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Shadow DarkFyre
My name is Shadow DarkFyre... I am a wizard and a wanderer, among other things, and I've experienced many things on my journeys that I'll share with you... Welcome aboard...
Welcome back... Been awhile since that was said here... Sometimes, though, you have to lose yourself to find yourself...
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It's been longer than bimonthly, I know... My apologies... It's been an interesting Spring, getting on my feet about things... But here we are and here we go: catching up on what's been going on for the past couple months...
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Gone to Patreon, but not forgotten... For my listeners here on Anchor, this is a digest for all of you of what I've been up to over on The Wandering Wizard Patreon page... Getting my feet under me as we go through Season 5... I'll be doing this every two weeks to keep you updated... Thank you for those of you who have come here to listen to me ramble on... Do consider coming to the Patreon page - http://www.patreon.com/thewanderingwizardking - and supporting this journey by signing up for one of my tiers, so I can continue to bring you the kind of content that you've come to hear... And more besides... Also, please share this along and spread the word... More are always welcome aboard...
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A quiet last episode for the season... Because things change forever after this...
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This guest of mine I was supposed to have on the segment earlier in the month, but Fate had other plans... I count it up to synchronicity that he was meant to be the last guest of the season... It turned out like I hoped... An enjoyable chat,... with only a few tangents in there... But as we both agreed, it's a wizard thing...
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Nearing the end of the season and the year, and there are a lot of thoughts on my mind tonight... A great many th jigs to look forward to... And all the time left in the world...
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I say this a lot... But allow me to be direct... Come Say Hi... Let me know what you think... Maybe you can help me plot out where this journey goes...
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The lands are alive, and in more ways than you might think... They are old, often vast, and watch quietly through every molecule of their land... These unknown gods...
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The Christian Bible says in the Psalms, "Be still and know that I am God." The Multiverse's way of saying, "Chill the fuck out. I got this."
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I think it's clear that I'm committed to this course... But as I said, to commit to it, something has to be left behind... That there is a leap from the lion's mouth...
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At some point, there is a choice when your on any kind of journey: stay still and stagnate, or grow and evolve... As a comedian once said, "we're trying to keep it pushin' 'round here."
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As hiccups go, this was a learning experience... We wizards are all about learning, so this was a good thing...
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It's been awhile since we shared a drink... Let's remedy that... And I know what with too... My birthday present...
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A little bit from the norm for a Sunday recording... But lost in my thoughts as to the changes ahead... If you don't mind my rambling, take a seat...
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Things had to be rescheduled a bit for my guests here at the corner... So I decided to share an hour of my time as I work onan important part of my Wizarding life... That, and making rings...
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Aside from wanting the cold to go away, I want to hit the road again... I have road maps, details, legends, myths, clues, and wonderings roiling through my head... There's just the one thing to do in the meantime...
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"Every man dies. Not everyone really lives. " So went the line in the movie "Braveheart"... But just because it was fictionalized, doesn't mean the wisdom doesn't hold true...
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There's this podcast where I talk about life and travel... And then there's the Tik Tok videos where I talk about harder subjects that you need a drink to take in..
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Full circle journeys are interesting things... You always come back to Square 1, but it is never the same square as you left it... And it's not just yours anymore, either...
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Disruptions... Because they kept happening during the recording of this episode, as you'll hear... Which is kind of fitting when it comes to the subject matter... Besides, my brother and I were never really conformist to begin with...
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I'm taking a break for the week for Imbolc... To take in the trar behind and the year ahead... He's my rambling on as a typical wizard about all there is to think on...
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Saturdays are usually coffeetime here at my home: Saturday coffee group being a tradition that spans at least a decade, whether at the Java Dock or at one of our homes... And more often than not, my brother and family are always a part when they can... It just was him this time out, as the family was elsewhere... So we took the opportunity to talk shop over coffee and tea, while a predicted snowstorm loomed on the horizon...
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It's been a year, and the journey isn't yet done... But it is a new day, and new hopes and changes come with... With all that's gone past, it makes an upcoming holiday mean that much more...
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Was feeling creative for dinner, so here this was for yesterday... Inspired by th he movie of the same name, and the usual passion for food and its deeper meaning...
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Time for a drink... This one I found at Total Wines and More, as a suggestion from my wife to try out... She was not wrong... Pull up a chair...
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Pain and I are old lovers... She's never not been right there... Even through my biggest adventures... And while pain seems to plague life's journeys, it actually is often a better friend than you think...
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This was a hard thing to talk about... But I don't shy away from things because they're difficult... There would be no Wandering Wizard if I wasn't lost first...
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Welcome to the first ever Wizards' Corner... Unscripted and unedited... Where I get together with fellow wizards and other practitioners and discuss all things magickal and a few mundane from a wizard's perspective... And first guest on the Corner is my old friend, Bastaban Nerilkos... As you'll see, it's just another day in the life... Welcome to the Corner... Pull up a chair, have a drink of whatever kind, and make yourself at home...
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There are times when you follow... There are times when you lead... And then there are times when you go it alone...
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An inauguration done... History made... And yet the hard road still lies ahead... Ideals do not reality make... Hope, however, does...
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Antique shops, magick shops, bookstores, craft stores... Dangerous places for a wizard to be... Treasures to be found around every corner... They are our comfort zones... The Shoppes are no different...
