This fugitive memory . . . I should so much 

Like to record it, but it’s dwindled. . . .

A skin made of jasmine-petals on a night. . . .

An August evening—but was it August? 

— Cavafy

tr. Lawrence Durrell

Yannis Tsarouchis

 

  

Some forms of metamorphosis require a sudden shift in Perspective 

 

  

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“And when people cease to believe that there is good and evil,

Only beauty will call to them and save them

So that they will know how to say: this is true and that is false.” 

― Czesław Miłosz

 

 

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“Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a last kingdom of peace.”

    -Eugene O’Neill

 

 

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“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 …”

 

 

The Calennig Apple - a Welsh tradition of decorating an apple with cloves or nuts and sprigs of greenery, then standing it on a tripod of twigs. It is given as a gift or kept in the home to ensure good luck and prosperity during the coming year.

Bit of Folklore for your New Years Traditions! 

 

 

Georgia O’Keeffe

 

A candle or lantern was kept burning through the night on Christmas Eve. If it wasn't, people feared a death in the family. Grocers in Yorkshire used to give out candles as a gift specifically for this purpose, to their customers.

 

I have met grief so many times in my life; she has sat with me in the dark and in light. She has walked me through cemeteries and cried with me when I lost pieces of myself in old loves and new ones and ones that died before they began.   Grief has hugged me during my times of loss and followed me throughout my life like a reminder. She keeps me grounded when I think myself into a giant, and pulls me back into my place. Grief. How full of joy and memories. Grief. How heavy a weight.

 

Made in USA Original box and directions , normal age and wear use Very good vintage shape

Cards have numbers and fortunes and colorful images on them

lay out the cards, find out what the future holds for you Fun game for friends and family.

#tarot #tarotcards #tarotspreads #witch #decadence #neworleans

#readthecards #whatdoesthefuturehold🔮 #gypsywitch #fortuneteller #gypsywitchfortunetellingcards #madeinusa #altar

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Adventures in Cemetery Hopping 

“When you are old and grey and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep.” — William Butler Yeats Wiedemann family monument, Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Ky