Tag Archives: bard

Update #2 Re Fundraiser

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Francesca De Grandis

There’s still time to donate. I’m almost done with layout, then I finish the index, we proof galleys, I make the cover, and then the book gets printed (about two weeks from now). I put a couple of the book’s … Continue reading →

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Shut-In—Virtual Tagging

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Francesca De Grandis

A shut-in can do virtual tagging. Share this graphic! These are the times that define us.—Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (of course!) Heh, tagging by a shut-in. I even had to create a brick wall to tag, LOL. But I loved … Continue reading →

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A Yule Gift for My Community

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Francesca De Grandis

I was singing to God, and She was singing to me. Goddess of winter beckons us. Continue reading →

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Two Poems

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Francesca De Grandis

It is a lesson every mystic finally learns if she comes down from her ivory tower. Rumi’s students killed his lover. Continue reading →

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Alethea, Part Four: The World Tree

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Francesca De Grandis

Alethea, Part Four: The World Tree. Short story fiction. Fantasy. Urban Faerie tale. Allegory. Continue reading →

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My Life Is a Poem, an Allegory

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Francesca De Grandis

My life is a poem, an allegory thrust upon me, a mischief by benevolent Chaos Gods, a myth I try to decipher. I am God’s beloved recalcitrant brat. Continue reading →

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Alethea and the Chariot, Part Three: Prayer of Release

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Francesca De Grandis

Alethea and the Chariot, Part Three: The Faerie Warrior’s Prayer of Release. Short story fiction. Fantasy. Urban Faerie tale. Allegory. Continue reading →