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I've worked for a wide range of companies doing everything from UX and UI design, to Front-End development, WordPress development, network administration, desktop support, photography and video production. While I know that a varying list, most of the core of what I've done is mainly WordPress and Front-end development. But I also have a knack for photography as well.
Since a majority of my work the past few years has been within platform development, I haven't needed to create a "portfolio" based site. I figured that less was always the best and that I could get away with just a simple web page and then a Behance profile along with some little bits on CodePen, for those occasions that I would work on what could be considered a "portfolio" item.
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And the businessman was aghast. "Are you saying that I must give up my business and go into a monastery?" the person asked.
Spend a few minutes thinking about the closing sentence of the tale. Write out a personal response to the message of the tale, putting your response in the form of a prayer.


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In a video posted to Facebook on Wednesday evening, Manweller said an outside investigator hired by the university had concluded that he exhibited a "pattern of unprofessional and inappropriate behavior," but that his conduct did not rise to level of sexual harassment.
"There is nothing in this report to apologize for," Manweller said in the video. "The things that are true are not inappropriate and the things that are inappropriate are not true."
In 2012 and 2013, Manweller was the subject of back-to-back investigations at CWU into allegations that he sexually harassed and even sexually propositioned female students as far back as 2006. None of the findings were formally substantiated, but a dean did reprimand Manweller for using poor judgment. Manweller challenged that reprimand and the university ultimately paid his attorney fees and promoted him to full professor.
Last December, Manweller said the university placed him on leave and decided to investigate him again after receiving calls and emails from former students following a series of news stories about the past allegations against him.
Manweller, who is seeking his fourth term in the Washington House, does not have a Republican primary challenger. He does face a challenge in the general election from Democrat Sylvia Hammond of Ephrata. In 2016, Manweller won his heavily Republican district with 70 percent of the vote.
After his Facebook video was published, Manweller said he had seen a copy of the new report by attorney Trish Murphy of Northwest Workplace Law in Seattle, but that he couldn't release it because it wasn't properly redacted.
CWU has denied public records requests for the report, saying the investigation into Manweller is ongoing. In a statement late Wednesday, the university said it was "committed to conducting an objective, thorough and fair investigation—and we are doing that."
Invoices released Thursday by CWU show Northwest Workplace Law billed the university $118,950 between December and June to conduct the investigation into Manweller. The university has not said when it expects to complete its investigation or when it will relase the findings.
Manweller said he believes the university is determined to fire him, even though he was recommended for a promotion and raise this year.
In his four-minute video, Manweller called CWU in Ellensburg "a liberal island in conservative Kittitas County" and described Murphy as a "downtown Seattle lawyer."
"Let's be clear, Central is not responding to allegations, they're manufacturing allegations," said Manweller, a tenured professor of political science.
On Thursday, Manweller sent reporters a legal declaration from a former CWU student named Isa Holsclaw who said she had been contacted by Murphy during the investigation. In her declaration, Holsclaw said she felt "pressured" to say things to Murphy "that were not true."
"Overall, I felt like Ms. Murphy was engaging in a 'witch hunt' against Professor Manweller," she wrote.
Murphy, the investigator, did not immediately respond to a voicemail message left with her office requesting comment.
In an interview last December with public radio, The News Tribune and The Olympian, Manweller said he "might have been" flirtatious with students before, but it wasn't his intent to "ever cross a line."
In his video, Manweller ran through a list of what he called "trivial" allegations against him that spanned a decade. Those accusations, according to Manweller, included that he stood too close to a student at a reception, sat down at a cafeteria table with a student and gave his 23-year-old babysitter a glass of wine. He offered no other details about these alleged incidents or when they took place.
In addition to allegations of misconduct at CWU, the Seattle Times reported last December on a former legislative staffer who complained to her supervisor after she went to lunch with Manweller and said she ended up feeling like it was a date. Manweller told the newspaper, "I held the door open and I put her coat on? Is that now harassment?"
In his video, Manweller acknowledged the #MeToo movement and heightened awareness about sexual harassment.
"This is a good thing," Manweller said. "But in doing so we need to be mindful that there is a difference between real sexual harassment and something like standing too close to someone."
Last December, after Manweller was placed on leave at CWU, he stepped down as assistant floor leader for House Republicans and was stripped of his role as the ranking Republican on the House Labor and Workplace Standards Committee.
However in May, Manweller was elected to serve as vice-chair of the state Select Committee on Pension Policy.


