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Three winters’ tales, of darkness and light
Part 3: And now, a time for dancing Three Winter Tales of Darkness and Light will be available in a booklet illustrated by the wonderful Siân Bailey from Cosi & Veyn in autumn 2020: http://www.cosiandveyn.co.uk
Posted in Fiction, probably
Tagged Christmas Eve, dancers, fairies, forest folk, lights, loneliness, mist, pine trees, ribbons, snow
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Are people made from trees?
If Norse myths are to be believed then, yes, we are – and there are plenty of less credible stories around in these days of Trump triumphant. But I’m off politics. For today. So, staying with tales of yore… In … Continue reading
Posted in Britain now & then, Lancashire & the golf coast, Thinking, or ranting, or both
Tagged bats, elves, fairies, foxes, golf courses, insecurity, Little Owls, Loki, Norse myths, unicorns, Yggdrasill
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Fairies and minnows, Codlins and scones
‘Did you wish?’ I say. He didn’t. He caught the fairies, let them go – and didn’t even wish. We’re walking along the canal near Rufford Old Hall in Lancashire. The clump of conjoined fairies – aka fuzzy, aerodynamically perfected … Continue reading
MEMOIRS OF A HUSK 