Tag: symbolism
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The macabre lure and folklore of graveyards
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The wind was blowing heavily, pelting me with rain from darkened skies as I made my way up a narrow path to find the Hill of Tara in Ireland. My hubby elected to remain in the parking lot, safe and dry in our rental car, but I was determined to…
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Gather ye rose-buds
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Image: blush pink rose at the Niagara Falls Botanic Garden – by E. Jurus, all rights reserved Roses are beautiful. But like all things with great beauty, over the millennia they’ve incited great passions. If you think of them only as an expensive flower to give at Valentine’s, or send…
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Symbology of numbers
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Today I was moving the little magnet on my decorative Halloween wall calendar, and noticed that it’s now only 40 days until Oct 31, aka Halloween — woohoo! (Hopefully that’s not too triggering for you, like the people who want to drive you crazy by counting down the number of…