OF SUICIDE: THE DARK & LIGHT
I'm writing about suicide because I understand both sides.Don't leave Earth. You can help heal it.
For the first time after fifty years I publicly reveal my own experience about attempting suicide to offer guidance to the living about the loved one who took her/his life.
What are your thoughts about suicide?
There is stigma about those who attempt or commit suicide; what was wrong with her/him? It’s so selfish. Guess they were crazy, they didn’t care or think of those who love them etc.
Louis Hay says in her book, You Can Heal Your Life, those who commit suicide are "Tunnel Visioned" - only darkness, no options and that is true.
As a troubled young woman soon after my near death experience, I attempted to leave the pain of living in, what I saw, a cruel world. I was pained mentally, emotionally and physically - feeling squeezed by all sides, no way out but to follow the darkness to a hopeful quiet place of rest.
After all Heaven was so blissful and now back to this? I saw no joy, thought no-one understood me, felt no love.
Lost, I was soul lonely.
Luckily, I was found and received the needed help to become the person I am today.
As a medium grieving relatives and friends of suicide victims ask me to help them understand why she/he committed suicide and to connect with the spirits to learn if they're at peace or still in pain.
In my book, How to Talk With Spirits: Seances, Mediums, Ghost Hunts you'll learn more, but now I share to help the grieving find some solace for your aching heart.
When the suicide spirit first leaves the body they continue feeling lost; drifting in darkness, maybe to some degree free of the pain the sought to flee from. Untethered from the physical body they remain confused and lost.
Eventually most find what they’re seeking, but some don’t and they can plague the living as ghosts, but that’s another subject for another time.
I’ve learned from spirits the comfort they seek remains unfounded until they surrender to the Light and Love Of The Divine Source –– God, Buddha, Allah.
Do they miss loved ones left behind? After the initial out of all that stuff lessens, they do. They feel guilty and sad for causing pain. They hear loved ones voices crying to understand WHY??? This can add to their already painful state as they float with no anchor of peace.
My advice to the grieving living is, send comforting thoughts to those who took their lives. Try to understand it's not you, it's the person's decision and inability to stop the tunnel vision, to believe they can't be released from the pains.
As best you can in time with calmness in mind and heart even if for only a few minutes begin sending mental messages of love while holding a hand over your heart. Say mentally or aloud her/his name you wish they find peace and comfort
From your heart to her/his heart connect with love perhaps in a color vibration– yellow like the sun; pink as in joy, blue peace, green healing energy.. Sit quietly in a semi-dark room. Light a candle to send your message and connect in a calm loving way that you know she/he left because life seemed cruel to them, not perhaps you were cruel or unkind - but to them life - but the world or another. If you know you were not as loving as you could have been, ask for forgiveness.
Recall a specific memory to share with happier time photos. Talk to the spirit as though she/he were sitting with you. Acknowledge the contributions with their unique abilities and skills. Thank her/him for time spent with you; how much you appreciated her/him.
If not indoors, sitting in nature is a lovely way for communicating with spirit.
Difficult as this is in time you’ll find some comfort in memories. Know that you have helped to free your loved one from their pains and to travel into a peaceful place.
The will move into the Light to be comforted with Great Love. After a period of rest and learning from other spirits they’ll begin to their return to life perhaps like me, to comfort and teach others in pain.
After a while most likely you will hear from her or him thanking you for lovingly understanding.
I'm glad my life on Earth didn't end because I found purpose through love a wonderful son, a great husband, grandchildren, nature, animals and my life purpose; work I enjoy.
Blessing to you who feel there's no answer and to those left behind who feel terrible pain of loss.
Follow June's blogs, read about her books at june ahern dot com, see her investigate paranormal activities on Amazon Prime The Haunted Bay also on YouTube.
June Ahern
#suicidevictims #grievingsuicides #spiritcommunication #lifeafterdeath #neardeathexperiences #NDE #paranormalinvestiations #thehauntedbay
June 15, 2020
SPIRIT'S SUDDEN DEATH
How Can the Living and the Dead Accept a Sudden or Unexpected Death?I've mediated between the living and the dead quite a few people after the sudden and unexpected death of a beloved one.
Sometimes the death was an accident or an undetected illness like a heart attack and at times, a murder.
Very soon after the death the living person will want me to contact the spirit of the person.
A sudden death of a loved one is devastating in ways only those who've suffered from it grasp.
The shock and pain lasts for years, sometimes until the living also become spirits. A part of the living, especially with murder victims, dies also.
The ones left behind, the living that is, are in a tremendous shock; unable at times to even talk coherently and often physically effected with uncontrollable tremors.
In shock and disbelief both the living and the spirits ask how can this be? Why did it (the death) happen? Repeating it over and over.
That shocked spirit in - disbelief says; where am I? Why can't she or he (the living) hear me? See me? Please, help me. I need to be with (a loved one.) I'm afraid.
Often in an accident the body was damaged, mangled, deeply hurt - perhaps their body was crushed in an accident, or died by fire or in some case the person had been shot or stabbed to death and the spirit looks at their bodies shocked at what they see: Why does my body hurt so bad? Why can't I move my arms or legs. Why am I bleeding so much?
