Filidh Lochlannach

24th-26th January: 40 % discount My collection of vignettes "The Dragon Leaves" will be  discounted  on Amazon between 24th and 31th of January 2015. Ordinary Price $7.00  24th-26th January: $3.99 27th-31th January: $4.99 Buy the e-book  here If you don't have a reading device for e-books, or you're not sure if the receiver of your gift has one, you should know that  it is easy to get one for FREE by clicking on "send me the link" button on  the book's page on Amazon. xxx 48 pieces of short prose and poetry from the Norwegian poet Filidh Lochlannach is now available in e-book format. "The Dragon Leaves" is a collection of stand alone texts that tell an entire story if read together. Unpack the flashes of beautiful nature and wonderings of what happened when Christianity suppressed Paganism, all wrapped up in a poet's paper.  xxx  About "The Dragon Leaves"  "Your book draws me in. It'...

            SAMPLE The Dragon Leaves By Filidh Lochlannach The Dragon Leaves Copyright: Hege Fossum Published: 2014 Publisher: Fossum Books All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, copied in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise transmitted without written permission from the publisher. You must not circulate this book in any format. This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. Cover design: Filidh Lochlannach Cover photo: Thomas O. Stenberg Find out about the author and her upcoming books online at  http://www.ormegarden.blogspot.no Send her an e-mail:  hege_fossum@hotmail....

NOW!!! My collection of vignettes "The Dragon Leaves" will be  discounted  on Amazon between 5th and 12th of December 2014. Buy the e-book  here It is possible to give the e-book as a gift by clicking on the  "give as a gift"  button on  the book's page on Amazon . Remember to register the receiver's e-mail address when prompted and not your own. Then you can schedule when the gift should be sent. If you don't have a reading device for e-books, or you're not sure if the receiver of your gift has one, you should know that  it is easy to get one for FREE by clicking on "send me the link" button on  the book's page on Amazon. xxx 48 pieces of short prose and poetry from the Norwegian poet Filidh Lochlannach is now available in e-book format. "The Dragon Leaves" is a collection of stand alone texts that tell an entire story if read together. Unpack the flashes of beautiful nature and wonderings of what happened when C...

Where did you get the idea for this book? Hiking is one of my main interests besides writing books. I like to walk to places with a purpose of finding out about their own unique histories. I've found old buildings, farms, hill-forts, old trails in the mountains and much more on my journeys, and some questions always pop up in my head. "What imprints were made on this land that shaped it into what it is today?" and "Who did it?" and "Why?"  During my studies of nature philosophy I learnt how to get answers to these questions and I became very fascinated by the "Spirit of the Land" and the "Songs in the Wind". I had thought about putting it all down on paper for a long time. I had kept some kind of a messy journal mixed with historical research, old myths and my own experiences from my walking. Then I joined the "National Writing Month" in 2013, a contest where the participants are supposed to produce 50.000 words in a mont...

"Mother Earth and Father Sky" is an Indo-European concept. "Father Sky" is usually the father of a pantheon (all the Gods in a culture), and he is complementary to the "Mother Earth" who is the mother of all gods, a fertility goddess who is connected to the Earth where all life sprang from. The idea that the Earth is female and nurtures humans came from ancient cultures from the Middle East. We have to go back more than 10.000 years to trace the beginning of the worshipping of the Mother Earth. Has it always existed as long as this Earth has been a home for humans? The "Mother Earth" or "The Mother of Life" came into Hebrew as "Eve" that we all know from the Bible. In Norse mythology she is Jord (Mother of Thor), Hlodynn or Fjorgyn. The Irish Celtic "Great Mother" was called "Danu", while the Welsh Celts worshipped Don. You can trace their cultures by place-names, very often rivers, such as "Do...

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. He is entirely made up of gases and has a belt of at least 67 moons around his waist. He has a big red "eye" on his surface that can be seen from space that is a huge storm centre in his atmosphere. Jupiter plays an important gravitational role for us. He is actually holding our solar system together and the planets in the right place. His force is stopping asteroids and meteors from crashing into the Earth's surface, his gravitation pulls in most of them so they stay away from us. Jupiter is easy to spot in the night sky in the winter half of the year. He looks like a big, bright star, and he is almost always up there if you look closely. If you're not sure if it's him you have seen, you can check it up on different phone apps. I don't know who gave Jupiter his name, or why, but I can  understand why they did. Jupiter is the name of the Roman God of sky and thunder. Well it actually fits very well with the...

The first hilltop is covered with Dragon Leaves and the first manuscript of my collection of vignettes, “The Dragon Leaves”, is finished. Go for a walk in the woods, find the old pathway up the hills, and follow it up to the old hill forts. By the steep trail, you see the ground all covered with Dragon Leaves. Pause for a while, watch them, kneel and turn them. Read the stories of the people that once lived there, of their world view and their relationships to Nature. Read the poems of how they revered Women and Female properties in the world around them, and learn a lesson of why humans today create their own sorrows. This hill of poems and stories features a panoramic view into the past, including history, ecology, philosophy and religion. Throughout, these tales of an ancient culture reveals conflicts, greed, despair, but also a hope of love, harmony and peace as the Dragon is about to return. My hope is that someone would like to publish this work, please contact me if y...

Hurraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! Jeg klarte det! Jeg vant! Jeg er en vinner! Jeg holdt ut og nådde målet mitt 24. november 2013 med 51.638 ord i årets NationaNovelWritingMonth. Nå gjelder det å fortsette med de gode vanene og ferdigstille boka. Jeg har kommet nesten halvveis i disposisjonen min, så jeg trenger nok et par måneder til på å få ferdig det første utkastet. Så starter redigeringsarbeidet. Det er mye arbeid som venter, men dette er veldig gøy. Jeg gleder meg til fortsettelsen. hege_fossum@hotmail.com

It's late at night. It's cold and the stars are shining high above me. I have found myself a hilltop deep in the woods, far away from the settlement. There is no light pollution here, I can see into the realms of the Gods. I light up a fire so I can keep myself warm, and hang my coffee pot on a stick above the flames. The smell of the fatwood mixed with the freshly made coffee is spreading around the camp. It always has a relaxing effect on me. I sense the wellbeing all around me. It’s almost as if time stands still. It is so wonderful to slow down after a stressful day at work, and to have left all the house chores behind. The smells make me feel fresh and the sounds make me vigilant. I am so alive here. So unlike how I feel after hours on the couch at home in front of the narcotic television shows. Alone in the great void, great thoughts can take place, right here is the truth to be found. Above me is the night black, and when the Sun is gone, it gives me the opportunity...