Happy New Year, everyone!
I hope you all had a lovely holiday break 🙂
I know I’ve been a bit absent from the blogosphere this past month – I’ve had a terrible virus that stole my breath and sense of smell and taste, so Christmas wasn’t quite the eating festival I envisioned. However, I finally seem to be on the mend and so, I thought, it might be nice to write a post and say hello.
I’ve had dragons on my mind of late. Part of my virus seems to stem from the fact that I am a watery person, and there were times I longed for flames and heat to dislodge the permanent feeling of being underwater – a pet dragon would have been most helpful, though perhaps left me a bit singed around the edges 😉
Now that I’m feeling better, I’m excited about the new year and the promise it holds. I’ve been working on a collaborative project with someone which should come to fruition this year, and my vampire WIP has been ripped apart and reassembled, ready for a fresh round of submissions. I’m also going to be exploring some different fields of study, walking another path. I can feel my wings unfurling, ready to roar.
Finally, I’ve been thinking about this post I wrote, almost five years ago, right at the start of my blogging career. A portent? Perhaps. At the very least, it’s a cool cloud formation. What do you think?
The other week I saw a dragon in the sky.
Outstretched wings, a long curving neck, all gleaming golden beauty.
‘Do I need to build a windlance?’ I thought.
And then, as I struggled with cold fingers to get my phone unlocked, the dragon drifted and changed, the sky taking him away.
But I think, perhaps, I caught him. No black arrow required.
Wishing you all a powerful 2020!
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Happy New Year Helen! I´m glad you are feeling better. May there be many good dragons in your 2020!!
Thanks, Darlene! Happy New Year to you too – wishing you lots of excellent dragons as well 🙂
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Happy New Year, Helen. Let’s hope it’s a good one.
Thanks, Mick! Happy New Year to you, too. Fingers crossed for some positive change 🙂
Definitely.
Happy New Year.
I’m glad you’re feeling better. I’m also recovering from a nasty cold. Good luck with your new round of submissions.
Thanks, Lucia 🙂 Happy New Year to you too, and hope you feel better soon!
Happy new year, Helen… so glad you are starting to feel better x
Happy New Year, Sue – thank you, and hope all is well with you 🙂 Looking forward to seeing you again at some point (might even get to the blue church this year!) x
We really must! X
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Good to have you back. Sorry to hear about the virus, but glad you’re on the mend ❤
Thanks, Alethea 🙂 Happy New Year to you – any plans to come out for a workshop this year?
Still trying to figure it out…
I’ll wait to hear 🙂 x
I will certainly keep you posted. At the moment my teens are making it so I’m not so sure I want to leave the house. Fun years! 😉
Oh boy! I have a newly minted teenager in the house and am waiting for all the fun to start… 😉
I’ve found 16 to be particularly fun and enlightening. You never know, though, you may sail through it 🙂
Oh dear! Well,fingers crossed… for us both 😉
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Happy New Year, Helen! I am so glad you are on the mend! I LOVE the cloud formations! Yes, a dragon in the sky!! Cher xo
Happy New Year, Cher! I loved the dragon too, couldn’t believe it when I saw it 🙂 Bet you see some wonderful things in the clouds from your place, too xx
I am sure it was such a cool surprise, Helen! Today’s clouds appeared to me as an exclamation point; however, if you read Chris Murphy’s comment (Meteorologist for The Weather Network) he is seeing a ‘bug.’ Ick! LOL Cher xo
It really was 🙂 And oh dear about the ‘bug’ clouds – glad you saw an exclamation point instead! lol xx
Yes, me too! LOL xo
Happy New Year, Helen. I am glad you are feeling more like yourself and here’s wishing you much love, many blessings and dragon energy in 2020. Hugs Xx
Thanks, Jane 🙂 Happy New Year to you, too, and wishes for a bountiful 2020. Dragon energy for everyone! xx
Sounds like many good things ahead for you. Love the photo, too.
Thanks, Craig 🙂 And a Happy New Year to you – I hope this year brings lots of good things your way x
Happy New Year, Helen… ‘There be Dragons at Avebury!’… 😉
Happy New Year, Stu! Yes, there do be…. Still trying to work out whether I can join you all there in June (a big family birthday is happening around the same time)…
It’d be a shame to miss it… 😉
Hopefully I’ll be there 🙂
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Yes, I think a dragon, or three, would be very welcome here too. 🙂
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A nice dragon tale…