In Memory of Laura Davis (Shade) 1948 - 2008 The Wheel has turned and the Circle is complete. Great Mother, give me the strength to take these final steps and know I come to you willingly, with eyes wide open. Let my daughter mourn my passing but not my loss, and know with certainty that I'll pass this way again. Hail and farewell. -- Rionach, 2008   At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. -- Albert Schweitzer

you are about to begin a journey       a road you have not traveled appears before you
	step onto the leaf strewn path where soft sunlight envelopes you where breezes sing their songs and the forest will, if your heart is true whisper her secrets to your soul

this woodland path leads to deeper forest    the old growth of  long forgotten places as you approach there is a sound is that a voice?  is someone there?
you hesitate, but your heart urges you onward walk with trust, follow your heart believe in the magic of the world your journey begins ...
this is murmur, shadewood's demon in training... fear not, he's more afraid of you  than you will ever be of him ! I found murmur at Adopt A Demon

come ...   listen to ancient forests whisper secrets to the wind walk among moonshadows search for beings seen only with the heart weave dreams among the stars suspended between here ... and elsewhere dance in a place of magic  and believe come ...              to shadewood

blessings upon you this day, traveler	welcome to my wood there are many things to see here some believable, some not so
I believe in possibilities ...    in the chance there may exist        fairies, angels, unicorns, dragons           in the hope that dreams come true           that wishing upon a star will, one day,                                       bring that wish to life

Come, sit by my fire and we shall learn of one another  I am shade, spirit of this wood a romantic, a dreamer, a teller of tales  I live in the "real" world  but I come alive here, in  shadewood
	I love books by Charles DeLint and Gael Baudino. My favorite t.v. show was Beauty and the Beast and I never miss Touched by an Angel. Then I never miss CSI either! Go figure!

                                                                

should there be any doubt ...  I am a wee bit Irish
slainte!

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