Folklore, Myth + Literature
A Child’s Sense of Wonder & the Importance of Reading
Children have the magical ability to move among the many worlds and eras of the earth; to see the land the way a tiny animal would; to experience the sky from the perspective of a wild little rose or a honey bee; to feel the patience and kindness of rhythm beneath the ground of feet; to know the hundred different scents of grass and mud; and to understand the way of language of the whispering leaves and the songs of birds …
Crescent Moon Bear: Anger as a Teacher
Following a reader’s request, I guide you on ways to understand the messages intense emotions give you, and how to handle, work with and transform their energies for your highest benefit; we also dive into the story of Crescent Moon Bear, and its healing understructures based on Zen …
What Étaín Knows
We dive into Celtic myth to explore the beautiful love story between Étaín and Midir – a love that spans over a thousand years, a love beyond time and shape – while also exploring the various changing shapes and phases of our intimate relationships …
{poetry translations} “Two lovely eyes” by Peyo Javorov
“Two lovely eyes. The spirit of a child in two lovely eyes”…
O. Henry’s Springtime à la Carte: Coincidences, Mistakes and Love’s Destiny
Dandelion wasn’t a mere plant from a meadow to be written on the menu card – for it was no longer her gentle frail fingers typing it – it was the heart’s longing, the memory that gave her life, the name of the young man who weaved her a crown of it making her his love, his future bride, one late summer afternoon, when in the shaded raspberried lane, two lovers promised to marry – a promise made not only with lips, but made with souls and hearts also …
{poetry translations} “Enchantress” by Peyo Javorov
“My soul is a humble captive, captivated by your soul! – a captive, is my soul in your two quiet eyes” …
{poetry translations} “You will be in white” by Peyo Javorov
You will be in white – with an olive branch, and like an angel you will be in a white dress …
{poetry translations} Pagan Love by Dora Gabe
… pagan love. Pagan to believe and to hide in pagan ways from all, that you are in love … Sacred and sinful, female blood …
How The Moomins Found The True Meaning of Christmas
In typical Moomin fashion, they stumbled on the true meaning of Christmas; that this is a time for giving, for sharing wholeheartedly and unstintingly with others. Under the branches of the tree, a compact feeling of holiness, as they loved one another …
What Snow White Knows
in today’s age women are constantly pressured by unrealistic standards of beauty and eternal youth. Instagram filters, lip fillers, thread lifts – beautiful dolls on image screens. But where is the depth? Where is the heart? We’ve forgotten what truly matters, and what to truly value …
Every Wild Rose Has a Story
When it’s time, it’s time. It doesn’t matter if we’re ready or not, if it makes sense or not, if things look messy or not, when it’s time, it’s time. Our soul knows. Our heart knows. Where, and with whom, we truly belong …
When Love is a Skeleton Woman
“And that is how they awakened, wrapped one around the other, skin against skin, tangled from their night, in another way now, in a good and long lasting way.” …
