The Irish slip jig is set in 9/8 signature time, unusual and a little off balance, like life! An Irish Slip Step, book four of my Dancing through Life Series, has a new look! I hope you like it! Around my household, St. Patrick’s Day is a big event. When you marry an Irish man […]
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Ordinary Time – Season of Stability William Blake spoke of seeing the world in a grain of sand. If that is possible, it is no less possible to see the world in a kernel of wheat. A kernel of wheat is wondrous, lovely to behold. So simple and yet so complex. A kernel of wheat […]
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Ordinary Time – Season of Stability The Irish may not have invented the Trinity, yet from the way they pray you might think so. Celtic spirituality is Trinitarian in its essence. The Irish love triads, arrangements of three statements that summed up a person, quality, mood or simply linked incompatible objects. They especially loved it […]
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Ordinary Time – Season of Stability To bless is to sanctify, make holy, make happy. Celtic spirituality is full of blessings. A blessing for every day and every occasion. Children are blessed as they leave their homes for school. Homes are blessed, the daily fire is blessed, as well as meals. We here in America have […]
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Lent – Season of Change Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, or so they say. St. Patrick’s Day has been turned into an excuse for a party. In the midst of Lenten sacrifice, any excuse will do. And not just a one day party, a whole weekend full of parties, parades and green beer. […]
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Above is the stack of books I’ve pulled off of my shelves and have sitting on a chair within easy reach to assist me as I write! Thomas Cahill’s book, How the Irish Saved Civilization, is a fascinating read. Cahill relates how, during the Dark Ages after the fall of Rome, the monks in […]
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