The spirit wants to understand how they "flew" out of their body - still feeling attached to the physical body with no time to adjust to being near death like with a lingering illness or age related.
Chaos.Confusion. Fear. Disbelief. On both sides: the living and the dead.
And, how can I be of help - how do I interact in a calm and healing way for both sides?
It's sad and difficult to tell the living, please give him or her time to adjust being gone from their physical body.
To the spirit I say, you no longer exist as a physical being. You had an accident, a heart attack, or were killed.
Anger on both sides. Stay calm, I tell myself listening to the wails and rants of injustice, the blaming.
My advice isn't readily accepted nor is it appreciated, at least for a while.
Gently I say, please give him or her (the spirit) time to accept the death, the transition.
I mediate between them - carrying messages back and forth in some reasonable way to sort through muddled words, sobs - to listen to both sides and make sense of it:
The living -who murdered you? The spirit: Why was I murdered?
The living - did you feel a lot of pain?
The spirit: It was a terrible pain and then I woke up in a different place.
In time, some of the high anxiety settles. Shock shifts to grief, grief shifts to acceptance for most on both sides and then the yearning to stay connected leads to a more peaceful communication.
Learn more about how I've dealt with sudden deaths including suicides in my book, "How to Talk With Spirits: Seances, Mediums, Ghost Hunts."
In process a film about one of my murder cases I worked with law enforcement. See me investigate paranormal activity in a documentary series with The Haunted Bay and June Ahern on YouTube and Amazon Prime, The Haunted Bay.
June is an author of Four Books. Paperbacks and eBooks. Spirit book also an audiobook. She teaches and lectures on the benefits of developing and training the psychic mind.
june ahern dot com
#murderedvictims #suddendeaths #spirit communication #mediums
May 23, 2020
REMEMBERING TRAVELING "SKYE"
REMEMBER TRAVELING?
A TIME WE FREELY MOVED AROUND?
On a Face Book post a woman displayed my novel, The Skye in June.
The woman in pink holding up a copy of my first novel, The Skye in June,had hosted a book party for me and since a trip to Scotland was already planned decided she'd read the story there.
Her first stop was in Glasgow where the story begins for the MacDonald family (see excerpt below).
The last time I visited Scotland was 14 years ago with my husband who'd not been there beforehand.
The Unexpected Magic of Travel: One never knows what or who will be experienced.
Funny story...as we walked the main thorough way named Dumbarton Road of a district called Partick where I lived as a child before emigrating to San Francisco, we heard "JUNE! JUNE!" shouted out behind us.
Confused to who'd know we'd be there?
Turing around a cousin of mine raced toward us. She no longer lives in Glasgow bur had heard we were in own, although not any particular day nor time. She followed a "feeling" that if she went that day, at that time she'd meet me.
Is she "fey" like me? Can she see and know what others cannot? "Skye" is about a young girl who is fey as a gypsy character reveals.
"Skye" is a historical story set mostly in San Francisco, California but begins in Glasgow. It's about a family who emigrates after a family tragedy in the 1950s and how they change over time. The a poignant story often hilarious with tactics the sisters take to deter their father control especially as the early days of the 1960s threatened to implode them.
A review: Not since author Amy Tan's early writings has a woman's voice so strongly resonated from one of San Francisco's most famous neighborhoods. - Jim Toland, author, Fire and Fog and In and Out of Ireland
Enjoy an excerpt from the opening chapter.
The rain drizzling down the windows of the taxi shrouded the riders inside. Cathy MacDonald, the sole passenger, leaned her head against the misted window. She was bound for St. Andrew's Infirmary to deliver yet another wean.Her fingers dug into her seat as she readjusted her bulky body. No position seemed to bring relief to her discomfort. She let her head fall forward onto the back of the driver's seat. “Does he have to hit every bloody stone in the road?” she muttered under her breath as the taxi bumped along.“Don't you worry, Missus. I'll get you there in time. “The rough sandpaper voice of the taxi driver startled her, and she wondered if he had heard her question. “I know all about how fast those weans want out. Got six bairns of my own,” he said laughing loudly.Cathy didn’t dare tell him that her labor pains were coming very close together and that this might be the first time that a baby would be born in his taxi. “Your man's Jimmy MacDonald, right?” he inquired. His talking only irritated her, but not wanting to appear unfriendly she tried to focus on what he had asked. Her response came as a muffled sound that could have been an answer or a retreat from the question. She caught him peeking a glance at her in the rearview mirror. She braced herself for the next question, knowing what it would be. “You Mr. B's daughter?” The driver, along with so many others in Glasgow, deeply respected Willie Buchanan, or Mr. B, as he had been known for as far back as anyone could remember. Mr. B had earned a reputation for being a fair man. Years ago he had rallied a group of well-off citizens to provide funds to support youth soccer teams for the town's underprivileged children. He had insisted that the money be shared equally between Catholic and Protestant teams-–an unusual act, since prejudice between the two religious groups was still very intense in Scotland. Although some people protested, most citizens supported his efforts.The taxi swerved sharply to avoid a pile of building rubble. Cathy moaned in protest, which made the driver wish her husband was there to help with the situation. “Where's Jimmy?” he asked.“Working,” she replied, her voice barely a whisper. She fell away from the driver's seat and closed her eyes. She took a deep breath in and then blew out sharply as jolting cramps came one after another. If Jimmy hadn't been so worried about getting to his second job, he could've been with me. He'd tell the driver to slow down, Cathy thought. She didn't want this ride to be over too quickly. She wasn't ready to walk up the four broad stone steps to St. Andrew's Infirmary to lie on a bed under a sheet, waiting. Not wanting to sound demanding, she stopped short of asking the driver to slow down. Instead she moved her hands over her belly and whispered hoarsely, “Wait, wee one. Just a bit longer.”
