Hello Once Again,

My youngest daughter has been bringing me lilacs this week. I have a huge
bunch of them sitting on my desk. The cats are fascinated with them but then
they are not used to indoor plants. (This is due to the fact they love to
eat them and knock them on the floor. Our cats skipped the grace gene.)

I also got my copy of Dragon Hearts and Warrior Shadows by Kate Cheyney and
Herbert Simon (Two Wolves) this week. Both have published poems in this
newsletter. It’s wonderful. (And I am not just saying it cause I love them
both. They are both professionals enough I can tell them “this just sucks”
without them taking it personally.)  I would encourage anyone e-mail for
information on ordering it. The e-mail address to do so is:
reporter@discoverynet.com

Sometime this weekend I am going to have to go in and weed my herb garden,
weeding is one of my least favorite jobs and I have avoided it so far this
year. It’s well past time to do so, so wish me good luck. I don’t want to
get lost out there.  My catnip is already knee high this year and I have a
ton of sage, thyme and wormwood.

Remember folks submissions are always encouraged.

Blessings of a wondrous spring,
Sheila K. Watkins
Editor: Whispers of a Stone Circle
See last page of this newsletter for submission guidelines, forwarding
guidelines, where you can subscribe to Whispers and copyright information.

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Pictures
By Sheila K. Watkins

Somewhere in my mind’s eye
I see pictures of time gone by
Images of what has been
The pictures change
Rearrange
To images of what may be
Images from distant past
Showing what will be
Images from modern day
Showing yes they have
Visions, memories blend as one
In the album of my mind
Pictures of what may be
And what has already come

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Cool Link(s) of the week:
Pagan Island: http://www.heptune.com/pagan.html

Eliki: featuring art, history, mythology, literature, classics, children's
events, family history and more.  http://www.eliki.com/

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Meditation: fire
By Sheila K. Watkins

As always dress in a comfortable manner and find a comfortable place to sit.
It would be a good idea to cast a circle of protection around you as you
will be dealing with a spirit at this time.

Close your eyes and run through the colors, seeing each one as you do so. It
doesn’t matter how long you see them but make sure you do see them.

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Violet or purple

See yourself step out of the purple and into a hallway. Start walking down
it partway down you notice torches are part of the wall. You could them
starting at 19 and working your way down.

19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

At one, the hallway opens up to an open area. As you step out into a land of
flames. The flames brush your skin but do not burn you, they are no more
then a comfortable heat. You start wandering until you find a bench made out
of a boulder of granite. You sit upon it and wait. You hear the fire
cracking and snapping and you can almost hear words whispered to you in the
crackling.

Out of the flames steps a salamander, he stops waiting at the edge of a
faint circle you can still see highlighted by the flames.  Tell him “If you
mean no harm, enter freely and safely.”

 If the salamander can enter he is safe to talk to if he can’t send him
away. When one can enter he will step in and stop before you.

The salamander studies you for a couple of minutes then it starts speaking
to you. Talking to you about the realm of fire. Listen to what he says.

When he is done talking, thank him for his teaching.

Enter the hall and start counting the torches

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19

Continue walking up the hallway and enter the purple (or violet) light. See
the colors once more.

Purple
Blue
Green
Yellow
Orange
Red

As the red fades away open your eyes and you are now awake.

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Announcement(s):

Blessed Be and Meet Me in Des Moines 2002

Merry meet all! It's been an exciting and busy week or so since Beltane,
with a rush of good folk to take on the final remaining volunteer leadership
positions. This does not mean that you can't help, because all of these fine
people are going to need all the assistance they can get to do their jobs.
If you were thinking of being a VLP this time, but weren't sure if you were
up to the task, there's always the next one in 2004!
So, the final list of volunteer leaders is:

Event Chair--Kevin Romaine (Sings With Coyotes)
Event Vice-Chair--Elizabeth Rohret (Sanna)
Workshop Coordinator--Andi Steele & Chrissy Dunham (Gypsy)
Divination Table Coordinator--Chris Dunham (Thunder)
Head of Security--Linda Bauer
Food Service Coordinator--Mike Bauer
Information Table Coordinator--James Cheaney (Altair)
Ritual Circle Coordinator--Jody Michael (Shadowalker)
Children's Activities Coordinator--Chrissy Dunham (Gypsy)
First Aid Coordinator--Su Walker (Mira Cetus)
Media Liaison--Elizabeth Rohret (Sanna)
Vendor Liaison--Barb Johnson
Website Coordinator--Anthony Clifton

If you would like contact information for these people, e-mail me at either
SingsWCoyotes1@aol.com or BBMMDM02@aol.com and I will connect you with them,
except for the Bauers, whom I will see this weekend at the IOWAN meeting,
and I will get their info then.
Several people have already put their names into the hat for workshops and
divination (myself included), but as I would like to have at least three
workshop sites running concurrently, there are plenty of openings. We're
just trying to get people thinking about it now, so you'll have time to do
your research.
I'm looking forward to meeting at the solstice with those I haven't met
before, and seeing all my friends again!

Blessed be,
Kevin Romaine (Sings With Coyotes)
Event Coordinator,
Blessed Be and Meet Me in Des Moines 2002[Iowa Mirror Event]
October 18-20, 2002
Osceola, Iowa, USA


Merry Meet Iowa families,
This email is to inform you about the 2nd year for the Pagan family picnic.
This year the picnic will be held at Ledges again. Saturday, August 10th. We
hope to have a better turn out as well as better weather.
There will be games for the families to play together. Stories that will be
told. Crafts that will be done. Picnic and social time. Children's ritual. A
lot of fun for the whole family.
I do however need some volunteers for story telling and craft workshops. I'm
up to suggestions as well. Anyone who would like to help out please contact
me.
There will be more details later each month.
Hope all can make it.
Blessed Be!
Gypsy and Thunder
Coven of the Blessed Lady
thunder1@interl.net

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Writer's Biographies:

Sheila K. Watkins knew from the time she was 15 that she wanted to be a
writer but did not really start writing until she entered college where she
worked on her college newspaper and also worked as the editor of the feature
section for one semester. She was also introduced to the love of writing
poetry at this time. Fortunately for all of us most of the poems have been
lost to the world of men. After college she worked several jobs during the
next few years but none included writing. It wasn’t until after both of her
children had started school in 1998 that she went back to her love of
putting words on a computer screen. Her first submission was accepted by
publication by the IOWAN newsletter and it started her on the path of truly
honing her work. In October of 2000, she founded and became editor of
Whispers of a Stone Circle.

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Submissions are always welcomed and can be made to: Zeliziw@netins.net
In submitting materials writers are agreeing that if accepted I may post
them in the newsletter and on the web page (whenever I finally get back to
work on it.) Works submitted must be the writer’s own work and they must
still retain the copyright OR it must be verifiably public domain. Works can
have been published before but please nothing that has been around over and
over again. Copyright remains in the author’s possession. The Author also
realizes that they will not be paid. (If I had money I would be hosting this
on something other then Yahoo.) If a submission is accepted, I will check
for punctuation, capitalization and spelling in submitted articles. I will
fix minor errors if they are present. I will NOT reword things (except for
an occasional “an” for “a” and vice versa.) Poems are published as
submitted.

Forwarding information: If you chose to forward this newsletter, do so in
its entirety, including copyright and contact information. People may
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All articles, poems, etc, except where noted are copyrighted by the writers
and are used with permission. They are not to be republished without the
express permission of the writers. Contact information may be obtained by
contacting the editor of Whispers of A Stone Circle at Zeliziw@netins.net

Copyright (c) 2002 Sheila K. Watson.
All Rights Reserved