Animal guides have served man since the beginning of time. Having sharper senses and often greater physical abilities, animals guides can act as protectors and are beneficial to their human partners. The animal that chooses a person has affinity with that person, often displaying similar character and personality traits. In this personal relationship, the power or […]
I took one look at Dan and knew he was a Fields. I also sensed he had something to hide, but most of the Fields clan do. It’s strange how sharp your senses get when you’re close to death. My body was riddled with cancer and I had little time left. As it turned out, […]
From the time I was a little girl I could work magic. The “knowing” came down to me from my mother’s people all the way back through our Scotts ancestors. I already knew the herbs and roots needed for simple remedies and spells, but my Aunt Minna showed me the powerful ones, like witch hazel, […]
When I first saw Dan Fields in Shepherdstown, he was wearing a worn dirty CSA uniform and looked starved. Waiting at the end of our mess line, he stood out from the other men. I understood why he’d gravitated to our reenactor encampment. We wore the uniforms of the 12th Virginia Infantry, CSA and we had […]
By the time I was six years old, I knew that Granny would never love me. All of her love went to my cousin, Dan, who was homely as a toad compared to me and not nearly as clever. I was a year older and bigger than Danny, so I hit him whenever Granny wasn’t […]
The first time I met Dan Fields I read his palm and knew he was not from our world. I sensed that his energy came from an older simpler time. He was a man in transition, struggling to find his way. He was a traveler. When he showed me his granny’s cross set with a […]
The crystal is a symbol of light and of energy. The most sacred and mystical stone in many ancient cultures, its transparency was thought to act as a mirror through which things were seen clearly. Egyptians used triangular crystals in pyramids to attract the sun’s power. American Indians often buried them with the dead to […]