Read more about The Skye in June and my other books at june ahern DOT com.
#Isle of Skye #historicalnovels #psychickids #storiesaboutScotland #immigrantsories
A TIME WE FREELY MOVED AROUND?
On a Face Book post a woman displayed my novel, The Skye in June.
The woman in pink holding up a copy of my first novel, The Skye in June,had hosted a book party for me and since a trip to Scotland was already planned decided she'd read the story there.
Her first stop was in Glasgow where the story begins for the MacDonald family (see excerpt below).
The last time I visited Scotland was 14 years ago with my husband who'd not been there beforehand.
The Unexpected Magic of Travel: One never knows what or who will be experienced.
Funny story...as we walked the main thorough way named Dumbarton Road of a district called Partick where I lived as a child before emigrating to San Francisco, we heard "JUNE! JUNE!" shouted out behind us.
Confused to who'd know we'd be there?
Turing around a cousin of mine raced toward us. She no longer lives in Glasgow bur had heard we were in own, although not any particular day nor time. She followed a "feeling" that if she went that day, at that time she'd meet me.
Is she "fey" like me? Can she see and know what others cannot? "Skye" is about a young girl who is fey as a gypsy character reveals.
"Skye" is a historical story set mostly in San Francisco, California but begins in Glasgow. It's about a family who emigrates after a family tragedy in the 1950s and how they change over time. The a poignant story often hilarious with tactics the sisters take to deter their father control especially as the early days of the 1960s threatened to implode them.
A review: Not since author Amy Tan's early writings has a woman's voice so strongly resonated from one of San Francisco's most famous neighborhoods. - Jim Toland, author, Fire and Fog and In and Out of Ireland
Enjoy an excerpt from the opening chapter.
The rain drizzling down the windows of the taxi shrouded the riders inside. Cathy MacDonald, the sole passenger, leaned her head against the misted window. She was bound for St. Andrew's Infirmary to deliver yet another wean.Her fingers dug into her seat as she readjusted her bulky body. No position seemed to bring relief to her discomfort. She let her head fall forward onto the back of the driver's seat. “Does he have to hit every bloody stone in the road?” she muttered under her breath as the taxi bumped along.“Don't you worry, Missus. I'll get you there in time. “The rough sandpaper voice of the taxi driver startled her, and she wondered if he had heard her question. “I know all about how fast those weans want out. Got six bairns of my own,” he said laughing loudly.Cathy didn’t dare tell him that her labor pains were coming very close together and that this might be the first time that a baby would be born in his taxi. “Your man's Jimmy MacDonald, right?” he inquired. His talking only irritated her, but not wanting to appear unfriendly she tried to focus on what he had asked. Her response came as a muffled sound that could have been an answer or a retreat from the question. She caught him peeking a glance at her in the rearview mirror. She braced herself for the next question, knowing what it would be. “You Mr. B's daughter?” The driver, along with so many others in Glasgow, deeply respected Willie Buchanan, or Mr. B, as he had been known for as far back as anyone could remember. Mr. B had earned a reputation for being a fair man. Years ago he had rallied a group of well-off citizens to provide funds to support youth soccer teams for the town's underprivileged children. He had insisted that the money be shared equally between Catholic and Protestant teams-–an unusual act, since prejudice between the two religious groups was still very intense in Scotland. Although some people protested, most citizens supported his efforts.The taxi swerved sharply to avoid a pile of building rubble. Cathy moaned in protest, which made the driver wish her husband was there to help with the situation. “Where's Jimmy?” he asked.“Working,” she replied, her voice barely a whisper. She fell away from the driver's seat and closed her eyes. She took a deep breath in and then blew out sharply as jolting cramps came one after another. If Jimmy hadn't been so worried about getting to his second job, he could've been with me. He'd tell the driver to slow down, Cathy thought. She didn't want this ride to be over too quickly. She wasn't ready to walk up the four broad stone steps to St. Andrew's Infirmary to lie on a bed under a sheet, waiting. Not wanting to sound demanding, she stopped short of asking the driver to slow down. Instead she moved her hands over her belly and whispered hoarsely, “Wait, wee one. Just a bit longer.”
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