tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20587889022259499492024-03-05T00:25:35.160-08:00Wytchwood NewsletterWytch Magickal Words, Pagan Poetry, articles about the Old Religion, Feri Camps, Feri Workshops and local Witchcraft news from the Santa Cruz mountains in California...Witch hereJ'téhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736153574348458206noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058788902225949949.post-23876355561313650222010-08-17T14:34:00.000-07:002010-08-17T14:34:00.363-07:00Costumes I have created!<div class="MsoNormal">Here’s a little compendium of my costume and jewerly work over the past 20+ years!<br />
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<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fwytchwoods%2Falbumid%2F5453064183764940977%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>J'téhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736153574348458206noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058788902225949949.post-92096048608759435482008-08-23T16:42:00.001-07:002008-08-23T16:48:43.621-07:00Feri Friday Fun in August!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yZgpG-DMXPjYIiLZr8OZx9_LSvPEHdyhgNScKam_MuVLForgCnijDKgoS27ds_4N9NMdleWXSw0UEaJJBC6_g2oycYoEDKl5QQtUMLpIEvydZyTmFfAlaqsjyx20_hhcme7dMxm5dNM/s1600-h/TheFoxDance.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yZgpG-DMXPjYIiLZr8OZx9_LSvPEHdyhgNScKam_MuVLForgCnijDKgoS27ds_4N9NMdleWXSw0UEaJJBC6_g2oycYoEDKl5QQtUMLpIEvydZyTmFfAlaqsjyx20_hhcme7dMxm5dNM/s320/TheFoxDance.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237864275215321874" /></a><br />Trickster Time in the Grove ... We gathered to learn and discuss the special 'World Maker' role of the Trickster God while wearing magickal, silly head bands with sparkling bobbles, spiders and Witches. We blew bubbles and whistles, our Fetches giggling, pointing and laughing whenever they felt the desire. We had stories of the Trickster, illustrating both the great and silly, the Hero and the Fool. We ate chocolate, blueberries, raspberries and trickster bread. Fun, Illumination and Connection!<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>J'téhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736153574348458206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058788902225949949.post-1973548490383569112008-07-31T09:39:00.000-07:002008-07-31T09:39:47.994-07:00Marley's Ghost - One Love<a href="http://wytchwoodwytch.blogspot.com/2008/07/marleys-ghost-one-love.html#links">Wytch in-the-woods: Marley's Ghost - One Love</a>J'téhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736153574348458206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058788902225949949.post-76901422484331123072008-07-29T09:52:00.000-07:002008-07-29T09:52:07.566-07:00Feri Friday in August<a href="http://wytchwoodferiworkshops.blogspot.com/2008/07/feri-friday-in-august.html#links">Wytchwood Feri Workshops: Feri Friday in August</a>J'téhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736153574348458206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058788902225949949.post-76555167352363769892008-07-26T16:55:00.000-07:002008-07-26T16:59:31.869-07:00Anaar PsychopompAnaar's performance at the Dark Arts Festival 2008 -What a master of the Grand!<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cTLumwYWCqc&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cTLumwYWCqc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>J'téhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736153574348458206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058788902225949949.post-21780829230463513352008-07-23T15:37:00.000-07:002008-07-23T18:03:25.661-07:00Feri Friday success!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_s2HaqamP0dgL6HNjtt17w9bbBOoXAS5tBUBDvBMQu-4-LNT6aow0GPBFpVZWQIGHA0tObMJ1y3t_-P0VXjfAHGikAtgw7cBuz1UxDE5T9SBKaZwNH8rg7yamTwS0G10aMY6YPNlWDFc/s1600-h/Moon+Pool3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_s2HaqamP0dgL6HNjtt17w9bbBOoXAS5tBUBDvBMQu-4-LNT6aow0GPBFpVZWQIGHA0tObMJ1y3t_-P0VXjfAHGikAtgw7cBuz1UxDE5T9SBKaZwNH8rg7yamTwS0G10aMY6YPNlWDFc/s320/Moon+Pool3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226354765611112754" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Our very first FERI FRIDAY ... what an amazing success. We had 14 very interested participants, all circled around a 'Moon Pool' I made in the center of the Great Grove. The weather was gentle and comfortable, so the fire pot served as the base for the Moon Pool. Everyone arrived nicely before our start time, seven o'clock, and registration and seating arrangements in the Grove went smoothly. The Grove looked spectacular lit with fairy lights and torches.</div><div><br />Dominic started us off with a basic introduction to Trance- possession, with many anecdotes from his personal experiences, some charming and funny, others more than a bit unsettling. He gave us all very wonderful descriptions of White Mari, Green Mari and Red Mari, making it very clear that we would be working with White Mari this night, She of the Loving and Generous Heart (my personal interpretation). We moved into a very productive question and answer session and then took a 15 minute break, after we had arranged for many of the FireDrake Feri students to Cast and Call. The FireDrake Feri students did a fabulous job Casting and Calling the Elements and after a Welcome cup, Dominic lead us in a terribly moving chant to draw White Mari into us. We all learned the chant while we chanted and it seemed to grow up from the ground and down from the moon until we felt surrounded in Mari's light. And we kept chanting, in unison now, standing around a Moon Pool feeling the moon come into us. Magick Works! Our feast was comprised of dark, red Merlot, sparkling champagne, clear sweet water, dark chocolates and raspberries. The Circle was opened and many folk stayed a bit longer as the Full Moon at last became visible at the gate, filling the yard with Her splendor!</div>J'téhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736153574348458206noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058788902225949949.post-26578713460616972782008-07-03T13:19:00.000-07:002008-07-29T09:20:32.042-07:00Feri Friday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlj7jgpvlSOpEz-_z3-DAZZHd5q4E7J2hh4zSsJerQsxnEbcYJlSVAfYtXjtVWba5WhIwoymtJybDS-zGuxh1BNIl7B-QBGNRMFZeMr1Iv0kzPXicm1wZFsOXYAoW1KVkBiFPFDhm-2g/s1600-h/Great+Grove+3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlj7jgpvlSOpEz-_z3-DAZZHd5q4E7J2hh4zSsJerQsxnEbcYJlSVAfYtXjtVWba5WhIwoymtJybDS-zGuxh1BNIl7B-QBGNRMFZeMr1Iv0kzPXicm1wZFsOXYAoW1KVkBiFPFDhm-2g/s400/Great+Grove+3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221797132226320482" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; "></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:21px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: 19.0px Times New Roman"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">First Feri Friday™</span></span></span></b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">July 18th, 2008</span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">7pm-10pm</span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:21px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">"Drawing Down the Moon: Possessory Training"</span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:17px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">with Dominic Elemirion</span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">for complete information and to register</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 41, 229); font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.wytchwood.com/FeriFridays.htm"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b></b></span></u></a></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 41, 229); font-family:'Times New Roman';"><a href="http://www.wytchwood.com/FeriFridays.htm"><u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">http://www.wytchwood.com/FeriFridays.htm</span></b></u></a></span><br /></div>J'téhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736153574348458206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058788902225949949.post-8939348402637720962008-07-03T13:12:00.000-07:002008-07-11T09:41:16.071-07:00Neil Gaiman tells us how to walk into Faerie<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center; mso-line-height-alt:14.