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There's too many of them to name... And stories behind a few that are unknown... Consider this a prelude to the stories I have to tell you...
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Believe it or not, personal and/or family sanctuaries and refuges are on the minds and lips of a great many people LMK e today... Places where they and their loved ones can heal from the world... Not a bad idea...
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One does not live on technology alone... At least, they shouldn't... Sometimes I think many people should get back to ink and paper...
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It was a character that said, "I don't recognize this world." Another replied, "I don't have to recognize it. I just have to save it."
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I'm reminded of the movie, "What The Bleep Do We Know?" The answer...? Not a goddamn thing... We do like to think and feel like we do... Even in the midst of chaos... That' s when a valuable life lesson needs to be learned...
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Yes, a drink or two is needed... And what better now than whiskey for these trying times... That's why this offering from the Boann Distillery might just be the most fitting for the road that lies ahead... Right down to the bottle...
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Yeah... That s+ame thing that has technology having grand mal seizures, and people muttering about the creepy guy who brings down the mood by telling the truth for what it is... Well buckle up...
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Welcome back... And this in the heels of unrest and upheaval... Days none of us wanted to see,... but were inevitable all the same... However, as someone once said, all that matters is what you do with the time given you...
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A little something for you to tey out yourselves if you're so inclined... It's not a waste of time at all... And a thank you again to the Humble Forager Brewing... You've changed my life...
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On this: the longest night of the year, let's contemplate our past, appreciate our present, and preparoo= for our future... See you next year...
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Here's a sneak peek into The Wizards' Corner... no artificial colors, additives or preservatives...
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More a Yule meandering than a Christmas wish... But the intent be same...
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Sorry... Forgot to upload this... Trying a new routine... And that's the thing sometimes, especially when transitioning from warm to cold seasons... Things are done different... Good thing we can learn...
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As I sit packing the last of my Christmas shopoing, I think on how this podcast can and will grow in Season Four... Time to be a little more wizardly...
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Gee... What would I possibly get from my fieldtrip to Total Wine...? Craft beer, of course... And I beelined it for two of my new favorite breweries...Life's short... Have a drink....
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For me, it's these kinds of stores that earn my devotion: bookstores and shops, craft stores, and magick shops... Short of the Bottle Shop in Grafton, liquor stores never really made it to that list... Enter Total Wine: Spirits, Beer, and More... I am changed forever...
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Wandering Wandering and Journeying for now... Winter is the time for rest... For contemplations... For stories that feed the spirit... Speaking of feeding,... my father's chili... You'll see, not even a blizzard gets in the way...
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As a wizard, I deal in a great many things... Almost all the time, that involves symbols... If you've paid attention lately, you've seen omhow divisive the subject matter is... Especially to those who don't go all the way to the beginnings of the symbols themselves...
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"But I fear... I have nithing to give... I have so much tonlose here in this lonely place... Tangled up in your embrace... There's nothing I'd like better than to fall... But I fear... I have nothing to give..." -Sarah MacLachlan, "Fear"
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People pay attention to the weather on a peripheral basis... Few ever actually look deeper, leaving it to the experts... As stewards of the land, I think that is everyone's responsibility, and not just a few...
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Was watching the news tonight and saw the Premier of Manitoba speak concerning the pandemic this season.. . Inspired me to record this..
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Time for a story... Of someone who has wandered longer than any of us...
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I'm on fumes today... It's wintertime and tis the season to hibernate... A full belly and cold weather outside will do the trick... Sometimes, that how it goes... Whether at home, or on the road...
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Out for a late night supply run, the world is not geared for nocturnal folk like myself... So as I wander to tge few that are, don't mind my rambling as to how I'd change that...
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I'm reminded of the words of the musical artist, Seal... "Fast changes are artiving... Small changes are moving out... Here we are..." And as we know, forward momentum is always best, no matter the speed...
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Christmastime... Hannukah... Yuletide... Festivus... New Years's... The Holidays are here... And it is a subduded time for obvious and understandable reasons... One hooes that at least the majority of traditions survive... One in particular I hope for, as I think on all of the year that has gone...
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It's really not about what you think... Your dreams are out in front of you... What's holding you back...? You...
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The only thing better than homemade food is unique food you find on a journey... You'll never hear me shameless plug a restaurant chain... Not even my favorites: BK and Culver's... They don't need the help... Local food... Local flavor... In the locales you happen to end up in... The mom and pop variety... That's what I'M talking about...
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US Highway 2: the main road along the Northern shore of the Michigan Sea, which is the Southern edge of the UP... Running out of Escanaba, our own version of the "Cannonball Run" is dotted with quarries, sidetracks, points, smoked fish,... and PASTIES... All of this blanketed in Upper Peninsula forest, and guided by the sea, as we hurtle to our challenge with the sentinel that is the Mighty Mac, before finding our rest on Mackinac Island...
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Yes, it's still Thanksgiving .. My family and I are just having pies instead... A variety of them at that... All the same, this is still a time for stories, cooking, and being thankful... Especially now...
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The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is by and large one of the most beautful places in the United Statea.. For six years, it was my home... And if you want to disappear, this is the place... So says the sleepy wizard...
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I'd been looking forward to trying this out for quite some time... An offering presented to the world by someone I admire greatly... I end up running over time for the sake of it... But it is as worth every second as it is worth every sip... Thank you, Dwayne...
