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August 29, 2009
Wrote three new fairy poems: The Sweetness Fairy, The Star Fairy, and The Dancing Fairy. Hope you enjoy them!

August 24, 2009
Like little fairies fluttering away, time has once again escaped me! I posted a new fairy poem today, "The Peek-a-boo Fairy" which is illustrated with a photograph I took in the Clipper Mill area of Baltimore during a recent visit.

Other recent activities have included the rescue of a couple of gopher tortoises. The first, a mature adult who lives on my property and is one of a breeding pair. I found it upside-down but apparently uninjured near my mailbox. I was so anxious to turn it right-side up and make sure it was okay that I didn't notice its gender. And once I'd righted it, I wasn't about to flip it again to see; I'm sure it had enough of a fright for the day. After a few minutes, I was happy to see it quickly walking back to its burrow.

The other was also a full-grown tortoise crossing a busy highway as I was exiting my bank's parking lot. I quickly angled my car so oncoming traffic could see my flashing headlights. They know what that means, and traffic will usually stop until this protected species crosses the road. This was not just a narrow escape for the tortoise - there were also a couple of near collisions as two drivers, not paying attention, nearly ran into the cars stopped in the road. The speed limit is 55 mph here, and there were squealing brakes and tire smoke, and there were tire tracks left on the road.

One of the drivers, not slowing down much, swerved between the stopped cars in the left lane and a car that was moving on in the right lane, which the tortoise had just cleared. As it quickly swerved back in to the (unseen) tortoise's lane, I was sure it had been hit. Fortunately, it escaped unscathed, and another car stopped to carry the tortoise to safety. (I'd have done that myself if I hadn't needed to signal the oncoming cars.) I think the tortoise must have had a fairy or two looking out for it, and a few others undoubtedly protected the kind and observant people who stopped their cars. [Gopher Tortoise wiki]

June 18, 2006
My time does fly! Paul McCartney is now 64. He wrote "When I'm 64" at the age of 16, and first recorded it at the age of 24. I was in 5th grade, and remember all the boys wearing longer hair like the Beatles. The nuns at the Catholic school I attended thought it was utterly shocking! My best friend and I were talking the other day about how we really don't feel so different after all these years. Sure, we've learned and grown along the way, but at the core, we still feel the same. So, those are my fairy thoughts for the day...week...month... ;-)

November 12, 2005
Well, as you can see I haven't had much time for writing. I've been busy updating my main fairy site with lots of fairy gifts and goodies for the holidays and preparing illustrated posters for sale which will go on my site FairiesLikeMe.com.

October 24, 2005
This is my first entry. I hope you like my site! I enjoy writing fairy poems, and making little fairy drawings. Though I'd love to make really fantastic fairy art, I haven't yet found the pixie dust that will transform me into such an artist. So please enjoy my humble fairy doodles!