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Shahbaz Bhatti: words vs guns
Words, I have to continue to assume, are powerful enough for other people to feel threatened by. Words that carry truth, particularly when they touch upon the misinterpretation of religion, intimidate those whose words don't. In our history, or rather our collective amnesia, we have often responded to words of truth and beauty with the vituperation, forcing into exile or silencing of those who utter them. But now I have to ask myself a different question, i.e. what is the value of mere words when the other side is using guns?
Like the late Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, Shahbaz Bhatti was killed because of the words he uttered.
These words, for which he had been receiving death threats for the past month, had specifically to do with the late minister's position on our blasphemy law. Mr. Bhatti, representing as he did some of the most disenfranchised citizens of this blighted nation, bravely and ceaselessly kept pointing out the way the law has been misused to harass and oppress his constituents. His essential argument, that a law that leads to injustice more often than it does justice merits reform if not repeal, was in direct opposition to the simplistic, ignorant stance taken by most of the participants in what passes for public discourse on the subject. For this principled stance Mr. Bhatti, like others before him, paid with his life.
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In a given stand, seat numbering increases towards blocks labelled with a higher number. 1945: boundaries substantially changed – losing territory in the north to form Heston and Isleworth, gaining territory from Spelthorne to the south including Hampton, Teddington, Hampton Wick, Hampton Court Park and Bushy Park. Center concert seating layout, Manchester Phones4u Arena concert seating layout, Melbourne Rod Laver Arena concert seating layout, Memphis FedExForum concert seating layout, Miami American Airlines Arena concert seating layout, Nashville Bridgestone Arena concert seating layout, New Orleans Smoothie King Center arena concert seating layout, New York Barclays Center Arena concert seating layout, New York Madison Square Garden concert seating layout, Newark Prudential Center concert seating layout, Newcastle Metro Radio Arena concert seating layout, Nottingham Motorpoint Arena (Capital FM Arena) concert seating layout, Oakland Oracle Arena concert seating layout, Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena concert seating layout, Orlando Amway Center concert seating layout, Oslo Spektrum Arena concert seating layout, Oslo Telenor Arena concert seating layout, Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena (US Airways Center) concert seating layout, Pittsburgh Consol Energy Center concert seating layout, Portland Moda Center (Rose Garden Arena) concert seating layout, Rosemont Allstate Arena concert seating layout, Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center concert seating layout, San Antonio AT&T Center concert seating layout, San Jose SAP Center concert seating layout, Sheffield Motorpoint Arena concert seating layout, St. Louis Scottrade Center concert seating layout, Sunrise BB&T Center concert seating layout, Sydney Allphones Arena concert seating layout, Toronto Air Canada Centre concert seating layout, Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena concert seating layout, Vancouver Rogers Arena concert seating layout, Vienna Wiener Stadthalle concert seating layout, Washington DC Verizon Center concert seating layout, Winnipeg MTS Centre concert seating layout, Zürich Oerlikon Hallenstadion concert seating layout, Amsterdam subway and public transport map, Barcelona subway and public transport map, Cambridge subway and public transport map, Hong Kong subway and public transport map, Las Vegas subway and public transport map, Los Angeles subway and public transport map, Marrakech subway and public transport map, San Francisco subway and public transport map, Singapore subway and public transport map, Washington DC subway and public transport map. This is how our site users rate the seat blocks at Twickenham Stadium. Good Job, High SEC, Average Age and AB1 Class) all use the same 'Census' colour scheme The numbers shown are our best estimates for these figures, but are not official.
SeatGeek is known for its best-in-class interactive maps that make finding the perfect seat simple. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Seat block M35 gets the best rating at Twickenham Stadium. Lower tier sections L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L9, L10, L11, L12, L13, L14, L15, L16, L17, L18, L19, L20, L21, L22, L23, L24, L25, L26, L27, L28, L29, L30, L31, L32, L33, L34, L35, L36. SEAT MANAGEMENT PORTAL Using our 3D technology, RFU was able to expedite the renewal process by delivering 3D 360 Degree seat views to their season ticket holders on their device of choice, laptops, iPads and mobile devices, earning 27 million pounds in just 2 months. The wards used are those of 2020. Can be: Strong Left, Traditionalists, Progressives, Centrists, Somewheres, Kind Young Capitalists, or Strong Right. From the ratings submitted, this is how our site users rate the seat blocks at Twickenham Stadium. Since 1945, the boundaries of the seat have been similar to those of the abolished Municipal Borough of Twickenham. The table below shows some political and demographic numerical indicators From 1931 until 1983, Twickenham was a safe seat of the Conservative Party and from 1983 until 1997 a marginal seat for that party. 1974–1983: Central Twickenham, East Twickenham, Hampton, Hampton Hill, Hampton Wick, Heathfield, South Twickenham, Teddington, West Twickenham, and Whitton. Middle tier rows typically are from 51 to 75 (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75). Also for some events (e.g. 1945–1974: The Municipal Borough of Twickenham. As described by the boundaries, the area enjoys substantial parkland and Thameside landscapes, coupled with a variety of commuter train services to Central London including semi-fast services from Twickenham itself to London Waterloo. © 2020 Electoral Calculus LtdPowered by TigerLib (13-Aug-2020 10:51, Py3L, sc2483), Boundary Lines courtesy of Ordnance Survey OpenData © Crown copyright 2020, Map ©, Area party winner : actual election result or projected by, Economic position between 100° Left and 100° Right, estimated by, National position between 100° Global and 100° National, estimated by, Social position between 100° Liberal and 100° Conservative, estimated by, Tribe group dominant in the area. 1918–1945: The Urban Districts of Heston and Isleworth, and Twickenham. Seat Block M21 . [n 2]. [n 4] It chiefly contains the towns or London districts of Twickenham, Hampton, Teddington and Whitton. [n 3] Cable was Secretary of State for Business from 2010 to 2015, but unexpectedly lost his seat to the Conservative candidate Tania Mathias in the 2015 general election during the nationwide collapse in the Liberal Democrat vote. (what does this mean). These are set on inclined risers so even the back rows can enjoy an unrestricted view. Other facilities include: Royal Box, Twickenham Hospitality Executive Boxes, Wakefield's Boxes, Rugby House, private VIP suites, St George's Suite, Cardinal Vaughan Village, Orchard Enclosure, Players' Lounge, Obolensky's Restaurant, bars, door entrance & exit gates (the door entrances A, B, C, D, E, F are typically marked on each ticket and can be seen on our seating plans). Please note that there is no row I. Additionally some sections have accessible wheelchair rows (WC, disabled). West, East, North & South stands - These are set on three levels - lower, middle & upper tier. The demographic measures are from the 2011 Census and include categories relating See, EU Referendum vote share for 'Leave' : actual result or estimate, Those answering British, British-Other, or Scottish-British, Those answering England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, GB Other, or UK Other, Level 3 (A-level equivalent) or Level 4+ (degree equivalent), Occupation codes 1xx to 4xx (Managers, Professionals, Associates, and office workers), NS-SeC of Household Reference Person (QS609). Twickenham. It was also their largest vote share at the 2019 general election. [4] In 2017, turnout was 79.7%, the highest for any seat in the UK, ahead of Oxford West and Abingdon gained by the same party. concerts) there may be General Admission pitch standing areas includiding Pit / Circle. 