Mythology – Fiat in Fiada

Here Be Dragons

ByCaroline August 2, 2021August 2, 2021

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. – William Butler Yeats, “The Second Coming” I’ve had…

Faith | Grief | Mythology

Mother of Sorrows (Part 2): Brighde

ByCaroline May 27, 2019July 19, 2021

I named my second daughter Cecilia Amaris Brighde because Amaris means “given by God” and Brighde (pronounced Breed-ah) is the Gaelic spelling of Brigid, for St. Brigid of Ireland, who has always been a special saint to me. St. Brigid is one of the patron saints of Ireland (with St. Patrick), and is patroness of…