“Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. / Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more!” The Grinch/Dr Seuss

The Lodge of Edinburgh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At The Movies With Dinos

 

 

Ley lines involve earth energy.  Where the lines cross, vortices or spirals of energy often cross.  Power can fracture off main ones and appear almost anywhere.  It is strongest at dawn and dusk and changes at full moons and Solstice.  Lines can be detected with a pendulum.

 

Eggnog Snickerdoodles

 

 

She Spoke: 14 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World 

 

 

St Michael le Belfry Church, York

 

 

St. Michael le Belfrey

High Petergate, York YO1 7EN,

United Kingdom

This church was built between 1524 and 1536 (Reign of Henry VIII)  However it has been estimated that there has been a church here since Saxon times in the 5th century.

 

Built next to York Minster 

it is said that it was built to allow those that worked at the Minster to get away from their work site and be quiet and pray.   Today it is a local church who services the locals that live outside the parish—since there are so few people who live in the parish as most of that area in York holds only shops and the like.

 

 

The most famous worshiper here was Guy Fawkes (there is a display in the church regarding him.) who was born into the Church of England but after the death of his father and his mother’s remarriage he became a Roman Catholic like his stepfather.  He eventually fought for the Spanish army (Catholic) against the Dutch (protestants) and helped the Spaish capture Calais. (1596).  His knowledge in gunpowder made him a perfect candidate to prepare gun power to blow up the Houses of Parliament (1605).  He was caught and eventually put to death for this—-to this day they celebrate Guy Fawkes Day in the UK.

 

 

 

 

The Role of Music in the Civil Rights Movement

 

 

 

After the Roman invasion, Britons even took on  Roman names, showing that the britons had adopted Roman ways and considered themselves part of the Roman world.

 

 

 

This is an article from the late 1990’s—just a bit of Nostalgia—-check out the second for some movies and stuff filmed there too

 

 

 

 

Disney cancels all cruises until at least March

 

 

Nearly 10 Million People Flew Over Thanksgiving, According to TSA

 

 

 

Imbolic (2/1):  Imbollg or “in the belly” (pregnate animals)..  Renewed fertiity–began in ddarkness and moved to light:  Days go from sunset to sunset.

 

 

Veggie-Packed Stir-Fry Suppers

 

 

 

 

How to manage Your Virus Risk

 

There is one behavior you should try to eliminate, without exception: Spending time in a confined space (outside your household) where anyone is unmasked.

Don’t eat indoors at a restaurant or friend’s house. Don’t have close, unmasked conversations anywhere, even outdoors. If you must fly, try to not to eat or drink on the plane. If you’re going to work, don’t have lunch in the same room as colleagues. Group lunches have led to outbreaks at hospitals and elsewhere.

New York TImes
The Morning

December 4, 2020

There is one behavior you should try to eliminate, without exception

By David Leonhardt

THE BEST GINS TO BUY FOR CHRISTMAS

 

 

 

Williston in Levy County Florida was established in 1885 by J.M. Willis who namedit for himself.

 

 

Abandoned Virginia Renaissance Faire

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eat, drink and be merry this December at Swan

 

 

Maiden Castle:   A hill fort 1.6 miles south west of Dorchester, in the English county of Dorset.   In addition to thr fort legends says it was once a pagan place of worship.

 

 

21 Best Places to Go in 2021

 

 

Molly Goodhead’s Raw Bar & Restaurant

Zone Out in Ozona Florida

 

 

 

Bad Diets Pass Obesity ‘Programming’ to Offspring

 

 

 

Menw the Druid:  was he son of Teirg Wardd in the time of Arhur.  His name means intellegent and he was one of the three greatest magicians in Britain.

 

 

 

What’s on your list for the Dog or Cat Lover in your life? 

 

 

 

Grasmere Gingerbread Shop – Grasmere, Cumbria, UK.

Grassmere

(From Gris–Old Norse for swine–occurs in many local names)

The Norse settlers cleared the land around Grassmerem anbd the Easedale Valley in the west for grazing pigs and sheep.  The beautiful setting of the illag, overlooked by Hehm Crag, with its summit rocks rsembling a lion couchant and a lamb has secured a mention in every guidbook written about the Lakes since 1770, the year in which Wm. Wordsworth was born at Cockermouth.  In 1790 he ame, with his sister Dorothy, to live in a simple lime-washed cottage at Town End, where the best houses of lay astride the old road leading up to White Moss common and Rydal.  The name of this cottage, once an inn called the Dove and  Olive Branch was shortened to  “Dove” and the Wordsworth spent an idyllic nine years there entertaining literary friends such as Coleridge and SIr Walter Scott.  Later Dove Cottage was let to Thomas de Quincey.  In 1880’s a Trust was established to preserve the building and in 19365 the museum across the road was opened, containing manuscripts, first editions and a model of a farm kitchen of 1800s  The Trustees are in the process of creating a permanent study centre and exhibition in converted buildings nearby.

The Shell Book of English VIllages.

 

 

The Oldest Building In All 50 States

 

 

 

Carrot Seed:  Vitalize and fortifies the physical body.  Enhances healing and recuperative prosesses.  A tonic for the liver and gallbladder.  Assists detoxification of the body.  Purfies and detoxifies the blood.  Beneficial for Menstrual problems and PMS.   A dieuretic.  Revertilized aging skins.  Uses:  Bath,  massage,  skin care, diffusser.

