Season of the Witch

Halloween is the holiday closest to my heart. A season without the hustle and bustle of other far more celebrated holidays. The ones highly associated with commercialism, a gaggle of stressors, the swift loss of patience, and skyrocketing bank account balances.

With Halloween comes little stress, and heaps of spooky musings

the tricks and treats

the unsuspecting scares 

the tender lumplings everywhere

the witching hours

the warm jack-o'-lanterns glow

an eerie tale of Poe just short of the evening's rest

those flickering lights

the sounds of ghosts, ghouls

and bumps in the night

a black and orange frosted cake

the haunty houses

sprinkled with golden leaves to rake

the spooks, hobgoblins, 

and long-legged beasts

saddle up to the banquet and indulge in the feast

a late night stroll
beneath a full Hunters moon
a season to go mad for, as it shall cease fairly soon

the fun and abandon

a rich, dark cabernet

leave the world behind you
to be an 'otherbeing' this day

Enjoy the remainder of the month long celebration, my Fall-weathered treasures.

Don't let the spooks get to you, and don't forget to pick up every stitch.

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Ducks in a row?

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Following a much needed block of time of doing nothing in the middle of nowhere, 

arrives a much to do of this and that, sort of Tuesday.

The secret of getting things done is to act.

-Dante Alighieri 

But the whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.

-Oswald Chambers

Happy day

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Smile, it raises your face value

Leave the frown behind,

take a smile with you.

It's free and downright contagious.

 It's also far better to catch than the flu.

Tuesday happies.

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You needn't be in such a hurry,

with the dog-eat-dog, push and shovey world out there.

Nip a quickymoment in time and space to quiet the mind,

and listen gingerly to the silent sounds of change. 

It's time to wake up and smell the blooming blossoms, sweetheart.

The sachet of sugared scents should give you just enough reason to smile.

Friday Happies

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A thousand splendid suns to you

That is my wish for you today...

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a pale, rising sun
a long, warmish day

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a gentle, breezy afternoon
a lazy dusk of daylight slipping past

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a sun-kissed, horizon greeting to a silvery, waxing moon

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and the strength to know that the sun will rise again tomorrow

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Have a shiny, blazing weekend you lovely sun-chasers.

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Dragon Tales

...and now for your lighthearted amusement,

I invite you to have a rest.

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Feel a smitch of the wanderlust,

and let's play pretend.

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 Escape to the place in your head where things are far more interesting.

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Where the great ancient animals and flying beasts reside.

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That floaty spot somewhere between fantasy and reality

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in the sheltered company of a friend who knows your innermost secrets through the dustiest corners of your addled soul.

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A sanctuary where the summer dangles beneath a lattice-white, clouded sky. 

where you can safely take flight upon the wings of change.

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and flyaway, faraway North, to a wintery kingdom,

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to nestle within the safe harbor of a frostbound obsidian.

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and should your dragon give you flame or smoke along the way,

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catch him swiftly behind a spirit glass,

like a trapped foxglove fairy.

Tell the creature to speak his secrets, and you'll return him from whence he came.

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For dragons are easily-affected creatures,
and perfectly suited for fancy daydreams.
  

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Fairy tales are more than true.

Not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be defeated.

~Neil Gaiman

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What is your dragon, and why haven't you conquered it?

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