Real small stones

Tumbled stones glitter from baskets on the market stall; quartz, citrine, fluorspar, opalite. Alongside each small cairn is a sign that promises good health and fortune. The rainbow of colours is linked to something called chakras. There is no explanation and I am forced to assume that those who believe in the power of stones will understand the strange word. Creased, pink cards offer good luck and balance from agate; relief from loneliness through dolomite; power over depression from smoky quartz. Hard to choose: do I need jade’s promise of longevity, energy from obsidian, or peridot’s ability to attract wealth? In the end I pick a small, pointed, purple one, because I think it is pretty.

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Not a small stone of the literary kind. If you want to read my examples of those click on the tab at the top of the page.

Pages

Everything I want to write about today is on my pages and not in the main posts of the blog. No-one gets updates when I change pages, only when I put in a new post. So I'm posting some links here. They aren't all about my blog(s).

What I am reading/have just read
My entries for the July River of Stones project
Someone you should meet
Someone you might like
Useful information

River of Stones... Preparing with peas

Pop. Zip. And the sharp taste of summer green. 

Some peas won't make it to the pan.

The River of Stones project is starting again on July 1. I have dedicated a new page to it, rather than having 31 consecutive posts in the same series. My normal posts will continue as usual.