2010–present: The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames wards of Fulwell and Hampton Hill, Hampton, Hampton North, Hampton Wick, Heathfield, St Margaret's and North Twickenham, South Twickenham, Teddington, Twickenham Riverside, West Twickenham, and Whitton. Twickenham Actual Predicted Results; District: Ward Electorate 2019 GE19 Winner Pred Winner CON Votes LAB Votes LIB Votes Brexit Votes Green Votes MIN Votes OTH Votes The seat covers the south western half of the London Borough of Richmond, that part of the borough on the north bank of the River Thames. Twickenham is a House of Commons constituency in South-West London, [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Munira Wilson of the Liberal Democrats. Liberal Democrat Vince Cable gained the seat during the 1997 landslide Conservative defeat and held it until 2015. Click for more information. concerts) the ground forms a general admission standing area and/or floor seating. At the 2015 general election, it had the highest turnout in England and the fourth highest in the UK. Sitting slightly higher up will give you better viewing angles when the game is being played on the opposite side of the pitch or near the end zones. Cable regained the seat in the 2017 snap election by a 14.8% majority and an absolute majority at 52.8% of the vote; this was the highest vote percentage for the Liberal Democrats in any constituency nationally.[3]. Our "View from Seat" previews allow fans to see what their view at Twickenham Stadium will look like before making a purchase, which takes the guesswork out of … View other Twickenham Stadium Seating Plans. out of 650 seats. 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The Specificity Principle is a principle that states that exercising a certain body part, component of the body, or particular skill primarily develops that part or skill. In relation to the body, in order for one to train the pectorals, for example, one must use exercises which activate the pectorals; performing squats in this instance will be ineffective.
In relation to skill, the Principle of Specificity implies that, to become better at a particular exercise or skill, one should perform that exercise or skill. For example, a runner should run to improve running performance. For a runner, exercises like swimming or cycling may have mixed effects: they may help by improving general cardiovascular endurance and burning off fat, but it may also harm performance by increasing the size and weight of muscles which aren't crucial to running.
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Who is Liverpool's best manager?
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11. Roy Hodgson (2010 – 2011)
With a 41% win rate, Hodgson is probably our worst manager to date. Sorry Roy, but you did nearly get us relegated.
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10. Graeme Souness (1991 – 1994)
Known as Liverpool's captain and our favourite Sky Sports pundit, Graeme Souness is probably one of Liverpool's least memorable managers. Although he had a 41% win rate, we did in fact win Liverpool's fifth FA Cup under the Scotsman's management.
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9. Brendan Rodgers (2012 – 2015)
Ninth place goes to Brendan Rodgers, who was quite an okay manager until he was "let go" in 2015. However, his 50% success rate did help Liverpool get back into the Champions League and almost win us our nineteenth title (2013-14 season).
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8. Roy Evans (1994 – 1998)
Roy Evans can be considered a good manager if you consider his 50% success rate. He also helped Liverpool win their fifth League Cup. However, the "Spice Boys" era spread rumours that Evans could not control the players, which led to Liverpool having joint management with Houllier and Evans. Evans left in 1998, leaving Houllier in charge.
1994: Portrait of Liverpool Manager Roy Evans at Anfield in Liverpool, England. Mandatory Credit: Allsport UK /Allsport
7. Jurgen Klopp (2015 – )
Our current manager had his worked cut out for him when he first joined in 2015, but look at us now. Six time European champions and almost nineteen-times League champions. Klopp has also managed to get us into two Champions League finals as well as earning Liverpool their fourth Super Cup. He has a 51% success rate, but will increase if Liverpool continue to get wins.
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6. Rafa Benitez (2004 – 2010)
Ask any Liverpool fan about Benitez and there would not be a bad word spoken about him. Manager for six years, Benitez won the Reds' fifth European title, their third UEFA Super cup and their seventh a FA Cup. He had a success rate of 55%.
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5. Joe Fagan (1983 – 1985)
Fagan's two year spell may not seem much, but the scouser did have an impact on Liverpool's history. With 53% success rate, Fagan won the League, the League cup and Liverpool's fourth European trophy.
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4. Sir Kenny Dalglish (1985 – 1991; 2011 – 2012)
Dalglish is a player and manager who will forever be a Liverpool legend. His first term as club manager was between 1985 – 1991, where he had quite a successful career. The Scotsman helped Liverpool earn 3 League titles and 2 FA Cups. He came to our aid again in 2011, where he managed to save us from relegation and win the League Cup. Overall, he has a 58% win rate.
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3. Gerard Houllier (1998 – 2004)
Liverpool's third most decorative manager, Houllier had left quite a legacy at Anfield. Within six years, he won 6 trophies for the club, including two League Cups, one Super Cup and an FA Cup. Houllier had a 51% success rate, winning 165 League games in total.
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2. Bob Paisley (1974 – 1983)
Liverpool's most successful manager Bob Paisley takes the second spot. With a 57% win rate, the Englishman helped Liverpool accrue 5 League titles, 3 League cups and 3 European trophies. He also managed to win the European Super Cup in 1977.
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1. Bill Shankly (1959 – 1974)
Some might argue that Paisley should get the number one slot, but I think this will always belong to Shankly. Paisley wouldn't even have a legacy without Shankly, as it was the Scottish manager who made it possible for Liverpool to even play in the Division 1 League. With a 52% win rate, he gave Liverpool 4 League titles, 2 FA Cups and 1 UEFA Cup.
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Q: Run tests located in a Rails Engine when mounted in host application I have some tests located in an engine called "Blorgh". I simply test my engine by running the following command in the root directory of my engine's repository.
rails test
...
19 runs, 8 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors, 11 skips

