Upcoming trip

Heeeeeeeeeeyyy!!!!
Sorry for not posting in, like, forevs! (I'm so glad i don't really talk like that)
Aaaaaaanyway I'm going on this trip to Virginia to see some friends with my mom and little sister. It's going to be so much fun. We're leaving tomorrow (sat Feb 28th) I will tell you guys all about it when I come back or maaaaybe, if we're lucky, while I have some free time there.
See y'all later!!!

XOXO

cute headband

Hey! Sorry it's been so long since I posted!
I made a really super cute headband not to long ago and I just wanted to post some pictures of it here. I will probably do a tutorial someday...

Happy Brigid!

Happy Brigid everybody!
For those of you who don't know what Brigid is, I will explain for thee.
Brigid is the goddess of the flame and of the water, inspiration, the cow, heather, healing and much more. There are a lot of stories about her. Here's one...

Once, there was a brother and sister, Alex and Brigid. They lived in a small village. They loved winter, building snowmen, sledding, having snowball fights, but after months of cold, freezing, deathly winter, they grew tired of huddling by the fire to keep warm and not freezing while they slept at night. One day, they asked their mother a question, "How long will winter last? When will spring come?" She said, "Light a candle tonight and look into it, maybe the goddess Brigid will come, she is your namesake after all." So, that night, they lit a candle and looked into it. After a little while, the flame seemed to grow, and grow, higher, and higher, until the goddess Brigid appeared in front of the two children. Her hair a blazing fire, her skin as dark as ancient wood, her hands strong. "Why have you summoned me?" She asked. "I am named after you." Brigid said. "And we want to know when winter will be over and spring will come." The goddess looked down at them. "When all the fires burn bright and the holy well runs clear." And she finished. The next day, Alex and Brigid went out to all the houses in the village to see if all the fires burnt bright. At every house, a roaring fire sat in the hearth, gnawing at old wood. At every house, they asked if the people there knew of any holy well in the forest. No one did. Only one house was left, Old Man Mad Dog's house had no smoke coming from the chimney. He was known to be dangerous, and the children of the village were told not to go near him or his house. Alex and Brigid went up to his door and knocked. No one answered. They went inside and found Old Man Mad Dog lying on his bed, feverish and cold. Alex and Brigid made a hot soop and lit his fireplace, and cleaned his house, until it was warm and smelled a little less like a pigsty. "I don't like children much, but I guess I should thank you." He said. "That would be the polite thing to do." Said Brigid. "Do you know of any holy well around here?" Asked Alex. "The only well I know about is deep in the woods, and it's full of trash." Alex and Brigid went to find the well. It was full of trash, but the two scooped mud out, and pulled bottles from it, until they could see clear water. Suddenly, the goddess Brigid appeared. "Thank you, children. All the fires are lit, and my holy well runs clear." A smile like daises on a field spread over the goddess's face. "When will spring come?" Asked the two.
              "Spring will come when winter is over." And with that, she was gone.

I got the story from a book called Circle Round by Starhawk



Here are some images of Brigid

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Icecream Stand

a poem



The ice cream man, broke the first waffle cone, so he had to get another one. He told me to call him Paul, but he looked like a saint, so I called him St. Paul. When he looked down at me, I could tell he thought I was an angel, but he didn’t know I had a knife in my pocket, that made me a bandit. I didn’t look like one because dad said I couldn’t ride my horse around town. I smiled at him when he handed me two ice creams, one for me, one for Cali. I was surprised there were still ice cream stands, seeing it was autumn.




#fictionalpoem

My Mother

a poem

She always carried that knife. Even when she was broke. We buried her in late autumn, two miles out of St. Paul. She was buried deep down in the earth. With the plastic angel Cali gave her, and her horse’s saddle tucked under one arm.

I kept the knife. But I vowed to never be broke. I put her high school picture I found in her diary next to the grave. After some thought, left the knife there as well.

This is fictional, my mother is perfectly alive, but I just like writing poems from fictional character's points of view.

Juicy Summers

a poem

I remember the summers in St. Paul to be real Juicy. What with Cali getting married, when Sarah fell off her horse and broke her arm, I remember Aunt Watermelon giving her a lollipop and Sarah sticking her tongue out at me, I didn’t get one. I decided that if I wanted a sucker, I’d have to work for one. I spent all day picking flowers, cutting the stems with my knife so I wouldn’t pull up the roots. I gave them to Aunt Watermelon. She called me an angel, but didn’t give a sucker. I remember looking down at Aunt Watermelon’s fluffy slippers and wishing I had some.

    Autumn is juicy, just not as juicy as summers are.




Hope you liked it! I don't actually have an Aunt Watermelon, this is completely fictional!

Things I liked in the Harry Potter books

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE

1. I like that Nevil protected his friends 

HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS

1. I like that Fox, the Phoenix was a big part of this book
2. I like that you learn that Filch is a Squib

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN

1. I like that we meet Prof. Lupin in this book
2. I like that we meet Sirius Black and learn some stuff about him
3. I like that Hermione got up and left Prof. Trelawney's class

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE

1. I like that we readers discover other magical schools
2. I like the whole Tri Wizard Tournament
3. I like the Yule Ball
4. I like that Hagrid meets another giant

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

1. I like that we meet Tonks
2. I like that we meet Creature
3. I like that we meet Luna Lovegood
4. I like that the kids break into the Ministry of Magic
5. I like that we find out about Thestrals

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE

1. I like that we learn more about Snape
2. I like that suddenly Harry is better at Potions than Hermione and that she is a little ticked off about that
3. I like the connection Harry and Dumbledore make
4. I like that the hunt for Horcruxes start in this book
5. I like that Draco gets put to the test by Voldemort for the first time
6. I like how Draco fails the test but Voldemort still likes him

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS

1. I like that there is a lot of traveling 
2. I like how Harry, Ron and Hermione get put to the test with the horcruxes
3. I like how suddenly Ron notices Hermione differently
4. I like how Draco's mother helps Harry
5. I like that when Harry, Ron and Hermione get captured, Hermione blasts Harry's face 
6. I like when Ron saves the house elves in Hogwarts
7. I like how they all have kids in the end