 

 

Carnival cancels cruises through February

 

 

 

Rocking Metal Eagle Outdoor Decor

 

 

The decant of the displayed National Collection for Inspiring People

 

 

Mordred (Medraut in Welsh):  Nephew—some stories say son—of King Arthur—other stories do not relate the two.  Son of King Lot and Morgana.  He and Arthur died at the same battle (Camluan)–some legends say that they killed each other.

 

 

Join Old Town Trolley and Conch Tour Train of Key West

 

 

 

 

Explore Texas

Washington-on-the Brazos State Historic Site

Texas was born here in 1836 when Independence from Mexico was declared.  Independence hall has interactive exhibits.  There are hiking trails, picnic ara and a gift shop.

 

 

 

Star of the Republic Museum

Details Texas as a nation.

 

 

Barrington Living History Farm

you can tour the home of Texas’ last president, Anson Jonesand see a working cotton farm.  See chores and skills demonstrated.

 

 

 

 

 

Black Restaurant Week

 

In Celtic Mythology the Birch (Dec. 24-Jan 20) had a white stag and the Sun for a symbl.  It represented the rebiryth of the Sun from the winter.  The Birch represented the beginning of all thing, with energy and spontaneousness.

 

 

14 Ways to Celebrate Christmas with Crescents

 

 

Fairy Tree in Blessington Bason. Dublin | © William Murphy / Flickr

 

 

Fairy Mounds

Tradition says that the hidden doors to the and of the fairies are frequently found in mounds and hills (Hallow Hills).  At night many people have sen sparkling lights and heard laughing voicrrs and beautiful music coming from these mounds.  It was considered very foolish to be nar these sites at dusk, midnight or dawn, as well as on the traditional eight days (for exampine–Samhain of the “thin veil“)

Advanced Celtic Shamanism

D.J. Conway

 

Where to celebrate the holidays in Old Florida: Best Christmas light displays

 

 

Morgan Le Faye (Morgaine or Morganna).  Arthur’s half sister and a pupil of Merlin she was a shape shifter and could spout wings and fly.

 

Taylor Swift Is Releasing a “Folklore” Special on Disney+

 

 

Deluxe Bacon Bath & Grooming Sampler (5pc Gift Set) - Bacon Bandages, Floss, Soap, Breath Mints & Lip Balm

 

Deluxe Bacon Bath & Grooming Sampler (5pc Gift Set) – Bacon Bandages, Floss, Soap, Breath Mints & Lip Balm

 

 

 

Bette Midler

 

In Wales, it wa believed that a cat busilly scratching its ears foretold rain

 

 

Mysterious Monolith In US Desert Reportedly Disappears

 

 

 

Fraxinus excelsior, more commonly known as the Ash tree

 

Celtic Mythology

 

The Ash in mythology symbolizes the power of the sea.  It a also sacred to Gwydion –Tree of Enchantment from which he made his wands.  Such a wand was found in Anglesey on a dig there and dated from the First Century.

 

 

The Hawthorn is symbolic of the spiritual quest that demands chastity and purification following the earlier festivals of May.

 

 

The Celtic festival of Samhain was a time when doors were opened between the natural and the supernatural worlds.  For the Celts, this was the most important celebration of the entire year since it officially marked the beginning of WInter as well as the beginning of the Celtic New Years.

 

 

Samhain/Halloween window display

 

 

Elegant country hotel near the Malvern Hills with a Morgan classic car experience

 

 

 

Duke’s Head Hotel-–Inn here since 1683–in the 18th century it was a famous coaching inn with stages to Yarmouth, Norwork and London.  It is said that it is haunted by a maid servant executed in the square for poisoning her mistress

 

 

Timeless Christmas Candies You Can Make at Home

 

 

 

Picture of

 

Al Capone 

Jan 17, 1899 – Jan 25, 1947

“Al Capone, the original “Scarface” (o named because of the three razor slashes left across his left cheek), was perhaps the most famous of all mobsters.  His  life of crime started in Brooklyn and then, in Chicago, he meteorically rose through the syndicate ranks to eventually control the bootleg liquor industry, which broght him an income of some $15 million a year.”

 

 

(Eventually convictied of tax evasion he ended up in the new Alcatraz where he developed metal issues due to syphills which he had admitted to having at his physical on entering the prison in 1931.  In 1939 he was judge harmlessly insance due to the disease and released.  He ended in Miami Beach where he fished off the dock for hours clad in his pj’s.  At age 48 he had a brain hemorrhage and died  Jan. 25, 1947.  )

 

“He is buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Ill.

 

Where Are They Buried?  How DId They DIe?

Tod Benoit

 

 

 

Sweden’s Southwestern Archipelago

 

 

The Dog Day of Summer are the 40 days beginning on July 3 and ending August 11, which concide wth the dawn rising of Sirius, the Dog Star–soon after the summer solstice.

 

Siberia’s Eerie Whale Bone Alley: Giant Ancient Whale Skulls, Bones Line the Sacred Site

 

 

 

 

The main picture, first and this last one are all random pictures taken on one of those trips to the UK

 

St. David’s in Wales which is said to have been built on the site where St David established his monestary in the 6th c (about AD 550).  Here he toiled the land without animals and kept as silent as possible and ate only bread and vegetables.  For penance he stood in cold water to his neck.  It now holds the bones of both St. David and St. Justin in a oak casket,  in the inner sanctum of the cathedral.  The Church is hewn from local sandstone and the nave is the oldest part (Norman with a 12th c screen.  In Medieval times two pilgramageto St. Davids equaled one to Rome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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