Simple. Now, Blorgh is mounted in an app.
gem blorgh

This app is deployed using a pipeline that includes a test step. I want the test step to execute the mounted engine's tests so that the pipeline stops deployment if it finds a problem with the tests in the Blorgh engine.
The problem is that when rails test is executed in the root directory of the host app, it only looks for tests specific to the host app.
0 runs, 0 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors, 0 skips

How can I execute the tests for my Blorgh engine when it is mounted? I've searched high and low. I'm willing to make my own task by crawling Blorgh::Engine.root, but I'm not even sure what rails test is doing under the hood.

A: You can set up a rake task to load just the necessary tests. Main app test directory should be in your load path, because test/test_helper.rb loads the environment:
# lib/tasks/run_engine_tests.rake

task :run_engine_tests do
  # NOTE: Add main app `test` directory to load path.
  #       This makes requires such as `require "test_helper"`
  #       load main app helper instead of engine helper.
  #       That's what we need to run the tests under our app,
  #       because engine's `test_helper.rb` loads dummy app.
  $LOAD_PATH << Rails.root.join("test").to_s

  # NOTE: Require tests from the engine that you need to run.
  Dir.glob(Blorgh::Engine.root.join("test/**/*_test.rb")).each { |f| require f }

  # NOTE: Rails magic does the rest.
  #       Well, it only executes `Minitest.autorun`
  require "active_support/testing/autorun"
end

A quick test:
$ RAILS_ENV=test bin/rails run_engine_tests
Running 1 tests in a single process (parallelization threshold is 50)
Run options: --seed 12153

# Running:

hello from Blorgh
.

Finished in 0.004990s, 200.4139 runs/s, 200.4139 assertions/s.
1 runs, 1 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors, 0 skips

Use RAILS_ENV=test, otherwise, it's loading test environment twice, causing fixtures to load twice as well.

https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/v7.0.2.3/railties/lib/rails/commands/test/test_command.rb#L29
https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/v7.0.2.3/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/runner.rb#L39


