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10/5/2022

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Years ago, I used to write with a group of friends in a Camelot group.  We would decide on a plot and then each of us took on a character.  Those were, for example, Merlin, King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, Sir Gawain, Sir Lancelot, Sir Tristan and Isolde.  As you might have guessed my character and still is Isolde.  This was really how I developed a love
for reading and writing the Medieval Time Period.  
 
Since then we have all written in other realms, such as: Lord of the Rings, Vikings, Marvel, and Greek mythology.  Recently, one of my dear friends, the one who wrote for Merlin (and still does) and I decided to start a group of Camelot again.  This was inspired by the new book that is out now, “The Great Book of King Arthur & His Knights of the Round Table” by John Matthews.  Are there books that you have read that have inspired you to write.  Share them with us…… 
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Autumn beckons Writers

10/4/2022

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​As the morning creeps quietly into noon, the squirrel hops anxiously from root to tree searching for treasures.  Shadows begin to move 
into my stoned gardens.   It is autumn. 
For many of us, it is evident, how real the connection between nature, culture and writing are for me.  Nothing ignites my muse like the smell of the earth, the sight of the changing plants and the sounds of creation.
 
As we tell the tales of people from long ago or create fantasies and diaries of characters of today and tomorrow……we have places outside our walls that trigger imagination.  When I write of Isolde and Tristan it is the ocean.
In many ways, the sea has become my heart and therefore fertile soil for my passions in writing. 
 
Where are the places in nature that trigger your thoughts?  Tell us here where you want to go when you feel free and alive.  Or post a picture that would suggest that elusive place!
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February loves...

2/8/2022

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An invitation….   
During this month of love …
Tell us about your favorite things!
​Here are some of mine...

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Mornings in Winter
​​Time to reflect
Our favorite loves
All things perfect.
 
Candles on my tables 
Roses when spent
Poppyseeds, honey
Valentines sent.
 
Relics of old
Virgin of clay
Rosaries hanging
Waiting to say
 
Collection of gems
 Jewels from the heart
Lavender soap and
Cupid’s straight dart.
 
Blankets of white piled on 
Bushes and trees
Frozen are lakes, ponds,
Oceans and seas.
 
And at my window
Sprays of clover green
And on my walls
Peaceful art seen
 
Music and artwork
Poetry and time
Snuggles with Rory
Smiles all mine
 
Sliding bow on a violin string
Watching the cardinal on the wing
Hearing the Celtic Women sing
Words from a friend is a wonderful thing!


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Do you Create?

1/29/2021

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It is so energizing, satisfying to get an idea and then be so inspired at that moment to create!  Sometimes it happens that way because of something we have seen or heard.  It is an amazing feeling.  But, also there are those times when we have an idea that needs to be grown...that we must nurture and patiently wait for.

I have read many books about my favorite Irish
Goddess, Brigid.  Recently, I returned to a book
which has been on my shelf for quite sometime.  
In the fourth chapter of her book, Brigid,  Courtney Weber discusses the bards of Ireland, and how Brigid is the ultimate poet who inspires.  Weber confesses her own journey as the author of the book and how it took much determination, patience and perseverance to produce it.  
Maybe it is because of my new endeavor; retelling Irish myth, or maybe it is because Brigid’s feast day is right around the corner…..but I have realized this process, this journey to create~ is often required to celebrate a final product.  It is learning, researching…going down multiple “rabbit holes” and journaling, rearranging, going through ritual and 'coddling' my muse….that finally brings forth the writing to a final place.  If you create, share some ways you are inspired……



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Brigid

1/22/2021

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In medieval Ireland people still followed the pagan
​rituals and customs, even as Christianity was being introduced as monks and priests from Europe were immigrating.  My new book, "Waves of Light" is the story of how Isolde meets a young priest, a woman, named Brigid after the beloved Goddess Brigid of the ancient tribe, Tuatha de Danaan.  February 1 is her feast day.  Many of the same issues we are facing today; such as immigration and religion are dealt with in this story.  Share here your thoughts about how history repeats its self and how we can learn from it.  OR share what's on your mind....I'd love to hear from you!

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Maggie thinks about kids....

10/22/2020

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It didn't take long to realize that my grandchildren needed a supplement in order to understand my first book Waves of Darkness.  They were not familiar with the setting....Ireland in the medieval times.   Mary Pope Osborne's Tree House Mysteries have a wealth of information both nonfiction and fiction to scaffold the understandings of long ago.  A timeline sort of~ to help them organize the settings of my story....Here I would welcome comments from parents and kids about my books...I can't wait to get Waves of Love....my Viking book out for you to see! ​

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Dunluce Castle, Ireland

10/2/2020

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Have you ever been here?
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August 29th, 2020

8/29/2020

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