Sitting outside, recovering from my recent surgery when I had a sudden impulse to attempt something that ancient Druids and Bards were most skilled at; compose an hommage to my paternal line of kinfolk. Since I'm the very last leaf on my particular branch of this family tree, it seems the most apt offering I can give them. ( Read more... )

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  The results of my genealogical search have reached a point in which, I feel it's time at last to put down the metaphoric trowel, and stop digging. I've found enough; it's validated and now my children also, have a history which they may someday pursue, should they wish. As this evening falls to quiet introspection, my Ancestors are drawing closer ( Read more... )

 Alright, this is an essay which I've just finished for the Dedicant Program of ADF, concerning what was supposed to be about the Hearth culture(s) we have chosen/accepted and practice. What it turned into though, was basically my life story- most of which I've never spoken about, it being so convoluted and sometimes angsty.
  But I'm over it, now. ( Read more... )

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