Soul Envoys

End of summer before ninth grade - Cratersville - Jelly 14

It was a warm August night, directly before the start of ninth grade. I was sitting on my bed, when I noticed a faint dusting of confetti landing on my pillow, the phantom remnants of another party that I had not been invited to. The source of the confetti were tiny, rainbow-winged Flitter Zings flirting […]

Migration

May - Wanderlore Grove - Creators Realm - Jelly 18 - Yellow Butterfly with Rainbow Flowers

Butterflies      don’t always know            where they will go                  or how they will get there Sometimes      the wind is against them Sometimes      they have to take           shelter against a storm Sometimes    […]

Get Happy

Letters to Earth

Happiness is like an elusive butterfly. It is dreamt about, pursued, but rarely captured. Perhaps this is because, too often, people think of happiness as a possession—a thing to own. They think if they have the right stuff, take the right trips, have the right adventures that their life will be transformed into an existence […]

Earth Day

Earth Day

Today is Earth Day. It’s also—according to the calendar of quirky days—National Jellybean Day. This is cause for celebration! In my Realm, especially amongst the Wanderlores, Earth is revered. There are Legends about its history, stories about how it became uninhabitable and deeply held hopes by the most devout to return one day. I’m telling […]

EGGstravaganza Day

April - Cratersville - 10th Grade

Cratersville is an Icon Town. This means that it is a town constructed to represent the hopes and dreams of not only a certain era but of a certain land. Cratersville smacks of small town Americana circa 1950s with a touch of retro-futuristic built in. Needless to say, the calendar of celebrations tends to follow […]

Stardust Souls

April - Wanderlore Grove - Creators Realm - Jelly 23

Some believe we are made of stardust. Others believe we are souls captured in a divinely crafted body. Either way, many of us are living unfulfilled lives. I believe this happens when we allow society to dictate our priorities and measures of success. This is where the rat in a wheel feeling comes from. Perhaps […]

Look at the Stars and Dream

April - Creators Realm - Jelly 19

The owls were hooting their haunting enchantment as my sister and I slipped from our room. The moon was new and, as was part of the Wanderlores’ tradition, my sister performed a ritual to bless the coming month. I was not initiated into my mother’s magic at the time, yet—no matter the weather—if I was […]

Letters to Earth

Spring - Wanderlore Grove - Creators Realm - Jelly 27

As I write these words, its early spring. I’m sitting at a small table in my star wagon. My windows are open, allowing a cool breeze to waft through the room. The drafts flicker the flame of a nearby candle and flutter the pages of my Creation Book as I try to write these words. […]

Cherry-on-Top Birthday

April - Creators Realm - Jelly 24

Hello April babies! There’s a lot going on in your birth month. So, without further ado, let me begin the run down of this month’s happenings. First up, we have April Fools Day. Now, if your birthday falls on April 01, I really feel sorry for you because people are going to spend all day […]

Tweet Peace

April - Wanderlore Grove - Creators Realm - Jelly 18

It’s a gorgeous spring day in the Wanderlore Grove and I’m flipping through the pages of my Creation Book. Being magical in nature, my Creation Book has an infinite number of pages that will continue to grow throughout my life. Only a certain number of these endless leaves, however, will ever be perusable at any […]