Being Birch: More Timeless Tales in the Wheel of the Year($10.99Value)

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Welcome. Step into a place where ordinary and enchanted figures meet to mark the holidays on the ancient Norse and Celtic calendar. Where characters of antiquity have come together with those who have willingly stepped out of time and place, listen to the voice of a woman who visited a celebration in the woods, and remained as a spellbound birch. Through her gentle voice and insightful observation of the forest, hear the tales of her second year of ancient natural holiday. Intelligently told, each tale provides an escape into a tranquil landscape where heartwarming generosity and compassion can be found as each holiday eloquently unfolds. Characters of both lasting myth and modern moment arrive at the enchanted grove to engage in glamorous interactions never to be forgotten. Join them. Come into the birch grove. Sit beside the storyteller birch tree as she speaks to you in her quiet voice, sharing her experience of remarkable events. Begin reading today. Eloquent stories steeped in nature reflect deeper meanings as within a forest hearts thrive be they of people or birch trees. Elizabeth Rowan Keith deftly elucidates calm as well as urgency in these marvelous tales synced to seasons and situations at times not far from our own. Immerse yourself in this collection where peace arises like the new day, and unexpected truths bring respite. Highly recommended. -Anna Scott Graham, author of Home and Far Away This collection of short stories is the sequel to Becoming Birch, set over the next year in the enchanted birch grove where the narrator has chosen to take root. Like its predecessor, each chapter follows the festivals of the appropriate season, from solstice to equinox, from Samhain to Mabon. The style is lyric and intensely visual; even the birch trees have eyes. We meet other inhabitants of this world – human, Little People, Moss Women, the Holly King and the Green Man, the May Queen and Faeries. It is a prose poem of the seasons, beautifully written. I would love to visit that world, and can through the writer’s words. -P. C. Hodgell, author of Godstalk Elizabeth Rowan Keith again weaves magic among the birch trees in the forest. Her prose is more than descriptive…it is lyrical. Follow along as each season unfolds in a miraculous way, bringing joy and comfort to all. —Joan Marie Verba, author of Twelve: A Retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses