"SELKIE BRIDE" (artist unknown to me) ********** I first learned about selkies (or silkies) in college when I took a class on Eng...

"The Elfin King and Queen" by James Browne (These elves are depicted as human-size, as described in "The Lord of the Rings...

OISIN AND NIAMH by Bojani Dimotrovski ********** I've shared in this blog before that I did not know about my Irish heritage until ab...

My beautiful niece, Kelsey, who's 18, e-mailed me some of her graduation photos this afternoon. I chose two to feature in my blog, not o...

I have a blogging friend who is feeling just plain lousy from a cold or the flu - sniffling, sneezing, stuffy, achy, feverish, the works. ...

ANDREW WYETH, American Realist July 12, 1917 to Jan. 16, 2009 ********** Above, one of Wyeth's "Helga" series of paintings. B...

************ Happy Almost-Over Valentine's Day! Valentine's Day is a non-holiday in our house. We pretty much haven't observed i...

"BRIGID MAKING HER WAY" by Elizabeth Phillips ********** I FINALLY PUBLISHED MY POST ABOUT IMBOLIC/BRIGHID'S DAY! BUT BECAUS...

By Lisa Iris Aine of the Celts here ~ On our Celtic Wheel of the Year, today is Imbolc , the Midwinter Festival that is one of our four maj...