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November 1, 2015
Ed Sheeran - Give Me Love [Official Video]
love, peace and light x
October 31, 2015
Guest Post via 'A Lover of Books' blog - Win a copy ~ 'A Carpet of Purple Flowers'
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Sonya of 'A Lover of Books' blog kindly invited myself and others to attend her marvelous Halloween blog party. She has been a very attentive host. We were fed, watered and kept amused for hours with some really interesting posts. Please pop over and enjoy the Samhain spirit! :o) We would love to meet you there!
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Sonya of 'A Lover of Books' blog kindly invited myself and others to attend her marvelous Halloween blog party. She has been a very attentive host. We were fed, watered and kept amused for hours with some really interesting posts. Please pop over and enjoy the Samhain spirit! :o) We would love to meet you there!
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***Competition***
Matthew Smith of Urbane Publications is giving away 5 c...
Guest Post via 'A Lover of Books' blog
https://aloverofbooks.wordpress.com
Sonya of 'A Lover of Books' blog kindly invited myself and others to attend her marvelous Halloween blog party. She has been a very attentive host. We were fed, watered and kept amused for hours with some really interesting posts. Please pop over and enjoy the Samhain spirit! :o) We would love to meet you there!
You can find Sonya HERE ~Facebook
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Post Excerpt:
This is the last post of this event. Tracey-anne McCa...
Sonya of 'A Lover of Books' blog kindly invited myself and others to attend her marvelous Halloween blog party. She has been a very attentive host. We were fed, watered and kept amused for hours with some really interesting posts. Please pop over and enjoy the Samhain spirit! :o) We would love to meet you there!
You can find Sonya HERE ~Facebook
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Post Excerpt:This is the last post of this event. Tracey-anne McCa...
October 30, 2015
Hallows Eve ~ Samhain
“Be silent in that solitude,Which is not loneliness—for thenThe spirits of the dead, who stoodIn life before thee, are againIn death around thee, and their willShall overshadow thee; be still.”
—From “Spirits of the Dead” by Edgar Allan Poe
Samhain (pronounced /ˈsɑːwɪn/ sah-win or /ˈsaʊ.ɪn/ sow-in Irish pronunciation: is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year. Traditionally, Samhain is celebrated from sunset on 31 Oct...
October 26, 2015
Lady Gregory
Lady Gregory
Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (née Persse; 15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) was an Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre, and wrote numerous short works for both companies. Lady Gregory produced a number of books retelling stories taken from Irish mythology.
There's more learning than is taught in books.~ Lady Gregory
Irish history having been forbidden in...
October 24, 2015
Thomas the Rhymer
Thomas the Rhymer
Patron’s La Belle Dame sans Merci painting
Thomas the Rhymer (fl. c. 1220 – 1298), also known as Thomas of Erceldoune, Thomas of Learmont or True Thomas, was a 13th-century Scottish laird and reputed prophet from Earlston (then called "Erceldoune") in the Borders. In literature he appears as the protagonist in the tale about Thomas the Rhymer, who was carried off by the "Queen of Elfland" and returned having gained the gift of prophecy, as well as the inability to tell a lie....
Patron’s La Belle Dame sans Merci paintingThomas the Rhymer (fl. c. 1220 – 1298), also known as Thomas of Erceldoune, Thomas of Learmont or True Thomas, was a 13th-century Scottish laird and reputed prophet from Earlston (then called "Erceldoune") in the Borders. In literature he appears as the protagonist in the tale about Thomas the Rhymer, who was carried off by the "Queen of Elfland" and returned having gained the gift of prophecy, as well as the inability to tell a lie....
It all started with the feeling of dread...Book Excerpt 'A Carpet of Purple Flowers'
It all started with the feeling of dread...
Chapter 1
Leave the Past Where It Belongs
Walls and shutters were scrawled with neon graffiti that blinded every time a car sped past. Bea averted her eyes from the glare on hearing a cab driver scream at a drunk for throwing a beer can too close to his car. She watched it roll, rattling across the road, until disappearing into a pile of litter that lay by an over-turned bin. She rested her head against the frame of a bare window above the Victorian bo...
Chapter 1
Leave the Past Where It Belongs
Walls and shutters were scrawled with neon graffiti that blinded every time a car sped past. Bea averted her eyes from the glare on hearing a cab driver scream at a drunk for throwing a beer can too close to his car. She watched it roll, rattling across the road, until disappearing into a pile of litter that lay by an over-turned bin. She rested her head against the frame of a bare window above the Victorian bo...
October 18, 2015
First EVER review of published book! 5 STARS!!! :o)
A Carpet of Purple Flowers
So happy and chuffed with my first EVER review. 17th October ~ It's real.
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love and lightTrace
Book Website http://www.traceyannemccartney.com
love, peace and light x
So happy and chuffed with my first EVER review. 17th October ~ It's real.
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love and lightTrace
Book Website http://www.traceyannemccartney.com
love, peace and light x
October 17, 2015
Excited and nervous ~ publication
The printed proof arrives.
Dances around box ~ no chanting involved.Okay, maybe a few squeals. ;o)
Okay, calm...stay calm...hands caress cover ~ it's real!
The last stage in book production.Infatuated, joyous author alert!
Life is crazy, you never know where it'll take you. :o) I never thought in a million years that I would write or publish a book. So, if you have whispers in your heart of something begging to be brought to life ~ follow that feeling, it leads to somewhere magic...
Dances around box ~ no chanting involved.Okay, maybe a few squeals. ;o)
Okay, calm...stay calm...hands caress cover ~ it's real!The last stage in book production.Infatuated, joyous author alert!
Life is crazy, you never know where it'll take you. :o) I never thought in a million years that I would write or publish a book. So, if you have whispers in your heart of something begging to be brought to life ~ follow that feeling, it leads to somewhere magic...
October 2, 2015
Soul Searching...
Seeking Connection
Photography by Lena Petersen
The Flower of karmic cycles - Voror
The flower of Vororbla (of karma) is called Voror. A sacred flower that produces a carpet of purple in the beautiful otherworldly gardens of Calageata. In Norse mythology, a vǫrðr ("warden," "watcher" or "caretaker") is a warden spirit believed to follow, from birth to death, the soul of every person. At times the warden can reveal itself as a small light or shape of a being - in the book they are known as t...
Photography by Lena Petersen
The Flower of karmic cycles - VororThe flower of Vororbla (of karma) is called Voror. A sacred flower that produces a carpet of purple in the beautiful otherworldly gardens of Calageata. In Norse mythology, a vǫrðr ("warden," "watcher" or "caretaker") is a warden spirit believed to follow, from birth to death, the soul of every person. At times the warden can reveal itself as a small light or shape of a being - in the book they are known as t...
