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An Eggsercise in Creativity

Posted in Folklore, Personal Ramblings, tagged , , , , , , , on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yes I know the egg jokes on my Facebook page are wearing a bit thin, quite eggsasperating really but as it’s Easter I thought it was a good eggscuse to add a few here and post these pictures here as well. The first photo is an oldie but a goodie – it shows [...]

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Spring Equinox & Ostara

Posted in Folklore, Personal Ramblings, Witchcraft & Paganism, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Ostara and the Spring Equinox will be here in a few days so I thought I’d add an article which I compiled for the latest edition of the “Axis Mundi”. I usually publish the newsletter around the 20th/21st of the month but this edition was a little earlier (18th) because of the final booking dates [...]

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Canine Lunacy: Is my dog really more prone to bite because of the Full Moon?

Posted in Folklore, Personal Ramblings, Pets, tagged , , , , on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

My interest in observing animal behaviour has been rekindled since we bought a beautiful 7 week old Border Collie puppy last September, who we named Shelby.
I’ve been observing Shelby’s behaviour over the last few months since we’ve had him and I’ve become aware of an interesting, but slightly disturbing trend. My darling puppy gets a [...]

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The Paranormal and The Autistic

Posted in Autism & Asperger's, Folklore, Psychic, Paranormal & Spirituality, tagged , , , on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Oh wow! …I’m on a roll here …so many fascinating essays by aspies who are into “weird stuff”, LOL.  I don’t want to infringe upon other authors’ copyright by simply reproducing their articles in full here, so I’ll just post snippets and links. All this stuff is sooooo interesting and reflects a lot of the [...]

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Faeries, Elves & Autistics

Posted in Autism & Asperger's, Folklore, tagged , , , , , on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s another faery/autism article I found ages ago and “rediscovered” today – seems right to put it here too. The original page is really quite beautifully done, with illustrations – you really should take a look at the whole website, which includes part two of this article.

FAERIES, ELVES AND AUTISTICS (I)
by Coral Hull, 2005

“… Knowledge [...]

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Fairytales Tell of Autistic Children

Posted in Autism & Asperger's, Folklore, tagged , , , , , , on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Hmmm… here I am browsing online again instead of doing housework ..procrastination is something I’m very good at! I thought this next article was worthy of inclusion here, and I will probably add anything else I happen to find related to this topic too.

Fairytales tell of autistic children
Catriona Purcell
ABC Science Online
Friday, 25 February 2005

Fairytales and [...]

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