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Announcing the second event for Shining Hearth, a free online gathering of Elves, Fae, Sidhe, and adjacent folk! It will be held March 18-20, 2022, on our Discord server. Like last year, we plan to have presentations and discussions, video watch-alongs and games, music, and of course plenty of time just to hang out and chat. You can get all the details and sign up for our newsletter at our…

Here is the story, parts 1-12 so far

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-UAXjJV7M8VMam0UBm8cSkHZCV-YmtWO

Forest hermit to Professor, it's never too late to change. | Dr. Gregory P. Smith |

Completely disillusioned with a society that rejected him, Gregory P. Smith walked into a rainforest near Byron Bay and became a hermit for 10 years.…

Quick note.

my sister and I called the media today to overcome the barriers from the city regarding saving a beautiful tree from being cut down in our hometown. Process is still underway but I believe we’ve got the tree freed from execution, thank goodness. People love trees so much even the newscaster /interviewer was nearly in tears to think of losing this tree. Glad to know tree saving still makes the news. Well hope for the best and I’ll let you know the outcome. I learned a lot…

ೋ...FLAME OF PLAUDITS FOR POPULARITY...ೋ

Rising like mountains of black stone as upscale amenities severed or…

ೋ..IN ESSENCE  A  IMPRESSIONIST BLUR ..ೋ

My representative of a desire to let my words speak for themselves rather than elaborating on them with crescendos of compelling volumes to hit home on a higher frequency,as has been my equally compelling want in the past,now there are no…

Soul Places The Movie..Part Two.

"Soul Places" - a short documentary - explores the deep connection between the beauty of nature and humanity, specifically the relationship between environmental and mental wellbeing.

In modern times…

Mike O"Donnell Waterman. The waters of Tarariki talking to a Nation...

A longtime resident of the Coromandel region,& lives on the outskirts of Paeroa where I…

May 11 2021 (channel) 

You are in the process of birthing something new. New Earth chronicles, so to speak. It is not always a pretty nor perfect song. This is guidance from the other side, from those who have watched. 

Do not be afraid.

Nothing to fear. 

You put yourself down way too much - far too much. Please stop and smell the roses in that your value is so much greater than what you have been taught. Your every word and deed and even thought is precious…

What's Shining Hearth? It's a free online gathering for Elves, Fae, Sidhe, Tuatha De Danann, and similar folk, being held on Discord on Feburary 26th-28th.

We're up to about 35 people registered! If you'd like to join us but haven't signed up yet, fill out the form by February 23rd.

Invitations to the Discord server will be going out on February 25th to those who are registered. If you could use a little help getting…

So I just want to let you all in on something interesting I discovered.

Homestuck is probably about Celtic culture, and no one talks about it.

The aliens are called Trolls.

Mischievious pranksters.

Psychic abilities. [debatable magic]

They get fairy wings complete with *special stardust* when they god tier, and at least some of them have elf ears.

Some are even born with fairy wings as a genetic…

An early version of the schedule of presentations at Shining Hearth is now available! Please note that it is still subject to change, and we are also still working on things like watch-alongs.

Registration is still ongoing and will be open through February 23. So far there are almost 30 people attending!

We have…

General registration for Shining Hearth is now open!

"Wait - what's Shining Hearth?" It's a free online gathering of Elves, Fae, Sidhe, Tuatha De Danann, and similar folk, being held on Discord on Feburary 26th-28th. You can find out more on our website, and sign up for our newsletter…

Presenter signups for Shining Hearth are still open at https://forms.gle/V3hYJnos9NLBNM8Y6. Honestly, we're really hoping there are people out there still brooding over their ideas, because so far we have zero form submissions (although we have received a few emails and other messages from people discussing ideas).

Maybe you're thinking "OMG, no way could I do that. I have no ideas and no one would want to listen to me anyway."…

Presenter signups are now open for Shining Hearth! We are looking for people to give talks, lead discussions, do rituals or meditations, all sorts of things. General information about what we hope to place on the schedule is available at https://www.shininghearth.net/schedule.html -- but don't feel strictly bound to only those ideas. The rule of thumb is, would it generally be of interest to the spectrum of…

Following on my previous message about the possibility of this event...

We are pleased to announce Shining Hearth, an online gathering of elves, fae, and adjacent folk!

The event will be held February 26-28, 2021, on a dedicated Discord server. Attendance is…

This past August, some therians and otherkin from Tumblr organized a free virtual convention called Othercon. It went off well, proving such a thing can be done, so my husband and I plus a couple of elven-faery friends wondered: could we do a similar online gather that was specifically intended for Elves-Sidhe-Tuatha-Fae?  

We are still in the very early planning stages, at this point just seeing if there is enough interest to make it work. If you are…

Something I keep meaning to go to One Of These Years, but which like Faerieworlds (whose online event I missed in August, whoops) is difficult logistically because of being a camping event not within reasonable driving distance from me. I assume their event this past June was cancelled (a shame for them, as it would have been the 20th anniversary). They have plans for July 2021, but in the meantime they will be holding an online event January 15-17, 2021:…

Ever since most everything went into lockdown back in March, we have been having our meetups online. (At this time there is no guess when we might be doing things in person again; many of us feel that would have to wait for an effective COVID-19 vaccine.) Our next meetup will be on Sunday, August 9th, 2 PM - 5 PM (Pacific time).

We hold our online meetups in a Jitsi…

You know, it is funny, the awakenings slowly really happens the changes... slower then we would want, yet faster that we imagined.