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All aboard... Out of Green Bay we run, on a game of tag with U.S. 41 as we run the North Coast of the Michigan Sea... the "twin cities" of Marinette and Menominee were going to be the terminus,... but the hidden cities on the Bays of Night call farther, as the city of Escanaba calls us forth, and another fateful tag with one of the longest roads in the country...
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If 2020 has done anything, it's made us filthy with the emotional resudue of the extreme events of this year, and in a variety of ways... It's l EC t many of us diety with biofeedback, and amplified emotional energy that isn't ours... In those cases, I recommend this as a good and essential treatment...
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In the journey into the unknown that this year has become, the one thing we cannot expect from ourselves is to make it to the end on our own... Simply put, it can't be done...
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This is worthy of a hijacked interlude... The brewery in question: the Humble Forager out of Rochester, Minnesota... The offering: Forest Fortress... Tge result: I'm in love... Want to know more...? Give a listen...
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Earth is a relative pinprick in the Multiversal dark... But for us, it is vast, volatile, beautiful, fragile, and wondrous... With that in mind, taking care of our home is a priority...
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This is an all out invitation to all of you who listen to my podcasts or see my posts on Instagram... I'd like to hear from you... wolfen.nightlord@gmail.com is my email... the_wandering_wizard1 and regonereth are my Instagram accounts... Micah DarkFyre is who I am on Facebook... shadowdarkfyre is who I am on Twitter... And you can also leave me a message on Anchor... Let me know what's on your mind, what you think of the podcast, what you'd like me to showcase, what shameless plug you had in mind for me to do, etc... Take a listen, then reach out... Good Dreaming, and may the road rise to meet you...
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We're revisiting the Michigan Coastal Route, taking routes never before taken by us... Though I know the ways till our terminus for the winter, within the shadow of the Mighty Mac... The first leg of this journey is a slow one... It will take us from our refuge on Washington Island to our first stop in Titletown USA: Green Bay, Wisconsin...
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My first love when it comes to hard liquors... Blood of the Isle herself (along with Guinness and potcheen).... The blended beauty... The comfort of the soul... And the essence behind the awakening of my Alexa... Time for me to gush about my favorite Irish whiskey...
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There are the places in my heart that I've been to: where it is love at first sight with every detail of the landscape... And then, there are places that are my dream loves: where I know them only in my dreams till they become reality... At the top of that list, enter Rodanthe...
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It was going to be "Enchanted Places", but this sounded better... On this inaugural installment, we go deep to the heart of Texas, to a place as significant to Texas as Uluru is to Australia...
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I've been to many places in my life... I've more to go to before my time is done... In its own way, it will always be an adventure for the sake of the journey itself... And so, I dream in memories of where I've been, and in hope of where I want to go...
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This is a personal, profound, and as revealing of a atory as I get... If my childhood years set the momentum for what I now am, this point cemented and set the tone for what I would become...
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The Election is (almost) resolved... Now what...? That's the $50 million dollar question on this broken road... First things first: gratitude that things are not worde and that we have what we have... Second: plot a new course....
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It's been a rough week... I needed somethinhmg to comfort my spirit in these odd times... Family, food, and drink come to mind... And memories of home... And my go to comfort drink always helps in a pinch...
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Waiting is hard... Being still... Having faith and hope in things working out... Sometimes, it's the hardest thing... And sometimes, it's the only thing...
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"Rover. Wanderer. Nomad. Vagabond. Call me what you will! And I take my time anywhere. I'm free to speak my mind anywhere. And I'm satisfied anywhere. Anywhere I roam! Where I lay my head is home!" -Metallica
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In the documentary, "The City Dark", city children who had never known a starry night were exposed to one, and had their minds profoundly changed from the experience... Perhaps we all need a similar experience to remind us that we are all wanderers:... with the stars to guide us...
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And so comes the end of the journey.... There and back home again... Except it felt very much backwards saying that... And we all knew it... But as Robert Jordan often said in his stories,... there are no beginnings or endings to the turn of the Wheel... But it was an ending... And,... it is a beginning...
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One of the things I enjoy about a visit to Bernie's Meat Market - other than the heavenly smells - is the variety of items on their shelves from ariund the world... Especially their liquor... And this one is a new favorite...
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On sleepy days like this, certain places I know come to mind... Places that engender quiet dreams and quieter thoughts... Forests always fit this bill for me, and Highland Woods is among them...
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A character once said, "There's no fate but what we make." This is and isn't true... How can it be both...? Let's just say it's a partnership:... between us and the Lady Herself...
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Everything you (maybe) wanted to know about (this) wizard,... but were afraid to ask...
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There's always been places at crossroads where meetings were held and fates were changed... Even though its the modern day, and the world has seemed to move on, those places and their energy remain...
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The last day home... A last day to see a little more of the Isle before having to leave...There was a tower to see, an abbey to investigate... And a rule to relearn at an enchanted loch...
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The mainstay of any small town community, as I contend and maintain, will always be the farmers' market... To my mind, Port's us ine of the best around... But then, I'm bised...
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Not what I usually do, but with things down to the wire, I wanted to share my thoughts on where we're at... As Mater said in Disney Pixar's "Cars", "Don't need to see where I'm goin'. Just need to know where I've been."
