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Lantern Love: Blooming by Moon
The darkness is profound. So rich that it feels like cool velvet pressed gently against our skin. Someone stumbles over a stone lying in the grass, and muffled laughter breaks out. I turn slightly towards my right and capture his hand in mine. He squeezes my fingers, and I imagine him smiling at me, even although I cannot see his lips. I feel him tug lightly at my arm, and I realize that he has stopped. I turn to face him, and I strain to see his profile darkly silhouetted against the night. ‘Here,’ he says, and I nod, even though I know he cannot see me. But we both…
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What is Beautiful Writing?
Beautiful writing is writing which strives towards an intrinsic truth which is, in one instant, both surprising and familiar. Which delights and enlightens. The kind of writing which responds to some kind of heartbeat – a rhythm which punctuates the passage of daily life, both apart from and a part of the everyday. A parallel life lived through words that exist as tangible objects – beautiful curios that entice and invite. Beautiful writing transcends the everyday into the realm of the sacred. Don’t waste a word for every word is special and resonant – profound in its pronunciation. Each word a stained glass window, colouring the sunlight and illuminating the…
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The Meaning of Life (as lived by the gulls)
The gulls are circling, swooping, calling. They are spiralling upon the updrafts of air that are whipped up by the wind bouncing off the white crested tips of waves. These gulls dance with the light. They play with the rays of the sun. This one lifting a wing that turns its plumage pink. This one facing the sun, transforming into a silhouette sliver. These gulls spend their days outside, open to the elements, the bands of weather that sweep in from the west and break, like the tides, upon the far shore. These gulls are special. Special because they know that the meaning of life is to live it one…
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A Shower of Blessings
Where on earth do I start when I have so much juicy goodness to share with you? Well, let me begin by saying, if you’re visiting here from Starlight Scotland’s Birthday Party – Welcome!! Make sure you collect your gift from me for your virtual party bag, and if you’re looking for an entry point into my work, then I recommend that you join my Goddess Guidance group. We’re starting a challenge today inspired by Lakshmi, so you couldn’t choose a better day to join us there! For everyone else reading this post, you need to go and visit Starlight Scotland and join in the party! But maybe wait til…
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Living In Your Own Skin
I’m releasing another goddess guide today, my lovelies!! Today it’s Freya’s turn, the Norse goddess of beauty, love and war. She’s the first of our lover goddesses and as such she addresses some really important aspects of love and sexuality that are all too present for modern day women. Freya teaches us about living life unashamed, proudly and with a grounded sense of self-worth. All attributes we would be wise to cultivate as we are bombarded by mixed messages on what is deemed acceptable sexual expression, tormented by the photoshopped perfection of feminine form and taught the importance of being a ‘good girl’. My goddess guides are designed to help…
