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Capricious Cats, Thunderstorms of Thor and Other Unsolvable Mysteries

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Maybe we shouldn't have named our cat Leo. He certainly thinks he's king of all things...like my laundry. He's right in the middle of it when I throw it on the bed. I literally have to shut him out so I can put on clean sheets and fold my t-shirts. His other talents include fetch, …

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Oak Woodlands: Fairylands of Magic, Wisdom and Power (Why the woods sacred to the Celts should matter to us.)

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Oak Among Basalt - Photo by D. Fritz Pliny the Elder (who lived in Gaul, 1st century CE) was the first to write about the Druids use of oak trees in their religious ceremonies. Later, Christian churches were built in oak groves (most likely because some of those locations were pagan sites of worship). Oak …

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