Gwendolynn's Blog (26)

Peace by Gibran

"Sacred Hour" by Christopher Vacher Peace XVIII by Khalil Gibran The tempest calmed after bending the branches of the trees and leaning heavily upon the grain in the field. The stars appeared as broken remnants of lightning, but now silence prevailed over all, as if Nature… Continue

Added by Gwendolynn on November 21, 2009 at 1:20pm — 2 Comments

A Member of Pagan Space has Died....she was one of my oldest and dearest friends

Delia & Me September 1990 It's never easy to lose a friend, let alone one who was like a sister but that is exactly what has happened. I returned from a week of camping to find that one of my best friends had died in her sleep at the young age of 59...My heart is… Continue

Added by Gwendolynn on November 9, 2009 at 9:30pm — 16 Comments

Cats and Witches....How They Became Such Close Friends

Winged cat by Stephanie Law Below are two articles about Witches and Cats and how they came to be so closely associated to one another. I found it quite interesting as my cat, Radar, is my familiar and joins me everytime I'm in the Kirk. Witches and Cats Witches and cats beca… Continue

Added by Gwendolynn on October 6, 2009 at 8:24pm — 10 Comments

A Beautiful Soul who loved as a woman and as a man...her words will live on forever...Amantine Dupin aka: George Sand

“I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters of love, but also the illusion which the senses seek to create where love is only partial. I say, I believe, that one must love with all of one's being, or else live, come what may, a life of complete chastity.” ~George… Continue

Added by Gwendolynn on October 1, 2009 at 12:02am — 1 Comment

Bagpipes At War....Really..

TRACING THE HISTORY OF THE BAGPIPES THE PIPES By Anthony Morgan PORAC Law Enforcement News, July 2001 From http://www.west-point.org/taps/Taps.html Two pipers stand on a hill away from the assembled gathering. The cold wind whips the grasses about their legs as they stare at rows of m… Continue

Added by Gwendolynn on September 4, 2009 at 1:43am — No Comments

The Maiden Stone

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Added by Gwendolynn on September 3, 2009 at 9:16pm — 3 Comments

So You Want to be a Falconer...Beautiful Birds...a GosHawk at Work and the Ancient History of Falconry

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Added by Gwendolynn on August 29, 2009 at 1:55pm — 5 Comments

The Stone of Scone The Stone of Kings of Scotland

Replica Stone The Stone of Scone, also known… Continue

Added by Gwendolynn on August 23, 2009 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments

The True Significance of Friday the 13th....The Next one will be November 13, 2009

Friday the 13th Not being a person interested i… Continue

Added by Gwendolynn on August 22, 2009 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments

The Last Witch of Scotland to be Tried Under the WitchCraft Act of 1735...

Spiritualist, medium (well large actually, she weighed in at over 22 stones (that's over 300 lbs to any reader from the USA)) and the last person in Britain to be tried and sentenced under the 1735 Witchcraft Act. Born in Callander in 1897, the daughter of a cabinet-maker, Hele… Continue

Added by Gwendolynn on August 22, 2009 at 10:30pm — 5 Comments

Scottish Fight for Freedom ....The Declaration of Arbroath 1320...Translated into English from Latin

For as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom — for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself. From The Decl… Continue

Added by Gwendolynn on August 22, 2009 at 10:08pm — No Comments

When I Fail as a Human Being...

Frequently I am reminded about how fickle fate and life can be. How words offered in writing can be misconstrued and how quick tempers can flair. I've seen it on many sites through all kinds of discussions. The spoken word offers up more than the written word… Continue

Added by Gwendolynn on August 15, 2009 at 6:38pm — 7 Comments

How I spent my summer vacation...Rock Stars in the Making...lol

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Added by Gwendolynn on July 21, 2009 at 9:30pm — 3 Comments

A moment of Despair

Not oft do I find myself filled with such melancholy that my day is overtaken by it, though that is exactly what I've done. Sometimes I feel the weight of the world is set upon me and there seems to be no escaping it. What I wouldn't give for days where nothi… Continue

Added by Gwendolynn on July 2, 2009 at 10:30pm — 6 Comments

The Mud-Flap verses The Pagan Mom %#$@#$%$#

Well it's days like today that make me sit back and wonder many things......not the least of which will be where one dumbass good ole' country boy, who showed his stupid ass in the Desoto Square Mall, might be right now....or from what rock he crawled out. 'Tis been a damn long time since I wanted to whip out my badge and shove it in someone's face, but today was the day. Good thing for "dickhead" that I'm retired for if I weren't his ass would most definitely be spending the night in a hold… Continue

Added by Gwendolynn on July 2, 2009 at 12:00am — 3 Comments

A Brief History of the Clan MacGregor of Scotland

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Added by Gwendolynn on May 14, 2009 at 9:49pm — 2 Comments

Death Must Find Me If It Wants, Else I'll Be on My Way

Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924. P… Continue

Added by Gwendolynn on May 12, 2009 at 1:25am — No Comments

The Art of Chivalry (Warning: PG13)

The Art of Chivalry and More (Warning: PG13) I get all kinds of compliments on my choice of graphics and music on my page as if I had some hidden talent for interior (yes my page is a place) design. 'Tis not talent and most would agree that the music is c… Continue

Added by Gwendolynn on April 28, 2009 at 11:00pm — 5 Comments

The Yew : Taxus baccata As honoured by The Druidic Order of The Yew

by Geoff Boswell The Yew : Taxus baccata As honoured by… Continue

Added by Gwendolynn on April 21, 2009 at 12:49am — No Comments

What I Have Seen in my Life...Does it Really Matter.?

http://www.nleomf.com/TheMemorial/memorial.htm What I Have Seen in my Life...Does it Really Matter.? I have touched death so many times that I no longer know the number. I have seen what happens when 3500 lbs of Detroit steel hits a human body at 6… Continue

Added by Gwendolynn on February 22, 2009 at 2:12am — 2 Comments