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Ever been on a road that made you say, "Nope"...? Or those you knew were going to mush your brain from being that dull...? Or some drives that felt flat out like the Twilight Zone... Not nearly as exciting as Gravity Hill or BrY Road, but we do laugh with paeudo-masochism from either enduring them or flat out avoiding them.
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Crater Lake... Meteora... Milwaukee.... Lough Arrow... While Milwaukee has been off my bucket list for almost 40 years, it still has something in common with the other three, and so many other places... They are places wnere the gods did battle...
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For me, it's always going to be about the drive... The most adventures are found on the road... Especially when you're the one doing the driving...
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A quiet day it was... A day of partings... Contemplations... Plannings... Wanderings... It was a subdued day, and a necessary one... So much more had happened in those previous days than what I've shared... And for those of us who remained, there was the last day to plan for before going home... As well as some things to discuss for next time, when we would return...
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Having just finished one of my "Hard Talk" classes on TikTok, I remained in that mood and decided to overlap here... As bright and as adventurous as my stories have been for the most part, I want there to be an understanding that not all my paths have been in the quiet or the sunshine...
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I always remember those NBC segments, titled, "The More You Know...", in which interesting factoids and tidbits of info were shared. Always reminded me of the G.I.Joe statement, "Now you know. And knowing is half the battle." Fat lot of good that does if you don't get out of your area...
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I've said it before... I will be a broken record about it... Rest is important to life... And with a million different varieties, take your pick...
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I can't tell you what got into my head 15 years ago to go to North Beach and walk past Prism Rock Northward... There was always a distant point on the farthest horizon... And I had to go...
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Chocolate is god... I said what I said... Any foodie worth their salt(ed caramel) is a chocoholic... It is one of the unspoken universal law... You'll find that and caffeine in my veins... And when in Port Washington, this is where you get your fix...
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My wife, Jennifer... Partner and love of 15 years... My ri uponght hand... The love of my life... One of the main reasons I brough my family home to Ireland is her... Land of our ancestors and the Diaspora, and one day, of my family... And against any enemy... My birthday present to her... From the home of a god... To the home of a lord... To the home of kings...
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I'm a small town and countey guy... Ask anyone who knows me... One of my pet peeves is the disrespect small towns and countrysides get from some folk who claim to want the genuine small town experience, only to gentrify the hell out of it... To all of you who do this:... STOP IT...
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A new segment to cover the places I want to go that I have yet seen... And as much as I have seen, there are worlds I have not... And one place in this world is legendary for seeing worlds far from our own... The largest salt flat in the world near the crest of the Andes... And as we discover, getting there is as easy as getting to Ireland...
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In this continuing pandemic, what does that mean for the traveller, let alone us all...? It's something never far from thought... Here's an idea...
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Around The Way was eventually going to bring us to Jackson, Wisconsin... And down some semi-hidden ways to a mainstay of the Southeastern Wisconsin magickal community... Tge Secret Garden...
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What does it take to do what tge title says...? Simple... The right kind of motivation... What's yours...? I already know mine...
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Season 3... Welcome aboard again... Good to be back... Good to have you back... And on we go... And the story we start off with picks up on the end of the last Wanderings and Journeys: which I had called a cliffhanger... Apt description, considering of what I alluded to at its end what would be the next installment... Now, on the road we go into the West... To the Cliffs themselves we go,... to meet with the Gods...
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My love of the seas marks nigh everything I do... So I leave this part of me with all of you... We'll come back around: like the tides of the sea... 'Til then, Good Dreaming and Blessed Be...
I decided to end Season 2 on the holiday of Mabon: the Autumnal Equinox... The setting: the beauty and timelessness of the dunes of Kohler Andrae State Park here in Wisconsin... The occasion: the union of two lives into one whole... And how everything happens prescisely when it means to... Thank you all for Season 2... See you in Season 3...
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I love food... I love moderate experimentation... Put them together, and you get delicious... Mostly... Tonight comes from the kitchen, as I tell you of two of them... One of which I was cooking...
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Day 2 of being home was one of rest, regeneration, relaxation, and recuperation... And, as luck had it, a tour of the farm which came to its height - no pun intended - atop the eponymous hill... Where, we found, our silent hosts had been expecting us... Even before thought of the trip had occured to any of us...
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As you know, I love having a good drink now and then. Especially the harder liquors... Scotch is one of them... This particular scotch... was a quiet surprise...
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Only twice have I ever ridden a train... And it's been years since... But everytime the sound of one running near draws me to want to ride one again...
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No matter who you are, your story is being told... Whether guided by Fate or manipulated by mortals, there is no way you come out unmarked...
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It's always the challenges associated with our journeys that make us take a hard look at ourselves... No matter how tired we are...
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How do I love new england clam chowder...? Let me count the ways... And I'll include the ONE way I DON'T, just to make sure there are no misunderstandings...
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FOR SUNDAY< First day for seven of House DarkFyre in Ireland the last week of last month... 36 hours total of travel it would end up bsing before we rested our bones... It was a set of adventures magickal, mundane, and hilarious... In the end, we found ourselves under the personal watch of the Morrigan, as we finally came home to the hill, houses, and farm known as Rathgillen...
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What good is it to inherit what you don't pay attention to or take care of...? Better late than never to start...
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In this installment of P.o.D.(chuckles), we talk about one of two places that was my starting point for becoming the wanderer and traveler that I am today... For the road, it was the old Milwaukee Greyhound station... For the air, however,... it was Mitchell...
