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“No, sweet child, unicorns are #Not real, but they sure make #pretty pictures.”

24 Saturday Jun 2017

Posted by Jessica Edouard in Blabbering, Uncategorized

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Blogging, Concept, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Historical Romance, Meme, Myths, Scotland, Unicorns, Words, Writers

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Dearest me, did I really say that? I crushed my granddaughter’s heart the day I revealed to her that “unicorns weren’t real,” and, emphatically added, “they did not dance on rainbows.” Why? I thought I was doing the “grandmotherly” thing and told her what I believed as truth. Yet, how could I explain away that even I dabble in fables dusted with a hint of other-worldly magic, as easily as dusting our movie time popcorn with salt?

I retracted my statement. And like every great parent, I now buy her everything “unicorn” that I can get my hands on. Hoping, she will forget those atrocious words that came out of my mouth. Right?

How exactly did Scotland come up with this mystical white pony to be it’s country’s talisman? ( I see that most times it is depicted the size of a horse, but also has been represented as small as a goat, so pony is plausible.)

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#DearDiary

20 Thursday Oct 2016

Posted by Jessica Edouard in Blabbering, Novel, Uncategorized

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#AmWriting, Ancient Aliens, Authors, Concept, Debut, Historical Romance, Novel, Paranormal Romance, Picts, Romans, Scotland, Scotland Romance, Writers

I cannot believe my pledge to become more diligent, at least a monthly visitor, to my personal blog has gone to pot. What does this say about me as a writer? Am I not dedicated? Do I not care? Am I saddened to think my story has not materialized, picked up by a big house and made into the next academy award winning movie, yet?

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A bit of each I imagine or Aliens makes it a whole lot easier. I think always about what I am going to post or talk about and then, you guessed it, two months have past and I can barely remember my password. Of course I haven’t jotted the code anywhere with the million other combinations for each of my gazillion accounts. Why would I be so sane? Continue reading →

Let’s Talk About #Woad Baby!

20 Wednesday Jul 2016

Posted by Jessica Edouard in Blabbering, Novel, Uncategorized

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Am Writing, Authors, Characters, Debut Author, Dragons, Fantasy, Historical Romance, Novel, Paranormal Romance, Pict History, Picts, Romance, Scotland, Scotland Romance, Writers

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Thank you, BraveHeart, for showing us woad’s unsubstantiated use in native Scotland. Hopefully, that paint you applied was not mixed with semen as a wild, I read it on the internet so it must be true, story goes…

But did you know-

Woad is a plant that flowers yellow and has beautiful full green leaves. When made into a tea you can extract its pigment which is blue. Of course, you knew that, but what about the fact that the plant was commonly used as an antiseptic and now is being used to help fight breast cancer?

Or that when used as a dye the plant is famous for fabrics, preventing colored cloth, not only its famed blue, from fading in direct light or by heavy washing. The seeds, de-winged, produce an oil that can be used for making soap. Hey, I thought everyone was dirty back in the early centuries. Not so.

Also, woad is perfect for using in magic rituals when you find yourself shape-shifting and or determining past lives. Chinese medicine hails its valor for curing throat ailments and the common cold. Although beyond goats, the plant is not edible for livestock.

In the 1500’s Queen Elizabeth issued a proclamation, “Against the sowing of Woade.” Too much land was being used to cultivate the crops and not being used for harvesting grains. The plant does grow wild but during the time of food shortages and famine, no one person could sow more than 20 pounds yearly. A single parish could have no more than 40-60 acres.

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Enter Magic

01 Thursday Oct 2015

Posted by Jessica Edouard in Novel, Preface

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Am Writing, Authors, Debut, Dragons, Fantasy, Historical Romance, Novel, Paranormal, Picts, Romance, Romans, Scotland, Writers

https://lovelyoldtree.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/a-history-of-scotland/

https://lovelyoldtree.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/a-history-of-Scotland/

Sidh Chaillean

http://www.rannochandtummel.co.uk/Schiehallion

http://www.rannochandtummel.co.uk/Schiehallion

Symbols on the reverse of a Pictish cross slab, known as ‘Rodney’s Stone’

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Hadrian’s Wall

the Roman’s line of defense

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http://www.heritage-explorer.co.uk/web/he/imagebythemedetail.aspx?id=9437&large=1

This is a reconstruction drawing of Sewingshields Milecastle on Hadrian’s Wall. Hadrian’s Wall was built by the Romans between AD122 -128. It stretched 117km across Northern England from the river Tyne to the Solway Firth. At every ‘Roman mile’ (approx 1.5 km) along the wall a mile castle was built. These were small forts for up to 50 men. Between each of these were two turrets. There were also at least 16 major forts such as Wallsend, Housesteads and Vindolanda on or near the wall. Around 2,000 soldiers were needed to patrol the wall. This site is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).

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