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Magic Words: Twenty

Posted by kitperriman on July 17, 2020

Magic Words – Twenty

“Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.”

(Desiderata: Max Ehrmann)

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Magic Words: Nineteen

Posted by kitperriman on July 16, 2020

Magic Words – Nineteen

 

“With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams,

it is still a beautiful world.”

(Desiderata: Max Ehrmann)

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Magic Words: Eighteen

Posted by kitperriman on July 15, 2020

Magic Words – Eighteen

“And whatever your labors or aspirations,

in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.”

(Desiderata: Max Ehrmann)

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Magic Words: Seventeen

Posted by kitperriman on July 14, 2020

Magic Words – Seventeen

“Therefore be at peace with God,

whatever you conceive Him to be.”

(Desiderata: Max Ehrmann)

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Magic Words: Sixteen

Posted by kitperriman on July 13, 2020

Magic Words – Sixteen

“You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars;

you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you,

no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.”

(Desiderata: Max Ehrmann)

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Magic Words: Fifteen

Posted by kitperriman on July 10, 2020

Magic Words – Fifteen

“Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.”

(Desiderata: Max Ehrmann)

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Magic Words: Fourteen

Posted by kitperriman on July 9, 2020

Magic Words – Fourteen

“Do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.”

(Desiderata: Max Ehrmann)

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Magic Words: Thirteen

Posted by kitperriman on July 8, 2020

Magic Words – Thirteen

“Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.”

(Desiderata: Max Ehrmann)

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Magic Words: Twelve

Posted by kitperriman on July 7, 2020

Magic Words – Twelve

“Take kindly the counsel of the years,

gracefully surrendering the things of youth.”

(Desiderata: Max Ehrmann)

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Magic Words: Eleven

Posted by kitperriman on July 6, 2020

Magic Words – Eleven

“Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity

and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.”

(Desiderata: Max Ehrmann)

Picture by Leonid Pasternak

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Mischief

  • Tradition January 18, 2021
  • Kit’s Crit: The Hangman’s Daughter (Potzsch) January 15, 2021
  • Three Real Shakespearian Witches January 14, 2021
  • Shakespeare’s Recipe For Disaster January 13, 2021
  • The First Temptation January 12, 2021
  • Old Demdike’s Charme January 11, 2021
  • Kit’s Crit: Wicked Enchantments (Froome) January 8, 2021
  • The Last Wolf In England January 7, 2021
  • Dark Magic January 6, 2021
  • Olde English Honey Crispels January 5, 2021
  • In The Beginning . . . January 4, 2021
  • On Edge January 1, 2021
  • Happy New Year December 31, 2020
  • Gearing Up For Hogmanay! December 30, 2020
  • Olde English Parkin December 29, 2020
  • Post-Christmas December 28, 2020
  • Kit’s Christmas! December 25, 2020
  • Happy Holidays! December 24, 2020
  • A Less-Known Lancashire Witch: Meg Shelton December 23, 2020
  • The Scrying Game December 22, 2020
  • My Kind December 21, 2020
  • Exodus 22:18 December 18, 2020
  • Anne Boleyn, the Witch: Part Four December 17, 2020
  • Anne Boleyn, the Witch: Part Three December 16, 2020
  • Anne Boleyn, the Witch: Part Two December 15, 2020
  • Anne Boleyn, the Witch: Part One December 14, 2020
  • Olde English Flapjack December 11, 2020
  • Return Of The Druid December 10, 2020
  • Kit’s Crit: The Wise Woman (Philippa Gregory) December 9, 2020
  • A Word From The Wise December 8, 2020
  • Shape-shifting December 7, 2020
  • Kit’s Crit: The Witch (Movie) December 4, 2020
  • Chris de Burgh’s A Spaceman Came Traveling December 3, 2020
  • Olde English Christmas Pudding December 2, 2020
  • Put to Question: The Strappado December 1, 2020
  • Put to Question: Pressing November 30, 2020
  • Put To Question: The Pear November 27, 2020
  • Thanksgiving Blessing November 26, 2020
  • Coldplay’s Magic November 25, 2020
  • Fairy Dust November 24, 2020
  • What Do You Believe? November 23, 2020
  • Put To Question: The Thumbscrews November 20, 2020
  • Blessed Be November 19, 2020
  • Paws For Thought November 18, 2020
  • Olde Scottish Shortbread November 17, 2020
  • Queen’s It’s A Kind Of Magic November 16, 2020
  • Put To Question: The Rack November 13, 2020
  • Fear November 12, 2020
  • Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze November 11, 2020
  • Lancaster Castle November 10, 2020
  • Kit’s Crit: Waking the Witch (Pam Grossman) November 9, 2020
  • Existential Ether (Aether) November 6, 2020
  • Do You Believe In Ghosts? November 5, 2020
  • Queens of the Stone Age’s Burn the Witch November 4, 2020
  • Rose November 3, 2020
  • Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) November 2, 2020
  • Happy Halloween! October 30, 2020
  • Halloween Joke #2 October 29, 2020
  • Season of the Dead October 28, 2020
  • Almost Halloween! October 27, 2020
  • Halloween Joke #1 October 26, 2020
  • Exceptional Earth October 23, 2020
  • Fabulous Fire October 22, 2020
  • Awesome Air October 21, 2020
  • Wonderful Water October 20, 2020
  • Lana Del Rey’s SEASON OF THE WITCH October 19, 2020
  • The Hill October 16, 2020
  • Olde English Hotpot October 15, 2020
  • What Does It Mean To Be A Witch? October 14, 2020
  • Bruce Springsteen’s Magic October 13, 2020
  • Kit’s Crit: HEIR TO A PROPHECY (Mercedes Rochelle) October 12, 2020
  • Resurrection October 9, 2020
  • Contacting The Dead October 8, 2020
  • “I See Dead People!” October 7, 2020
  • Olde English Mince Pies October 6, 2020
  • The Baby Blues October 5, 2020
  • The Divine Comedy: Dante’s Demons October 2, 2020
  • Kit’s Crit: The Inferno of Dante (Robert Pinsky) October 1, 2020
  • Hole’s Softer, Softest September 30, 2020
  • Olde English Scones September 29, 2020
  • The Witch-finder General September 28, 2020
  • The Mystica September 25, 2020
  • Ten Famous Witch Trials In England September 24, 2020
  • Spellbound! September 23, 2020
  • Elvis Presley’s Devil In Disguise September 22, 2020
  • Kit’s Crit: Midnight’s Children (Salman Rushdie) September 21, 2020
  • Tituba the Witch September 18, 2020
  • A Brush With Power September 17, 2020
  • Steve Miller Band’s Abracadabra September 16, 2020
  • Abracadabra! September 15, 2020
  • Olde English Treacle Toffee September 14, 2020
  • A History of Magic in England September 11, 2020
  • The Enigmatic Pentagram September 10, 2020
  • Kit’s Crit: THE KING’S WITCH (Cecilia Holland) September 9, 2020
  • Ella Fitzgerald’s / Frank Sinatra’s “That Old Black Magic” September 8, 2020
  • Make A Wish! September 7, 2020
  • Carol Ann Duffy’s The Lancashire Witches September 4, 2020
  • Olde English Jam September 3, 2020
  • Kit’s Crit: Tell My Horse (Zora Neale Hurston) September 2, 2020
  • Gris-Gris: A Voodoo Charm September 1, 2020

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