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This episode isn't here to extoll the virtues of comfort... But to talk about when it is and isn't good to indulge in it... Like couches and blankets on cold days and when you have work to put in...
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Funny how the Multiverse conspires to help you with things... Even a podcast... In this case, oversleeping on a comfortable couch, covered in a super comforter, with the weather cold outside... Gee... What does that inspire a human to think about...?
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Simple is as simple does... And when it comes to this place - around the way from Drury Inn Christchurch - simple is beautiful and delicious... Simply put, welcome to Rosie's...
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Ireland: my homeland... And to hell with any opinions to the contrary... I didn't ask... Your heart knows its home... And my family and I were on our way... But stories like this don't start first with "Poof!" and you're there... Many forget that it is the road and steps leading up to the heart of the story... That's where you encounter the most significant obstacles...
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Everything has a story... Everyone... and everyplace... You can color your planned trip more vibrant if you research the stories behind the destinations you're going to...
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There is something profound about shared experiences... Even more so when they involve travel... It is an entwinement and bonding that I sometimes am at a loss for words to describe... Sometimes, though, words aren't always needed...
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In the midst of this pandemic, food remains a constant need, and small business restaurants have adapted as best they can to survive... In this town, one of them has been and continues to be a heart of the community... John's...
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FOR TUESDAY'S BROADCAST<< Welcome to Shadow DarkFyre's International Driving School... Here we will attempt to give you a few tips and tricks on how to cope in some countries where driving on the wrong side is a way of life... In Nomine Patri, Et Fili, Et Spiritu Sancti... Amen...
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FOR MONDAY'S BROADCAST<< For a social species, 2020 can really go jump while eating one... You know what I mean... This isn't so much a bit of advice as it is encouragement... Because we've been painted into one hell of a corner...
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Found myself on sort of a repeat of my first trip to Ireland: in that a threat on my life was waiting for me around the corner there... Good thing I had backup... The mission itself brought a success that put other things into perspective...
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FOR SATURDAY'S BROADCAST<< In the life of a traveler, there are airports... and then there are airport cities... O'Hare International is among the latter...
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On this inaugural episode of Home Bases, I thought I'd begin with the place that has been home for I and six members of my family for the better part of a week... The place lies under the shadow of a 3000-year old Fae stronghold... And is known as Rathgillen...
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The upside of journeying with a group of people you love or even just like: the bonds of fellowship that make the journeys deeper, more heartfelt, and more profound... The downside:... when the fellowship ends...
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This is for Tuesday's broadcast<< Baltimore, Maryland... Dublin, Ireland... Port Washington, Wisconsin... Three cities... Three hometowns... I'll do my best to serenade them to you in 15 minutes...
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This is for Monday's broadcast<< In all the journeys and wanderings I've spoken of, I've always talked about home as being important... And it is... Sometimes, though, home is taken for granted in this world a lot more than it should...
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The last leg of our journey is one of escape into the forests between the blaring loudness of Door County's tourist world... and the inexorable patience of the sea that the rest of the world calls Lake Michigan... It comes finally to an ancient sanctuary island across a strait, and ends by foot on another, looking out into the mystery of what is not a lake,... but a sea...
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That's always the question after a big trip... Especially if the trip itself was out of the ordinary...
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If you get it - deep within you - what the title means, then I'll just be stating the obvious... If you don't, pull up a chair... I'll attempt to convey this as best I can...
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Before I talk about another local place in this segment, I'm going to chat about the place that is near and dear to my heart... Where the ownership has changed a half a dozen times, where they understand my request for coffee-flavored coffee, and where the building is guarded by benevolent ghosts and powered by a ley line... Welcome to my second office...
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"Bow down when you come to our town. Bow down when you're Westward-bound. Bow down, 'cause we ain't no haters like you. Bow down to a side that's greater than you, fool." -Westside Connection
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I can't stress this enough... No pun intended... You're getting ready to go relax... It makes sense to relax on the way to doing so... It doesnxt make sense to kill yourself on the way to it...
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Back on what I call the Michigan Coast Highway... Leaving our rest stop of Sheboygan, we're continuing North... Our destinations: a "hidden" intenational crossroads and freshwater surfing capital, a tunnel of trees through an enchanted seaside forest, two things that certainly don't belong, the home of the best chicken in the state, and a non-assuming final destination that: like Port, is an exhalation...
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I know... Not the segment you expected... Another hijack... A little insight into how I got here at Point B from Point A....
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Ever read your favorite fantasy story set in our world, where the details seem too real about the setting...? This next is about the town of Hopewell, Illinois as it's portrayed in a fantasy novel... Only it's not really Hopewell...
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All journeys involve risk... Anyone who tells you different is a special kind of stupid... The question was never whether or not there was risk... But how you face it...
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T-minus 1.5 weeks and counting... This is an important journey for me... The first time I'm taking my family home with me to Éire... As is typical, thoughts run through the head: preparations, what to do, where to go, who to tell... To be honest,... I'll be glad just to be home again...
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"I know that I've been given everything I could take... From the moment I was livin', I was dyin' to make... nothin' out of somethin', or real out of fake... It's hard days livin' in the world..." -Austin Plaine
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Oz... It's what we here in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin fondly call our county... My wife calls it Mist Hollow, because of the fogs and mist that sometimes and often form up here... This is my home... Land of hidden wizards, magickfolk, enchanted forests, and bluffs from which you can gaze across the sea to a horizon of nothing but water... All dominated by a city that is our own "Emerald City": Port Washington... It's through these lands that we'll be rambling on this leg, letting the sea guide us as we slingshot in and out of Port on our way to Sheboygan... Let's roll...
