Camelias and Mrs. Capers
Hello friends. As some of you know, I am from the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. A lovely area of the country. When Donna and I bought our first home it was a tiny 900 square feet Accadian shotgun cottage. We … Read More
False Face and Crooked Nose Healer
Iroquois/ Cayuga/ Seneca Story After the Creator finished his work on Mother Earth, creating all the Standing People (Trees and Grass), the Swimming People (Fish), the Crawling People (Snakes), the Flying People (Birds), the Four Legged People (all Animals) and … Read More
Creation Story (Navajo Nation)
At the start of life on Mother Earth, the Navajo People walked through four worlds, before they found a reed to climb up on, from the bottom of the Lake of Changing Waters, to start their life here. The First … Read More
Dreaming About Books and My Personal Library
“There is a place, not far from here. It resides in my mind, a dream so near.” My fellow UK based parents may recognise this line that I adapted from a popular children’s television show. I do love to play … Read More
The Kingdom of Graceonia – A Fairy Tale (Part 4 of 4)
Chapter 7 – The Journey Everywhere that Connie and Goodwin travelled they saw the same devastation. The Palace was no exception, proving that everyone is basically the same, no matter what their station in life. They spent their days on … Read More
The Dreamcatcher
Ojibway Nation Story Many years ago, before the settlers and the black robes came to our land, people had plenty of meat, fish, roots and berries to eat. If the animals and other things just about ran out, people moved … Read More
The Writer Loves Books
OK, the title of this post is perhaps a little silly and I am stating the obvious. There cannot be a writer out there who does not love books, but I am open to comments if you can prove me … Read More
The Kingdom of Graceonia – A Fairy Tale (Part 3 of 4)
Chapter 5 – The Disconnection After much deliberation Connie decided to walk to the next village in the hope of getting some help. She didn’t know what had happened in her own village and thought that maybe she could find … Read More
The Girl and the Raven
Haida Nation Story One day a father of a girl returned from fishing on the ocean, he gave the fish to his wife, who cut up and cleaned the fish. The girl took the fat and the liver of the … Read More
Understanding Ghosts in the 21st Century
There is a history of haunting, folklore and ghost stories in the world, and it has been widely publicised and popularised by Western society since the Victorian times. People would happily enter into group séances led by older women who … Read More