http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/TheHag/index.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780 In our language, the meaning of 'hag' has been distorted. Among the Kells (my mother was Irish), it is the final stage in the life of a woman. There are three: The Maiden/Virgin, untaken, untamed, wild and free. She's full of fire, dreams, visions and kinetic energy. She is the Waxing Moon. The Matron, in the full maturity of her child-bearing years. She is the great earth mother, the lover, the comforter, the healer. She is the Full Moon. The Hag. Seasoned and wise in the ways of the world, she holds her blood and sometimes her tongue. She enjoys honor and respect among those who hold her favor, and fear/caution among those who have earned her ire. She is the Waning Moon.I take The Hag for Hag Struan, a character in James Clavell's novel Tai-Pan, my favorite of his works. The Hag was born a Brock, which made her marriage into the Struan clan a Hatfield-McCoy heresy. The Brocks and Struans were rival shipping magnates in Scotland during the early days of China trade. The Hag was widowed young and stepped to the helm of Struan shipping, to keep them on top of her birth family. She was a tough, clear-minded, straight from the shoulder kind of lady. I admired her strength, her dignity and her dedication to her family against all odds. I'd have a very long way to go, indeed, before I could be in her league, but the name inspires me and I aim to do her proud.*************** For God sent NOT his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. [JOHN 3:17]Peace to All.The Hag ......................................[bling 1776].......................................... http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_113197.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= Finally got my household settled to the point that I could come upstairs for a grand chat w/all of you! I'd reached the point that 'doing without' our time together was a mild frustration on the back Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:15:51 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_113197.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_112642.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= There's a reason I was gone again so quickly - a laundry list of them, actually. 1) The last two times I tried to get on site, I couldn't! I got in, but couldn't post or navigate to read and comment. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:58:52 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_112642.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_110584.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= Apologies friends for the crazy colors that showed up here yesterday. I plead being overly excited by the reality of having almost unlimited time to blog, read your blogs and in general be on SFF agai Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:30:47 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_110584.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_110557.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= They were idolized, mythologized, vilified and demonized by various segments of the world's population. In far too many instances they were turned into beings who lived and died outside the realm of s Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:39:27 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_110557.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_109714.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= Limited time again today, but HEY! I was here. Hope everyone will be patient and forgiving until I get this thing up and running again. I have a lot to re-learn about navigation, posting, etc. Also ne Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:17:29 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_109714.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_109498.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= .....it's all up hill at the moment. I'm frustrated, folks, I've been trying to leave word here and there on the blogs and haven't time to search out any more right now. I'm using a friend's comptuer Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:30:11 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_109498.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_61714.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= Greetings, Y'All! (Watched Paula Deen twice on Larry King Live last night and realized I have to start practicing my 'Southern' accent again! Do you not find her totally charming ? ) Our visit in Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:44:54 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_61714.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_61322.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= We're gone, folks! Hold down the fort! Try to keep King 'T' and Queen Ola out of serious trouble. Enjoy a wonderful late summer/early fall! Remember! You will be missed! "The Lord wat Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:31:15 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_61322.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_61251.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= ..........She crosses my mind now and again, this brave and lovely young woman, whom I doubt I'll ever meet. Sometimes, like now, I can't identify what stimulus caused her face and her story to surfac Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:10:39 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_61251.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_61084.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= ..........The story of Zoey, the five-pound Chihuahua that ran between her masters' grandson and a striking rattlesnake, saving his life ( The Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald, Masonville, CO, July 26 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:03:44 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_61084.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60988.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= ...............Dinner's finished, Paul has brewed a fresh potta, Buddy's stretched out beside my recliner, waiting, his tail beating a desultory thump-thump-thump on the floor. I'm gonna pour mys Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:05:58 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60988.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60886.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= ..........My father was born in 1907. To say that he disliked Elvis Presley is tantamount to saying that the Hatfields and the McCoys had a mild disagreement. When Daddy was at home, we didn't wa Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:05:54 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60886.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60855.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= for Ola and Family ..........Daddy died at 7:28pm CDT, on July 3, 1986. It had taken a week but still, it came suddenly. His funeral services were not scheduled until Monday following the long Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:16:08 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60855.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60810.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= ..........Both Darlene and I changed schools before graduation but kept in touch by phone, the exchange of birthday and Christmas cards, etc.. After college she returned to her hometown and began he Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:04:09 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60810.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60670.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= ..........The first friend I made in college was a bright, vivacious, outgoing and charming young woman with soft-curling taffy-colored hair, dancing hazel eyes and a 'Pepsodent' smile. She looked v Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:22:47 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60670.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60602.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= SFF is an open community. In this community, as in all others, the only thing we can bring to the table is what's inside of us as a person before we come here. We are responsible for ourselves, our Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:15:17 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60602.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60527.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= it's good daylight now through my windowpanea muffler-grey skywhispers a promise of rainthe birds are quietthe leaves hang still a spider's web decorates the windowsill a thousand thoughts swirl throu Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:05:44 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60527.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60387.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= Wednesday night/Thursday morning, I was busy with IM to my friend in Canada (east coast), when the email icon began to jump up and down in the dock. I moved the IM board over and minimized the emai Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:37:56 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60387.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60186.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= My friend, Anita, and I had dinner at her house tonight. We ate on the deck where she served a fabulous home-made gazpacho in bowls with ice-ring liners. There were blue corn tortilla chips and gu Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:37:42 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60186.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60038.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m= LISA WENT BACK TO THE ER TONIGHT For details, please go to JULY PRAYER CIRCLE . Thank you, dear friends. Marie's blog: cheyennewolf1939 ......................................................... Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:11:49 -0800 http://seniorfriendfinder.com/blog/2514/post_60038.html?site=ffsenior&pid=f7780&m=