In Securing Sanctuary, book two in my Witches of Griffin series, the sisters not only carry the ability to travel through time, they also project themselves into the astral plane. Since I was delving deeper into my ancient Egyptian studies I thought to do a blog on the pineal gland. The pineal gland is a dime size […]
In my Witches of Griffin series that I am working on, the triplet sisters use crystals and stones to aid in their energy work. My focus today is on the lodestone, which is a piece of magnetite or naturally magnetized mineral that can be used as a magnet. Lodestones occur naturally and attract iron. Magnetite
A Frost Fair was a celebration that took place on the River Thames. Every so often the Regency people would suffer through a harsh winter that left the river frozen over. When the tideway section of the Thames froze, people took to the ice to slide with skeetes (ice skate), sled, perform puppet plays, race
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The most common forms of lighting in Regency England were rushlights, candles, firelight, and oil lamps. Candles have been used for illumination for over 5,000 years. They are believed to have first been created by the Ancient Egyptians, who made torches by soaking plant reeds in melted animal fat. Unlike a true candle, these rushlights
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As a lover of the arts I thought to do an article about The Royal Academy, which was a teaching school in London for the visual arts in Regency England. This school aimed to teach the student to draw, paint, and sculpt. Originally located in Pall Mall, the school was founded on December 10, 1768
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Prostitution is not an easy way to make a living, relying on your looks, wit, and body to make ends meet would be stressful and not lucrative forever. During Regency England it is said that one and five woman made their living by selling their bodies. Often these desperate ladies were born of poverty and
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By definition an idiom is a word or phrase not taken literally. They show up often in books and in everyday conversation. I find the origins interesting and thought to share some of them with you. A few of the origins are sketchy and I’ve taken the best explanations from what I researched. Waking up
Shopping, shopping, and more shopping. With Christmas quickly approaching I’m working on what to buy the ones I love, which takes serious thought. According to the traffic whenever I leave the house, I assume everyone else is doing holiday shopping too. The nice bonus is that it has been a warm December in Michigan and
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For those of you who follow my blog you are likely aware of my interest in history and the sacred sciences. And perhaps you read the blogs I posted about my sweat lodge experience and following the lines of my family tree into medieval times. I mentioned in my reincarnation post that if I ever
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I have been working on book two in the Witches of Griffin series, which is a time travel, paranormal, romance with spiritual elements called Securing Sanctuary. In this story the Griffin sisters have to enter the astral plane to secure the Map to Sanctuary. The map, stolen by a dark priestess, is being held in the
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