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(143, 55, 56); font-size: 42px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center; mso-line-height-alt:14.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style=" ;font-family:Georgia;font-size:27.0pt;color:#8F3738;">Instructions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:21.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:25.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:21.0pt;color:#8F3738;">by Neil Gaiman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Touch the wooden gate in the wall you never<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">saw before.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Say "please" before you open the latch,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">go through,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">walk down the path.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">A red metal imp hangs from the green-painted<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">front door,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">as a knocker,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">do not touch it; it will bite your fingers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Walk through the house. Take nothing. Eat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">However, if any creature tells you that it hungers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">feed it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">If it tells you that it is dirty,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">clean it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">If it cries to you that it hurts,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">if you can,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">ease its pain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">From the back garden you will be able to see the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">wild wood.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">The deep well you walk past leads to Winter's<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">realm;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">there is another land at the bottom of it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">If you turn around here,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">you can walk back, safely;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">you will lose no face. I will think no less of you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Once through the garden you will be in the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">wood.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">The trees are old. Eyes peer from the under-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">growth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Beneath a twisted oak sits an old woman. She<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">may ask for something;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">give it to her. She<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">will point the way to the castle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Inside it are three princesses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Do not trust the youngest. Walk on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">In the clearing beyond the castle the twelve<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">months sit about a fire,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">warming their feet, exchanging tales.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">They may do favors for you, if you are polite.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">You may pick strawberries in December's frost.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Trust the wolves, but do not tell them where<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">you are going.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">The river can be crossed by the ferry. The ferry-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">man will take you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">(The answer to his question is this:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Italic;color:windowtext;"><i>If he hands the oar to his passenger, he will be free to</i></span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Italic;color:windowtext;"><i>leave the boat.</i></span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Only tell him this from a safe distance.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">If an eagle gives you a feather, keep it safe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Remember: that giants sleep too soundly; that<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">witches are often betrayed by their appetites;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">dragons have one soft spot, somewhere, always;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">hearts can be well-hidden,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">and you betray them with your tongue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Do not be jealous of your sister.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Know that diamonds and roses<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">are as uncomfortable when they tumble from<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">one's lips as toads and frogs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">colder, too, and sharper, and they cut.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Remember your name.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Do not lose hope — what you seek will be found.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Trust ghosts. Trust those that you have helped<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">to help you in their turn.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Trust dreams.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Trust your heart, and trust your story.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">When you come back, return the way you came.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Favors will be returned, debts will be repaid.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Do not forget your manners.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Do not look back.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Ride the wise eagle (you shall not fall).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Ride the silver fish (you will not drown).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Ride the grey wolf (hold tightly to his fur).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Italic;color:windowtext;"><i>There is a worm at the heart of the tower; that is</i></span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Italic;color:windowtext;"><i>why it will not stand.</i></span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">When you reach the little house, the place your<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">journey started,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">you will recognize it, although it will seem<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">much smaller than you remember.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Walk up the path, and through the garden gate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">you never saw before but once.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:28.0pt;margin-bottom: 7.0pt;margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:30.0pt;line-height:21.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">And then go home. Or make a home.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:24.0pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:Times-Roman;color:windowtext;">Or rest.</span></p> <!--EndFragment--><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5UnfyoTSZZw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5UnfyoTSZZw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>J'téhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09736153574348458206noreply@blogger.com0