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A new segment...? Yes... This one deals with the places not often talked about... Or at least not favorably... It makes sense, then, to talk about the one such port that actually began it all for me...
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A new segment showcasing some of the local businesses here in my town, as well as where you're at... Send me a message and let me know... For the inaugural step forward, an Old World meat market dear to my heart, right here in my hometown...
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My wife once admonished me to do something that is conducive to who I am as a person... Back then, it wasn't feasible... Now, it is... And time's a-wastin'...
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Back home and rested, I talk about and expound upon exactly that: home... Both what it means to others,... and what it means to me...
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Tired... Worn out... Seen too many terminals... Too many days on the road... Go hide yourself... Recharge... And get back out there...
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Sorry for the lateness of this episode... It's been a long road with things to do, family to see, and responsibilities to keep... I'm not at my best, so bear with me...
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This stemmed from a conversation I had with my mom this morning concerning the podcast... It eeminded me that sometimes, I worry too much...
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This is a special occasion... Sharing a hour long segment of an hours-long conversation between myself, my mother, and my brother... Trust me... It gets involved...
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There's something about catching a plane from Point A to Point B that, for me, is more than just a way of life... More than even art... Like that movie with George Clooney in it, in which he's a traveling businessman... Flying, and the vehicles and buildings involved, is a lot like a whole 'nother existence...
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The easy thing to do is be like so many within this instability generates by this mashup of pandemic and civil unrest, and become caught in the lag of apathy and fear... The hard thing to do iz rise up out of it and follow your road...
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Yet another hijack of my thoights into what turned out to be appropriate for the theme... What songs, stories, or movies inspired you to travel...? I'd be interested in knowing... I shared enough of mine here... Even forewent sponsorship on this episode to share a few clips... (For my non-Anchor listeners, the songs are "Ends of the Earth" by Lord Huron, and "On The Road Again" by Canned Heat...)
The Lakeshore Route: short for the Great Lakes Circle Tour system that allows people to travel around the seas individually or all together... Sounds like an adventure... On the first leg of our own adventure, we're starting in Kenosha County, finding our way from where a white sand beach once existed, to an oracle of wind and sea: guarded by a monarch of a glade..
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As much as hotels, motels, and hostels are a good convenience, sometimes, nothing beats enjoying the hospitality of regular people and their homes... And if you can do the same for others every once in awhile, even better...
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This is for all the people in the backseats who didn't hear me the last time... The progression of the human race over this particular continent may seem to have erased the wondrous, the mystickal, and the sacred... But that's only if you don' oay close enough attention...
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Indeed they are... They're only going to get stranger and more dangerous... And non-coincidences abound... To quote a song, "There's something in the air. There's omens everywhere. Let's pretend like we're not scared."
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Get up... Take it on the chin... Take the hits... Rub some dirt into it... Walk it off... That's what determination is...
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It's been a hard year for a lot of us. No worries. Here's what you do in the meantime...
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As the name implies, there were alliances to be made and reinforced. Which, with some unforseen delays and landmarks to visit, was going to take awhile... Just a few welcome challenges as we ran back up the Mother Road: on our way home...
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The band Kansas once sang, "Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky." In this world of constant flux anymore, those are worda to live by...
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The will is everything... It is what drives the world... Even in the hardest of times, the will is there... The will for what...? Anything, really... But when staying the course, it is the will to endure...
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As promised, here we are talking about the ingredients in your fridge that you hope haven't started their own commune on the bottom shelf... If they haven't, there's nothing saying you can't cook like Jacques Pepin... Get your cast iron...
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I keep my family as reasonably private as possible... But my journeys - even the ones I had to take alone - would be nothing without them... They are my home: both those of blood, and those of spirit... They are all of my heart...
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Time for another episode of "Dishes To Have"... This time around, we delve less into a dish, and more into my life as a foodie... And how Manhattan Clam Chowder is sacrelidge...
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Getting to Arizona was the hard but adventurous part... Relaxing and simply being was the easy part... Sprinkled in there are a couple of adventures, the main one bringing us within the sight of a dragon's mountain, and the treasure on the other side...
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My home away from home... My sanctuary... My quiet place... Might not make sense how I talk about it, but hopefully, you get it...
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I hate money... No lie... However, it is a necessity in this world... So, if you're going to travel or work on your aspirations, treat money like a tool and put each dollar of it to work...
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Where you stay is as important as where you go... And should never be done lazily... In light of my own mistake, in hindsight, here's an admonishment...
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No matter your reason, activism, goal, outrage, or movement,... -don't-...
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"If you have time to lean, you have time to clean." Remember that saying...? Here's another... "If you have time to fan, you have time to plan." Doesn't make sense...? Doesn't matter... The point is this: if you want to go somewhere, take the time to plot it out...
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I've done long hauls before in my life... Texas, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Ohio... You get the picture... This was by far one to dwarf them all... A long planned vacation, travelling along the Mother Road herself... There's a lot of story to tell... And that's only the part concerned with getting to Arizona City... This adventure is going to take three weekends... One down, two to go...
