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wandering a kingdom of shadows
cobwebs muted colors reflect
down the rabbit hole to a foreign place
not at liberty to stop & inspect
I'll not write of strangeness here
as a teapot whistles profanity
to a new world order of insanity




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Two people just tried to run each other down outside my home. IN MY WOODLANDS. Thank goodness some of us came together to stop nonsense. We don't take kindly to that type of behavior in our community. Calm down, take care of each other. I'm going to get lost in Dicken's world now

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We can't change what we can't control. In a time of unprecedented uncertainty all we CAN do is take care of each other.



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In Greek mythology, Terpsichore is one of the nine Muses and goddess of dance. Here is a classic image and images of women she has inspired...



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In a valkyrie from Old Norse valkyrja "chooser of the slain") is one of a host of female figures who choose those who may die in battle and those who may live.
Here are some beautiful images from Pinterest:
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Quiet are the echoes of the heart
Saying nothing of betrayal’s pain
I dispense with language as we part
Suffering in silence’s bitter refrain




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Robert Burton Oxford scholar born 1577. His classic The Anatomy of Melancholy was originally a medical text, but it contains some beautiful quotes, almost poetic in their nature.


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Blood continued to drip
Oh what a tale it told
The atlas contained a hidden story
Secrets of the wealth of old
Turmoil was the realm’s legacy
Nothing survived the encroaching tide
Just a haunted map of a haunted place
Where hands of power & plunder still reside


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In Irish folklore the Selkie woman could only shed her skin once every 7 years to become human and dance under the moon. This limitation was held to be due to the fact that the Selkie housed a condemned soul or may have been a fallen angel


🎨Melissa Schaschwary

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Nightshade known as the "witches berry" for its said use in flying ointments. Highly poisonous it is also said to produce visions of the spirit world.
The rhyme in the image is a traditional Girl's Skipping Rhyme from Chokely in Wynterset (on-line attribution)

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