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, […]
Granny Walks between Two Worlds
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, […]
Colonel Joseph Duncan, CSA
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 […]
Dillon
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 […]
Maggie Miller – Wise Woman
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 […]
Crystals – White Light Energy
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 […]
Goddess of the Doorway
The pagan Goddess Ariadne comes from Crete and represents the spiral of life and the turning of the wheel. Often pictured holding a ball of twine, she is a weaver of both time and destiny. Her believers say she spun the universe from primordial darkness. She is often associated with the labyrinth and spiral dancing. […]
Hogmanay – The Scottish New Year
When blizzards roar and winter holds the land in an icy grip, men band together around a fire. This is the time to honor the world of dreams and visions and tell tales of demons and spirits. The darkness of long winter nights prepares us to return to the light and to the promise of […]
Allie Johnson and the Hogmanay Moon
Allie had always believed in magic. Her grandparents who raised her knew which plants were poisonous and which contained healing qualities. They relied on the phases of the moon to plant the crops coaxed from rocky hill country soil. When the moon was full, strange and magical things happened. She looked out at the snow-covered […]
Dan Fields – The Rebel Traveler
The year is 1862. Dan Fields, a Corporal in Stonewall Jackson’s Rebel Army, is marching near Bath, Virginia. At the height of a blizzard, he touches the cross at his neck and remembers his Granny’s warning: “You won’t die in this war, but you may wish you had. You’ll be picked up by a […]