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November 14, 2019 By Sophie Desrosiers
Editor's note: Even for the busiest of us, it's important to take pause and evaluate how we've changed and grown. Flipping through the editions from the last 10 years – a veritable trip down memory lane! – it's only fitting that our anniversary issue be a reflection on the best of Ottawa Parenting Times. We poured through the pages and gathered the classics you may have missed the first time around.
February/March 2015 – We recently ran a story on gestational surrogates living in Ottawa. But before we spoke to these incredible women who gave other families – who, in some cases, they had never met – the most precious gift possible, there was Jennifer Brown, a mother of two who in 2015 carried a child for a couple in Australia. Brown had never met the couple, but matched with them through an online service after learning about the need for surrogates, and her ability to make someone else's dream of having a child a reality. We were so touched by this incredible story of hope and generosity that we had to share it again.
It has been a controversial alternative for prospective parents, and in Canada, it's illegal for surrogates to receive financial compensation. So what would motivate an Ottawa mother to carry a child for someone else? Sophie Desrosiers discovers.
"Isn't it hard to give up a baby you've carried for nine months?"
As she watches her two and four-year-old boys, Hunter and Logan, destroy their playroom for the umpteenth time, Jennifer Brown can't help but chuckle when she's asked that question.
"I have two boys at home that are like wild animals," said the 30-year-old Ottawa mom. "So I just have to come home after and be with these guys and I'll remember I don't want anymore babies."
Brown is a first-time gestational surrogate, which means she is carrying a baby that has no biological relation to her.
It also means she has no legal rights over the child.
For many, a woman's decision to become a surrogate can be confusing. Why would she want to carry someone else's child? Especially in Canada, where financial compensation for surrogates is illegal.
It wasn't something Brown had considered until shortly before her youngest child, Hunter, was born.
Her friend Amanda had decided to become a surrogate, but after becoming pregnant, tragedy struck and Amanda miscarried. Brown saw the devastation it caused her friend and the intended parents.
"We talk almost daily, so I got to see how it was affecting her and how it was affecting her IPs," said Brown. "She was really sad that there was a possibility, after everything they went through, she wouldn't be able to provide a baby for them."
After having Hunter in 2011, Brown and her husband Mike Couturier knew their family was complete.
But Amanda's struggles were still on Brown's mind.
She started researching surrogacy to see if she could help Amanda and her IPs by carrying the baby herself. And she discovered an abundance of IPs who needed help.
"Once I realized they were just so desperate for surrogates and they needed them, I thought 'I have to do this'," she said.
Brown decided to become a surrogate for someone else while Amanda and her IPs continued trying.
Through an agency that matches surrogates and IPs, Brown underwent multiple assessments to make sure she could handle surrogacy, physically and mentally.
She was then matched with an Australian couple and began hormone treatment in preparation for the first embryo transfer. Brown, Couturier and their two boys quickly formed an online bond with their IPs.
In October 2013, the first transfer attempt was made. It failed. Brown was heartbroken when she discovered she wasn't pregnant.
Three more attempts were made in the spring of 2014. By the last one, Brown was physically and emotionally drained and ready to quit. But her journey was far from over.
While on a family fishing trip shortly after the fourth attempt, Brown received an email informing her she was pregnant.
"I had convinced myself that I was not pregnant because I'd just been spotting two days previously, so it was a really pleasant shock," she said. "I was more excited than I thought I would be."
Just a month later, Amanda also became pregnant, and the friends have been support systems for each other.
While many women might struggle with the idea of giving up a child they've carried for nine months, Brown said she isn't nervous about it. She is just happy to be able to help another couple.
What concerns her more is the pressure of carrying someone else's child and the realization that if something happens, they will suffer a great loss.
What isn't helping those fears is that this pregnancy has been more complicated than Brown's own two, which were easy. This time, she has experienced spotting throughout.
Not wanting to take any risks with another couple's child, Brown and her husband made the decision not to be intimate for the duration of the pregnancy. Couturier said this has been a challenge, but he admires and supports his wife's choices.
And as she enters the final days of her pregnancy, Brown said she's growing more nervous.
"I'm at risk for earlier labour. I have tons of extra fluid."
Her main concern is giving birth to a healthy baby boy for her IPs.
Brown and her IPs made a plan for her labour and delivery well ahead of time and the nurses and doctors will be informed.
Their plan was that the IPs would be in the room with her (as long as the delivery wasn't a caesarean section), and they would be handed the baby immediately after birth.
The intended parents were to arrive in Ottawa about three weeks before Brown's due date, which was Jan. 27.
And despite the complications, the anxiety, and the impact on her relationship, Brown still feels she made the right decision.
"It's a lot of sacrifice," she said. "But I don't regret it at all."
For Brown, complications and sacrifices are minor details.
The bigger picture is what's most important.
"Once you have children and you get that feeling of holding your newborn for the first time ever, it's a love like you'll never feel in your entire life," she said.
"You want to be able to let someone else have that, too."
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25 MÉXICO SUMMIT, 51105107. México, 5 Nov. 2015 (Notimex-José Pazos).- El gobernador de Aguascalientes, Carlos Lozano de la Torre, participó en el panel "Diferentes perspectivas de México", dentro del The 25TH Anniversary México Summit. NOTIMEX/FOTO/JOSÉ PAZOS/JPF/EBF, No available
The national president of the National Committee for Housing Development (Canadevi), Fernando Abusaid Quinard, said that Gov. Carlos Lozano de la Torre is key to the housing industry in Mexico, as he has always worked in favor of the housing industry with the goal that citizens have adequate and dignified housing.
In this sense, the governor was recognized for his leadership in Canadevi and for his support of the housing industry, which has helped to created more jobs and dignified housing for Mexicans.
Luis Antonio Godina Herrera, vocal executive of the Housing Fund of the Institute for Social Security and Services for Government Employees (FOVISSSTE); Paloma Silva, the director of the National Housing Commission (Conavi); Senator María Elena Barrera, president of the Senate Housing Commission; and the members of Canadevi Aguascalientes also recognized Lozano de la Torre for this for in favor of the housing industry.
At the 34th Canadevi National Directive Council, the governor, after receiving his recognition, said that housing has always been a personal commitment of his and that he has always made proposals that promote the growth of this sector, which have incorporated into President Enrique Peña Nieto's New Housing National Policy.
Accompanied by Abusaid Quinard, Lozano de la Torre said that Aguascalientes is the first state in the country that implements an Urban Reform, complemented by a green public policy that links planning, territory organization, housing, access to infrastructure and the citizen to the environment to fight climate change, segregation, overcrowding and insecurity.
