The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.
Weave a Garland of my Vows is my first novel. It’s set in 17th century France & England and follows the life and times of Marie de Rohan.
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I could not agree with you more! I learned a new Welsh word this past week. “Hiraeth”. Martin Shaw says that it is nearly untranslatable, but that is means roughly “homesick”, but in the sense of a deep emotional loss and longing for what was once, but can never be again. But it also carries a feeling of deep love and pride for that which is lost, and a feeling of the “rightness” that it existed once at all. The word “nostalgia”, he says, does not convey the depth that the Welsh word does. 42% Sweden, 33% England/Wales, 19% Norway, the rest in the mist of Ireland/Scotland:-) If all we have is the bittersweetness of “hiraeth”, then maybe it is enough. It is a feeling that teaches so much, and those who don’t feel it, have lost so much more than they realize. This is a lovely video, Greta! I will watch it a few times:-)
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Always spot on, Deb. I didn’t know “hiraeth ” Thank you. Perfect.
Watching the videos I posted today, and another one about Norway, the one thought that came was…
“Anyone who CANNOT find peace, grace and beauty in the landscape and the elements is either a Robot or Dead.”
Man made the cities. God made the country :o)
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