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"But it's not about how hard yer' hit. It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep movin' forward. How much you can take, and keep movin' forward. Alright? That's how winnin's done!" - Rocky Balboa
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Forgive me... Dozed a bit here and there... A chance meeting with an almost forgotten acquaintance sparked this interlude... Sometimes, a trip down memory lane is what the doctor ordered...
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7.6 billion on this blue dot... Without each other, we'd never learn about our world... Without our world, we'd never learn about each other...
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Join me for a drink and a moment as we take a few to talk about a great man... One who walked tall amongst us, and admonished us to join him and do the same... Miss you, Anthony...
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Sometimes your soul needs to recharge in the place of your ancestors... Where their spirits can heal and strengthen you... Perhaps that is what we all need...
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The first adventure of the season, on the longest day of the year... Nine members of a family left on a journey... A mission... Far North to the Faraway Land: where mountains thrum in power as they hold at rest the bones of giants... To one of the four Corners of the Earth - long held a myth - they journeyed... When their mission was done, eight of them - with one as their witness - returned a Fellowship...
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Why treasure hunting...? If you know the answer, congratulations... If you have to ask, I'm sorry...
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A new segment... The first of many... This one will delve into my being a foodie... To start, I revisited a dish for lunch: one I had a bad experience with and swore off of years ago... Today proved that, even with food, there is such a thing as a second chance...
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When you've gone as far as you can... Prepared as much as you are able... Done all you can do... This is the question you will often ask yourself...
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This is not going to make me popular... Fortunately, I donnae' care... In the light of current events, I felt compelled to speak... It is the willful ignorance, outright stupidity, and lazy intellect of the debate that gave rise to this interlude... If you unfollow me after this, I understand...
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Aye... I pay attention to current events... Every day... As I ruminate here on my latest mission, I also bring to mind how we all can bring peace to the chaos... As much as it hurts...
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Ello again... You know me, or at least a little bit of me... First leg of the journey's done... Now what..?
Ever forget something before you head out for the day...? Then have to backtrack to get it before heading out again...? That's what happened here, which gave rise to a segment that will only happen at the end of every season... Growth comes in many interesting ways...
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Here we are... Last episode of this first season... Thank you all for following me along these 53 first episodes and putting up with my rambling... It is more appreciated than you know... This last episode is less of a story and more of an outlier e of the journeys ahead... Journeys that inevitably lead to o e place... Home...
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It's been quite the road from that first episode to here... I sit in the spaces between, wondering what's next...
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In the midst of all these events, I am reminded why it is that I love to travel... To destroy ignorance...
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Sounds like a briefing... That's because it is... Pay attention...
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Funny what can potentially inspire you to talk about when you wake up from sawing logs in the aftermath of an early Summer storm... Esoecially when it has something to do with something everyone loves:... a good story...
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Just a legend...? Most think so... Others have searched for generations... Some got the locations right, while others didn't... Could be that they've been under the nonses of many for centuries... And one of them lies in the Northwoods of the State of Wisconsin... My state... Coincidence...? Happenstance...? A wizard knows that no such things exist...
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There's a multitude of proverbial hats that I wear... Accumulated over the course of years... Should it be surprising, then, that I accumulate one more while home in Ireland...? Nah...
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Aye... Another new segment... This one concerning some recipes I know... And of course, the first has to do with a drink I enjoy... Typical...
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You may think that the above title sounds a bit unfair, but I have a philosophy about fair... There is no such thing... Somes things are just, others are not, and some just... are... This is one of them...
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Yes... A new segment: one of two to be introduced into the podcast... Because your journeys are as much about what you partake of as they are about what you learn along the way... The last time I talked about a drink, it was Beekeeper's Select Irish Honey from The Whistler brand... This time, I whet my whistle on their second offering...
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We've come a ways together... Over 40 episodes... Seems like a lot... But then,... there's the road ahead...
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Epic isn't always what we think it is... Often, it doesn't occur to us till long after, if at all... This story is of a wizard who walked to face destiny with no guarantees, and was rewarded for his faith... To the One Above All, to my wife, to Gabriel and Michael and Raphael and Uriel, to my Brothers and Sisters, to the Morrigan, to the Daghda, to Epona, to the Tuatha De Danaan, to mighty Hekate, to Bast, to my pantheon, ancestors and family... Thank you...
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Not enough of us do this: whether magickal or mundane... And for us magickfolk, it is important... Here's why...
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I consider my podcast a job, much like my main job... My two jobs remain separate... At least that was the case until this morning... It turned out to be a motivating morning as to the direction this podcast will go...
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Like I've said, I am a foodie... There are many meals and drinks I've had in my time,... and many more still to be had... Among my favorite kinds of drinks, Irish whiskey remains close to my heart... This particular brand was a pleasant and recent new discovery...
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"I need serenity... in a place where I can hide. I need serenity. Nothing changes, days go by. Where do we go when we just don't know, and how do we relight the flame when it's cold? How do we dream when our thoughts mean nothing, and when will we learn to control?" - Godsmack, "Serenity"
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There are the detours that simply happen to you,... and then there are the detours you plan... Both are equally meaningful...
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I'm a Celt... Because of lifetimes before that I've lived... Because of the bare drops that run in my veins... Because of what my spirit tells me... And because I say... More specifically, I am Irish... And Ireland - my island - is my home...