"With its experience and leadership, Aguascalientes heads national efforts to implement a thematic agenda for the Urban Reform," Lozano de la Torre said.
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Eye of the Dragon | ". . . people have got to believe"
Posted by Shawn MacKENZIE in Belief, Dragon Keeper's Handbook, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Hogfather, Magic, Terry Pratchett
Belief, Death, Hogfather, Magic, Terry Pratchett
From the Master, Terry Pratchett
All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need… fantasies to make life bearable."
REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.
"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—"
YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.
"So we can believe the big ones?"
YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.
"They're not the same at all!"
YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME…SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY…
Tell-a-Dragon-Tale Week – Y Ddraig Goch of Yore
Posted by Shawn MacKENZIE in Dragon Keeper's Handbook, Dragon Tales, Dragons, Magic, Month of the Dragon, Tell-A-Dragon-Tale Week, WAFDE, Wales
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Month of the Dragon is racing right along, and we have arrived at a favorite time of mine, Tell-a-Dragon-Tale Week. It is a time to gather in the mead hall and spin the most fantastic yarns of draconic daring-do. To talk of Dragon books and stories.
This year, prodded gently by my friend Karen Sanderson, I'm kicking off the week with a classic piece of Dragon lore: the tale of Y Ddraig Goch, the Red Dragon of Wales.
There are many stories about this noble creature, though one of the earliest is found in the Mabinogion. In the story of good King Lludd
and his brother, Llefelys. It seems that long ago, Britain was cursed by three plagues, the second of which is to our tale.
Every May Day a terrible scream was heard across the land, from Anglesey to Land's End, from Dubrae to Caledonia. Worse than a thousand Ban síde, the scream made grown men weep and all manner of creatures, two-legged and four, to go barren. Lludd was at a loss, but his brother, who was wise in the way of the mystical knew at once what to do.
"Dragons! The land is plagued with Dragons." One very old (the Red Dragon of the Celts) and one a newcomer (the would-be usurping White Dragon of the Saxons and Angles). They were engaged in a terrible battle and it was their terrible screams that cut through the night. The only thing to do was to capture the Dragons and confine them underground at the heart of the land.
Now, to capture two warring Dragons is no easy task, but, with the help of vast quantities of mead (Dragons do love their mead), King Lludd and Prince Llefelys were able to bind the Dragons and bury them deep underground on the southern verge of Snowdonia in Cymru. The mound that kept them contained is Dinas Emrys.
What images this conjures up! Daenerys Targaryen chaining Viserion and Rhaegal in a dungeon under Meereen [Mother of Dragons lost major cred with that move; than goodness Tyrion was wise enough to set them free.]
Then again, was it perhaps an ancient precursor of Yucca Mountain, where lethal forces beyond our control were going to be entombed until – in theory – no longer dangerous? But I digress…
Years later, King Vortigern, a first-class tyrant if ever there was one, wanted to build a castle atop Dinas Emrys. Everytime his builders tried to set the foundation, the earth trembled so violently the stones turn to rubble. His court "magicians" told him to sacrifice a child "born without a father" and sprinkle his blood on the hill. This would stop the tremors and bring him great good fortune, to boot.
So Vortigern searched far and wide until he found such a msyterious child.
The next day the king, his wise men, his soldiers and retinue, his artificers, carpenters, and stonemasons, assembled for the ceremony of putting the boy to death.
Then the boy said to the king, "Why have your servants brought me hither?"
"That you may be put to death," replied the king, "and that the ground on which my citadel is to stand may be sprinkled with your blood, without which I shall be unable to build it."
"Who," said the boy, "instructed you to do this?"
"My wise men," replied the king.
"Order them hither," returned the boy.
This being done, he thus questioned the wise men: "By what means was it revealed to you that this citadel could not be built unless the spot were sprinkled with my blood? Speak without disguise, and declare who discovered me to you."
Then turning to the king, "I will soon," said he, "unfold to you everything; but I desire to question your wise men and wish them to disclose to you what is hidden underneath this pavement."
They could not do so and acknowledged their ignorance….
"I," said the boy, "can discover it to you if the wise men cannot.
And the boy told the king of a great chamber in which two mighty dragons, one red, one white, were engaged in eternal war with each other.
"…the red…is your dragon, but the white…is the dragon of the Saxons, who occupy several provinces and districts of Britain, even almost from sea to sea. At length, however, our people shall rise and drive the Saxon race beyond the sea whence they have come. But do you depart from this place where you are not permitted to erect a citadel, you must seek another spot for laying your foundations." (Why the Red Dragon Is the Emblem of Wales; W. Jenkyn Thomas)
Red Dragon v. White – Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain
After executing his not-so-wise council, Vortigern took the lad's advice and built his castle on a neighboring hill. His life spared, the boy grew in fame and power and became know, in time, as Myrddin Emrys, a name later Anglicized as Merlin.
As most of us know, Merlin left Cymru for Cornwall where he offered his considerable services to Uther Pendragon and, later, his son, Arthur, a king who also rode under the banner of the Dragon.
In later years, a much better king than Vortigern, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last king of Cymru, constructed a great citadel atop Dinas Emrys. It was perhaps his reverence for the Red Dragon that made it possible for him to build without draconic interference.
As for Merlin's vision of the Red Dragon defeating the White, the mage was right for a time. Yet, eventually, as Geoffrey of Monmouth recounted, the White Dragon of of Britain – sometimes Anglo-Saxon, sometimes Norman – did overcome and subsume Y Ddraig Goch.
For the Cymry, though, the Red Dragon remains the soaring emblem of the land on flag and crest, watching over them with all his fierceness.
The English, perhaps recalling the strength of Y Ddraig Goch in centuries past, have not always approved. To which Dragons reply, "Tough talons! We're here, we fierce, get used to it."
The Dragon & His Grandmother -Part III
Posted by Shawn MacKENZIE in 2015, Dragon Keeper's Handbook, Dragon Tales, Dragons, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Magic, Month of the Dragon, Story Telling, Tell-A-Dragon-Tale Week, WAFDE
Baba Yaga, Dragon & His Grandmother, Dragons, Fairy Tale, Grandmothers, Magic, Month of the Dragon, Russia, Short stories, WAFDE, Writing
Good morning, one and all. Hope everyone is having a fun and productive Chipping-In Weekend. Dragons have been helping out with everything from gathering leaves (when they're not playing in them) to cleaning the chimney flues and gutters. And, of course, our frends to the south and west have been putting in draconic efforts in the face and wake of Hurricane Patricia. We hope all are safe and well.
Now it's time to wrap up Tell-A-Dragon-Tale Week with the epic denoument of The Dragon and His Grandmother. Enjoy.
Where we left off…
