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Cindy Thomson

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in Ft. Riley, KS, The United States

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http://www.cindyswriting.com

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Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Sports

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C.S. Lewis, Stephen R. Lawhead, B.J. Hoff, Liz Curtis Higgs, [a:Peter ...more

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Cindy Thomson is the author of both fiction and nonfiction, including her newest novel, Enya’s Son, third in the Daughters of Ireland series based on ancient legends. Being a genealogy enthusiast, she has also written articles for Internet Genealogy and Your Genealogy Today magazines, and children’s short stories for Clubhouse Magazine. She has also co-authored a baseball biography. Most everything she writes reflects her belief that history has stories to teach. Cindy and her husband live in central Ohio near their three grown sons and their families.

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	Grace's Pictures (Ellis Island #1) 3.68 avg rating — 545 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Annie’s Stories (Ellis Island, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brigid of Ireland (Daughters of Ireland #1) 3.73 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sofia's Tune (Ellis Island #3) 4.20 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Finger: The Mordecai Brown Story by Cindy Thomson (Goodreads Author), Scott Brown 3.48 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pages of Ireland (Daughters of Ireland #2) 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Celtic Wisdom: Treasures from Ireland 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Juniper 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A House for Agnes (Ellis Island #0.5) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enya’s Son (Daughters of Ireland #3) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Happy St. Brigid’s Day

This is an updated version of an old post from 2010.

As Joseph A. Knowles said (and mentioned in my book, The Roots of Irish Wisdom):

The Roots of Irish Wisdom by Cindy Thomson

In a life of the Saint…many legends and traditions must be introduced to stimulate the devotion of the reader, and to relieve the monotony which would inevitably ensue from a mere studied recital of historical detail.

So, Knowles gives us permission to let o

Series by Cindy Thomson

Ellis Island (3 books)
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Daughters of Ireland (3 books)
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The Irishman's Daughter

by V.S. Alexander

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Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

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An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith

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“She lifted the book to her nose. A book had a smell more soothing than any of Mrs. Hawkins's herbs. There was nothing like a good story to take her out of a world she didn't much like.”
― Cindy Thomson, Annie’s Stories

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“He was an average-looking, hard working fellow who was more comfortable reading about people in books than socializing with them.”
― Cindy Thomson, Annie’s Stories

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“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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“The Celt, and his cromlechs, and his pillar-stones, these will not change much – indeed, it is doubtful if anybody at all changes at any time. In spite of hosts of deniers, and asserters, and wise-men, and professors, the majority still are adverse to sitting down to dine thirteen at a table, or being helped to salt, or walking under a ladder, of seeing a single magpie flirting his chequered tale. There are, of course, children of light who have set their faces against all this, although even a newspaperman, if you entice him into a cemetery at midnight, will believe in phantoms, for everyone is a visionary, if you scratch him deep enough. But the Celt, unlike any other, is a visionary without scratching.”
― William Butler Yeats

tags: celtic, celts, folklore, ireland, irish, supernatural, superstition, unknown

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“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.”
― Jessamyn West

tags: books, on-fiction, reality, truth

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