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At the end of every journey, it is what we all need... Simple as that...
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"Be careful which path you travel down, Strange. Stronger men than you have lost their way." -Wong, "Doctor Strange"
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Shameless plug is what this should be called, and maybe in the future I'll start calling such episodes that... My mind drifted to what, in my mind, is the only magickal potion or elixir commercially sold... So, of course, I had to talk about it...
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"I've got bills to pay, and children who need clothes. I know there's fish out there, but where? God only knows. They say these waters aren't what they used to be. But I got people back on land who count on me. So, if you see my Downeaster Alexa,... and if you work with the red and the reel,... tell my wife I am trawling Atlantis,... and I still have my hands on the wheel. Yaii-oh. Yaiii-ohh." - Billy Joel, "The Downeaster Alexa"
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Who are the Great Trees in your neighborhood...? In your neighborhood...? In your neigh-bor-hood...? Oh, who are the Great Trees in your neighborhood...? The Great Trees that you meet each day...?
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It's always that last leg to get to where you need to be... That last leg that tries you... Such was the case two years ago... And for as mundane as the trip was, it turned out to be a case of synchronicity...
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This is a story about a West Cork man's first spin in a motorin' car. - Máirtín de Cógáin.
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Another hijack... But in this current state of affairs, it's to be expected... I likely said all this somehow before... But some things need repeating...
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"It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul." -William Earnest Henley, "Invictus"
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Inspirations happen in every field, path, endeavor, and life... They happen along and they encourage a growth in you of your passions, hopes, and dreams... Inspire you to reach for them... Here, I talk about a few of my saints and heroes...
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You may already know this, but how your journey goes depends a lot on where you lay your head... Here's my take on three of the most common types of lodging...
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This journey was little more than 11 years ago, finding me in the Pacific Northwest with family, and a guest of a Faerie queen... It would leave me marked forever with awe and wonder at the beauty of her realm,... and leave me wondering years later as to the fate of a sister of mine...
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Coming full circle to where you started a journey is always interesting... The place is the same, but you're not... For my full circle, an old friend: who I hadn't realized I had at the very beginning, was waiting for me at the end...
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Unknowns like in everyone's lives... Don't ever get it confused... Things you haven't done... Things you've never eaten... Places you've never been... The latter is true in this case, concerning the last of the Inland Seas, which are the farthest from me... But no less in my thoughts...
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Some things are unknown and remain so till you research and study them... If you haven't learned enough beyond some, it is a mystery... Sometimes that is best, till you go to the thing itself... Huron is no different...
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Michigan is a magickal and powerful sea all its own... And too many places on and around its shores to name... I made an attempt at a few details...
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Most of my life has been spent on the shores of the Inland Seas - what most of the world mistakenly refer to as the Great Lakes - since I was in my single digits: mainly along Michigan and Superior... As I grew, I discovered the magick and power along these shores... They need more than one interlude to discuss, so this is a five-interlude series on what I know... and what I suspect... about the seas of the region that I call home...
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1998 would prove to be, in hindsight, more pivotal for me than I would realize... It would end up being a crossroads of Fate for me... And it began with a journey to see someone I loved, in a city that would hold my heart forever... Forgive me, as telling this story hurts more than you think... But some stories need telling...
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In this current day and age, a journey may just be the thing we all need...
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Anyone e who knows me knows that, with a few exceptions, I'm not much for cities in these years... However, that doesnae' mean that cities themselves are a lost cause...
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What last night's interlude was going to be... A rant, a warning, and a little advice...
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This interlude needed to be hijacked... In the face of the world today,... something was put on my heart to say... This is especially dedicated to all those among you who I call family... Know that I love you... In every Shadow,... and in every Dark place...
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Just finished sitting with the family through a telegraphed minor blackout... Now, fighting minor congestion and enjoying a glass of Crystal Head Vodka, I ramble on about something I feel is of utmost importance to everyone and everything... Something I feel we take for granted...
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On the tail end of a broken life, my new life was beginning... And on the path of what I was to finally become, this was one of my first magickal journeys... Into a known land that was at the same time forgotten... To meet beings all but forgotten...
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Whether magickal or mundane, you can ne'er be too much of this...
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An age-old existential and realistic question: one that is more relevant now than ever...
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A treatise, from my point-of-view, on what that means...
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This may seem contrary to one of my earlier interludes, but if you let yourself think about it, it will make sense...
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The road is different for every season... If you are one of those who say that's not the case,... then you haven't travelled...
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I've been a good number of places in these short four decades: not as many as some, more than others... This journey... marked me as a traveler and wanderer for the rest of my days... My first magickal journey through what seemed like - to my then young mind and spirit - another world...
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In my element... Here's a few reasons why it is my element...
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Like the title says, and for more reasons than I can fit in 15 minutes... But it's a start...
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Yet another interlude hijacked, but this one seemed important... To quote Sheryl Crow, every day is a winding road... This is just a reminder of what we must remember as we journey...
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Funny what happens when you surrender to an inkling to go one way instead of the other... That's how many of my journeys began, and this evening after work and errands was no different...
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Upon further introspection, I figured I would do 15 minute segments on weekdays, and stories on weekends... This weekday segment - my first - concerns a few points about an essential part of me...
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This turned out to be a bit of an introduction to me, and what it is to me a wizard who wanders and travels on occasion...