"Well, you seem a sincere man " the old woman said, "and I am never wrong about these things. But is it enough? These brothers of yours, they couldn't be bothered to come, I suppose? Why should I help them?"
Lev stood there, chagrinned down to his toes. "I don't know," he said. "But they are my brothers. I gladly do anything you ask in return. Chop wood, fix your roof, anything."
The ancient woman cackled at his offer. "We will see," she said.
And for ten days, Lev split wood, repaired thatch, even reset the chimney. His muscles ached, his hands, smooth after years of high living, were blistered raw. Still, when the old woman came to check his labors, he did not complain. He simply smiled, accepting the borscht and black bread she brought for his supper, and asked, "Is there anything else I can do?"
The fortnight almost over, the old woman called the young man into her house. "The Dragon is coming for dinner tonight, and he expects a great bowl of oyster stew. For this I need a cask full of oysters." She handed him a basket tall as herself and said, "Fill this with oysters and return before sunset and I shall help you. You and your absent brothers."
A puzzled look came over Lev's face. What was it about this family and their riddles? Oysters, in the woods? One last task and he didn't know what to do.
The old woman grinned. "Get a move on, young man, or my grandson might just eat you instead!"
It was mid-day when, hot, tired, and lost, with his basket still empty, Lev plopped himself down on a fallen tree. "Oh, Grandma," he sighed, staring up into the canopy, "you raised a simpleton. Oysters, really? There's not even a lake for miles, let alone the sea."
Just as he was feeling too pathetic for words, the thicket beside him shook with a high barking laugh, "Hee-chee! Simple-simple simpleton!" A fox emerged from the scrub, brush high, and looked him in the eye. "You've been in that chicken house," she said. "I can smell the old woman on you. And that the Dragon is coming for supper."
"A smart little fox," Lev said with a bow. "You don't happen to know where I can fill this basket with oysters, do you?"
"Not shelled or from the sea, that's for sure. But walk ten minutes that way, towards the sun, and you'll find a beech grove. Around each tree grow mushrooms, big as your hand. King oysters, we call them."
"Oh, such a fool I am!" Lev laughed. "Of course! Good fox, what do I owe you. Ask and it's yours."
"A promise that got you here, no doubt," the fox barked. "I ask nothing. But, among the oysters, should you find something else – something rare and unusual, perhaps – I will not turn tail on it as payment."
A hour later, bent beneath his load of fungi, he returned to the fox. "You have aided me more than I can say, good fox. This, I believe is yours." He took from his purse a firebird egg, large as a turnip, gold as the sun.
"Bless you kind sir. My kits thank you, and their kits after." And with a yip and a yap, the fox wrapped her tail round her treasured fee and disappeared.
"You are brighter than I thought," the old woman said, sorting through Lev's harvest. "Yes, much brighter. These will make a fine stew, and I will help you. Come…" and she lifted up a large stone which lay over the cellar. "Hide yourself here," she said. "You can hear all that is spoken in this room."
"From down there?"
She grinned. "The floor may be thick but my grandson's voice is thunder. Sit very still. When the Dragon comes, I will ask him about this riddle of his. He tells me everything, especially when he's had a barrel or two of brandy wine. Listen carefully to what he says and you will be fine."
At the stroke of midnight the Dragon swooped in and asked for his supper. The old woman laid the table with enough food and drink for a small village (for Dragon appetites are very large, and sharp as their teeth), and they dined together. As he tucked into his second bowl of oyster stew with a hundred-stack side of latkes, his Grandmother poured more wine and said:
"So what have you been doing with yourself all day? Any souls to add to your book?"
"It's been a dreary day, Gran'mama. No luck at all. War rages all about us but the souls seem remarkably content. I would suspect someone working against me," he laughed, "if I didn't know better. But tomorrow will be better. I have three soldiers under contract and my hold on them is as tight as woodbine in August."
"Soldiers, eh? Well, they can be slippery, very slippery. And you know the rules about the escape clause."
"Yes, yes, I know the rules," the Dragon scoffed. "These three will get their riddle, and they will still be mine. They will never be able to guess the answer."
"What sort of a riddle is it?" the old woman asked.
The Dragon drained his wine and laughed. "A most impossible riddle, that's its sort. I will tell you this much: In the Emerald Sea lies a dead sea-cat – that shall be their roast meat; and the rib of a whale – that shall be their silver spoon; and the hollow foot of a dead horse – that shall be their wineglass."
"My, you are a clever Dragon," his Grandmother flattered. "I don't even understand it! Your soldiers would be blessed, indeed, if they guess the answer."
Right pleased with himself, the Dragon yawned and stretched. The brandy wine had loosened his tongue and now it was making him sleepy. He curled up by the front door and was snoring in a Kiev minute.
The old woman opened the stone trap in the floor and Lev emerged from the cellar.
"Did you hear everything? Did you understand?"
"Yes," Lev whispered in replied. "I think I know enough. Thank you, you have helped me more than I can say."
Slipping out through the window, so as not to wake the Dragon, Lev raced back to his brothers. After two weeks, they were near bald from worry, and the youngest could not help but laugh. He told them all about his adventure with the Dragon's Grandmother.
"Are you sure about this?" they asked.
"From the Dragon's lips to my ears. I couldn't be surer."
And the brothers were so thrilled, they could have danced a jig if they knew how. Instead, they took out the little whip, and crack, swish, summoned such a plenitude of gold that it mounded round them like a Dragon's hoard.
The sun was high overhead the next day when the Dragon flew down, book in paw. "Well, aren't you fine gentlemen!" he said. "Seven years have treated you very well." He opened his book and pointed to the brothers' signatures, "It is reckoning time, my friends."
"Not so fast, Dragon," Osip said. "You promised us a chance to wipe our account clean. A riddle, you promised. Is a Dragon as good as his word?"
"Humph-grumph," the Dragon chuffed. "You doubt it? I could eat you right here, but I won't. That's hardly good form." He smiled, confident they were his. "Very well, then. Riddle me this: I will take you underground with me; you shall have a meal there. If you can tell me what you will get for your roast meat, you shall be free. I'll even let you keep the little whip for good measure."
"In the Emerald Sea," the eldest replied, "lies a dead sea-cat; that shall be the roast meat."
The Dragon frowned, raking his talons into the soil. A lucky guess, no more. He turned to the middle brother. "Ah, but what shall be your spoon?"
Luka looked to his brothers for courage. What if Lev heard it wrong, what if… "The – the rib of a whale. It shall be our silver spoon," he stammered.
"Gnggggrrrrrrrrrrr!" the Dragon growled, smoke curling from his nostrils. "Cheats," he snarled under his breath, weighing the consequences of an impulsive human snack. There were rules. Checks and balances. His Gran'mama would call him on it, for sure. He'd lost, and he knew it down to his tail. But a Dragon never admits defeat – not aloud. Leering eye-ball to eye-ball with the youngest brother, he dared, "Do youknow what your wineglass shall be?"
Lev scratched his head and stroked his beard. "Hmmm," he said with feigned distress, "you do not make this easy, Dragon. I believe an old horse's hoof shall be our wineglass."
With a bellow that rattled windows from Tashkent to Minsk, the Dragon rose into the air, his power over the brothers shattered.
