The Butterfly Chronicles
“Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” ~ Hans Christian Anderson...
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Doreen
- Aug 13, 2016
- 4 min
Caribbean Escape
Winter is coming… Plan your escape NOW – Run away with me! January 17-27, 2017 Peaceful, turquoise waters and island ports with sunshine,...
Doreen
- Jul 16, 2016
- 2 min
Confessions of an Undine (Mermaid)
This tail is a prelude to the perfume, Undine. Please let me explain. In my world under the waves, it is no ones place to forgive or...
Doreen
- Jul 5, 2016
- 4 min
New York Faerie Festival 2016, A Missy Friendly Affair
From the edge of the dance floor at the Masquerade Ball, Missy’s ears prick up, “It’s Missy! I know that dog! She’s a dog worth...
Doreen
- Jun 19, 2016
- 2 min
Happy Summer Solstice Meditation
Magnolia Can you feel it? The pulsation of energy and expansion. Summer is a time of unfurling and ripening, an outward – yang season....
Doreen
- Jun 16, 2016
- 2 min
The Heart Journey Gnome – Maryland Faerie Festival – 2016
Sprawled under the hydrangea bushes. Late spring only, but the heat says otherwise, sayin’ summer already. There is Lulu, reflecting...
Doreen
- Jan 1, 2016
- 1 min
Happy New (Word of the) Year
little sleepy gnome, dreaming beauty amidst your hearts of rocks, fly up, float up, peace up! the world is waiting for your song. ~(me)...
Doreen
- Dec 4, 2015
- 2 min
Wabi-sabi Faerie – Fae on Friday
Wabi-sabi Faerie Wabi-sabi Faerie wants you to celebrate the aesthetic of beauty in life’s imperfections. Revere the patina of wear and...
Doreen
- Nov 27, 2015
- 1 min
The Faerie Nose – Fae On Friday
If a faerie made perfumes How would she blend? Would she tincture the green of a violet stem In dew from the tip of a fern of the deep,...
Doreen
- Nov 13, 2015
- 1 min
Fae on Friday – Dancing with the Song of Pan
~Doreen Stelton Autumn has brought some losses, and blows, to myself and loved ones. Nothing unexpected, and yet always unexpected,...
Doreen
- Nov 8, 2015
- 3 min
What I Did On My Social Media Vacation
Some moons ago I took a couple weeks off of the blog and social media which turned into many moons more than two weeks worth. Now even...
Doreen
- Oct 28, 2015
- 1 min
Wildness for a New Year
Samhain Faerie Court Brew a witches witchy brew Sing a wizards wildy tune Don’t hold tight or try to fight Just let yourself be wild...
Doreen
- Sep 3, 2015
- 1 min
Fae on Friday – Mermaids Swish Swish Swish
Who would be A mermaid fair, Singing alone, Combing her hair Under the sea, In a golden curl With a comb of pearl, On a throne? -Alfred...
Doreen
- Aug 20, 2015
- 1 min
Fae on Friday – Yellow Bliss
Singing Soul in Yellow and Green Yellow singing faerie joy Light inside and bright employ The summer’s song all in your heart Makes loss...
Doreen
- Aug 13, 2015
- 1 min
Fae on Friday – Faerie of Flight
Flitter Flutter Flying Fae We the Fairies, blithe and antic, Of dimensions not gigantic, Though the moonshine mostly keep us, Oft in...
Doreen
- Aug 12, 2015
- 2 min
Synchronistic Dragon Sightings
It is still the time of the dragon. Synchronistic unfoldment. The new moon is Friday – let the fire drake clear space for the new. Do...
Doreen
- Aug 7, 2015
- 1 min
Fae on Friday – Fire Drake
Here Be Dragons The Dragons Are Singing Tonight Tonight is the night all the dragons Awake in their lairs underground, To sing in...
Doreen
- Jul 31, 2015
- 1 min
Fae on Friday – Full Moon White Hart
Wild Moon I ha' seen them 'mid the clouds on the heather. Lo! they pause not for love nor for sorrow, Yet their eyes are as the eyes of a...