Author Archives: Becky Blair

Winter Solstice/Christmas Animal Stories: Messenger Dogs

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Winter Solstice/Christmas Animal Stories Ancient legends abound with tales of animals that gain the power to speak on cold winter nights. It certainly seems they understand and respond to the humans they love.  Messenger Dogs Chris Stevens, the gregarious DJ from the television show Northern Exposure, once announced to his listeners in Cicely, Alaska, that […]

Winter Solstice/Christmas Animal Stories: Ox Love

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Winter Solstice/Christmas Animal Stories Ancient legends abound with tales of animals that gain the power to speak on cold winter nights. It certainly seems they understand and respond to the humans they love. Ox Love Many have tried to test the truth of the ancient tales, none with more positive results than Harvey, the man […]

A Christmas Star on a Winter Solstice Night

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December 21, 2020 marks the winter solstice for the northern hemisphere of the planet Earth, a date important in Celtic, Wiccan, and countless other cultures around the world throughout history and pre-history. The winter solstice, also known as midwinter, occurs when one of the Earth’s poles has its maximum tilt away from the Sun. It happens twice […]

Winter Solstice/Christmas Animal Stories: A Horse is a Horse

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Winter Solstice/Christmas Animal Stories Ancient legends abound with tales of animals that gain the power to speak on cold winter nights. It certainly seems they understand and respond to the humans they love. A Horse is a Horse Some of you may remember the antics of a very special talking horse known as the “Famous […]

Winter Solstice/Christmas Animal Stories: The Bees’ Hymn

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Winter Solstice/Christmas Animal Stories Ancient legends abound with tales of animals that gain the power to speak on cold winter nights. It certainly seems they understand and respond to the humans they love.  The Bees’ Hymn Ancient cultures recognized that animals sometimes speak to their human brothers and sisters. Many times the power to speak […]

Winter Solstice/Christmas Animal Stories: The Deer and the Great Spirit

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Winter Solstice/Christmas Animal Stories Ancient legends abound with tales of animals that gain the power to speak on cold winter nights. It certainly seems they understand and respond to the humans they love. The Deer and the Great Spirit Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, marks the beginning of winter, a time when […]

Raven Takes Dani On A Quest

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Dani stepped lightly through the shadows flickering on the ground as she walked beneath the whispering trees. Her senses were attuned to the messages flying through the overhead branches as the wind pushed leaves together to allow the trees to talk among themselves. She listened even more closely to discover the voice of Raven as […]