"I don't know how you did it," he roared. "Cheated, no doubt. But I am a Dragon of my word. Your lives are your own, for all the good they will do you!"
Lev tipped his hat. "I am sure we will manage, Dragon." Then, as the great beast flew off, he called after: "There is a king to the west stuck in a 14-year-old war. I bet he's in the mood to deal over a bowl of oyster stew."
The Dragon raised his brows and laughed, then, tipping his wings to the west, he disappeared beyond the horizon.
Magic whip in hand, the brothers mounted their horses and rode off in the other direction. They were healthy, wealthy, and much wiser than when they first met the Dragon and planned on remaining so.
A week later, the great war ended, and the King who'd started it all mysteriously disappeared. What the Dragon had to do with all this was anyone's guess, though it is true that, once peace broke out, the beast was never seen in that part of the world again.
The brothers were finally able to cease their travelling and return home. There, with the help of their gold-giving lash, they rebuilt what was ruined and then some. In time, the city became the gem of the whole continent, a center of art, learning, and trade that would make even a Dragon's Grandmother proud.
Osip, Luka, and Lev lived out their lives as the honored founders of the town's new golden age. In time, they were interred beside their Grandmother, an eternal flame burning like Dragon fire over their graves.
The Dragon's whip was not found among their estate.
Kick Up Dragon Heels
Posted by Shawn MacKENZIE in Asian Dragons, Dancing Dragons, Dragon Keeper's Handbook, Dragon Keepers, Dragons, Dragons for Beginners, Magic, Month of the Dragon, Music, Mysticism, Myth and Lore, Rhythm, WAFDE
Asian Dragons, Dancing Dragons, Dragon festivals, Dragon Keeper's Handbook, Dragons, Dragons for Beginners, Flying, Month of the Dragon, Myth and Legends, WAFDE
Dancing Dragon Day.
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
Dancing Dragons – Wayne Anderson 2009
Dragons, being wise as the Universe is old, love to dance. They feel the rhythms of life rippling through their scales and tickling their whiskers. Dancing with Dragons, sharing their enthusiasm and joy, is a one of the true delights of keeping their company.
In the East, the pleasure of Dragon dancing is a riotous display of public art with festive cloth and bamboo Dragons coursing through the streets. In a tradition dating back to the Han Dynasty, the Dragon Dance is a form of sympathetic magic for the whole community. Traditionally, the dance honors the great Lung, cosmic guardian of the Chinese people, the Children of the Dragon.
A team of dancers brings the Dragon to life, mimicking his serpentine grace and power. With every sinuous twist and turn the mystical nature of the Dragon is invoked, his luck, wisdom, fertility, and dignity. Thus, the Dragon is exalted and her favor entreated for fine harvests and prosperity.
In the West, Dragon dancing is more a family affair yet no less festive. Autumn being mating season, Westies are ever tripping the light fantastic in courtship and amore. It is, of course, unwise to interrupt wooing Dragons, yet you will surely find a plenitude of occasions to take up pipe and tabor – or pump up the volume on your CD player – and frolic with Dragons from dusk to dawn. Western and Feathered Dragons also caper on the wing in aerial balletics that would humble Nijinsky – and the Red Baron.
Standing on the sidelines or tapping toe to talon, Dancing Dragon Day is fun for all. Dragons know that, as Agnes deMille said, "To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking."
A quick reminder: Tomorrow is Take a Dragon to Work Day. If you plan on an office sojourn, don't let your Dragon stay up too late tonight cutting a proverbial rug. Weary Dragons tend to be surly Dragons; when around people they do not know, a rested temperament and good manners are essential.
Posted by Shawn MacKENZIE in Books, Dragon Keeper's Handbook, Magic, Word Shark, Words, Writing
Books, Creativity, Inspiration, Word Shark, Words, work, Writing
Musing over at Karen Elliott's The Word Shark as part of her fun and informative week on all things WORDS!
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In the course of this human's daily events, once I begin to feel the dream-webs lift from my mind, I brew a fresh pot of tea, play with the cats, and allow my thoughts to mosey along paths both cosmological and mundane, reasoned and stochastic. The other day, I started thinking about words.
Magical, mystical, wickedly creative, oh, the glorious power of words and we who wield them.
"In the beginning was the Word…and the Word was God."
But this is not just a Judeo-Christian notion. The Popol Vuh – or Mayan Book of Creation – speaks of how Sovereign Plumed Serpent and Heart of Sky came together at the beginning of time.
"…And then came his [Heart of Sky's] word, he came to Sovereign Plumed Serpent, here in the blackness, in the early dawn…. they joined their words, their thoughts….And then the earth arose because of them, it was…
Dragon Books – Part IV
Posted by Shawn MacKENZIE in Books, Dragon Keeper's Handbook, Dragons, Llewellyn, Magic, Myth and Lore, Spirituality
Books, Dragons, Fire Festival, Magic
Happy Dragon Fire Festival!
Dragon Fire – dudziak
A time to turn our eyes to the lights in the sky as "night's swift dragons cut the clouds full fast." (Thanks you, Mr. Shakespeare!) But more on that tomorrow – it is a two day festival, after all.
Today I present Dragon Books, Part IV.
Though not my field of expertise, I felt it would be remiss of me to discuss Dragon books without touching on the Old Age/New Age area of Dragons and Magic(k). So, for those who believe in Dragon Magic and working with Dragons in a ritual fashion, and for the casually curious, I offer the following books for your consideration. Some I have read, some I have only had recommended to me, so forgive me if my commentary is brief. As with all things Dragon, I urge you to explore for yourselves and come to your own conclusions.
D.J. Conway. Dancing with Dragons (Llewellyn, 2002) and Mystical Dragon Magick (Llewellyn, 2009).
D.J.'s books are considered by many primers for those looking to work with Dragons in a magical fashion.
D.J.Conway. Magickal, Mystical Creatures (Llewellyn, 2001). A favorite of mine, in no small way thanks to its more-than-Dragon scope.
Parker Torrence. Sea, Land, Sky: A Dragon Magick Grimoire (Three Moon Media, 2003). I have not yet read Parker's book (it's on my list!), but have heard only the most wonderful things about it from those who have – and who are in the magickal know.
Ian Corrigan's The Book of the Dragon: A New Grimoire was until recently almost impossible to find. It has recently been released in e-book form so is again available. Corrigan's considered a major figure in Dragon Magick and Pagan rites. Worth a look, for sure.
Ashley Dekirk. Oberon Zell Presents Dragonlore: From the Archives of the Grey School of Wizardry (New Page Books, 2006). This one I haven't read, can't vouch for in any way, but it looks fun. Amazon says: Dragonlore recounts the stories of dragons from Europe, Asia and the Americas, from the sea serpents Leviathan and Nessie to Lewis Carroll's Jabberwock. This richly-illustrated book examines dragons in modern culture and the natural world, including the pterodactyl and other saurians, whose fossilized bones were inexplicable and awe-inspiring discoveries.
Scott Cunningham. Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Llewellyn, 1985). What is an herb book doing here? Well, I have found Scott's book to be invaluable when it comes to planting with the mystical – especially Dragons – in mind. It is a reference no library, magickal or otherwise, can do without.
Love to hear from the magically inclined out there, thoughts on these books and any others I most certainly missed.


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