Category: My Blog
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Tarot Imagery in Roger Zelazny’s “Chronicles of Amber”
The main character of the series, Corwin of Amber, is represented by a card called “The Fool.” This card shows a young man about to blithely and unknowingly step off a cliff. This card “represents the beginning of all creativity and the desire to accomplish impossibly beautiful goals” (Gray, 1973, p. 96). As the story…
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Perfectly Flawed
I’ve been practicing my lace knitting technique by making little lace swatches to show what my yarn looks like in use, and I’ve noticed that it does not look like the pictures in the books. Not surprising, this, because I am far from a perfect knitter. My short-term memory is deteriorating these past years,…
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About Brigid
Brigid, also known as Saint Brigid, Ffrait, Brid, Brighde, Brigantia and a few other names, is my patron deity (although I also honor others, mostly from the Celtic pantheon). Brigid is either a triple goddess or three sisters of the same name. They represent Poetry, Smithcraft, and Healing. There is a great deal more lore…