This is entirely my opinion, and I don’t ask anyone else to agree with me, but I do believe we all have a power within us that we can harness to expand our experience of the world around us. In both Thomas Angel novels, I write about the power within. Felix tells Tom to focus …
The Third Eye, Meuzza the Cat and a ginger kitten called Tom
In Thomas Angel and the Order of the Cataibh, we find Felix instructing Tom to focus on his third eye, touching the M on his forehead, and telling Tom to focus his energy on the point until he sees a luminescent light. This third eye, or anja (brow) chakra, is said to be the gateway …
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Thomas Angel and the Art of Kintsugi
In Japan there is a tradition of repairing broken china and ceramics with gold. This process is known as Kintsugi, and the results are exquisitely beautiful. The Japanese believe that when something is damaged it becomes more beautiful in its fragility, and it’s the same way as I think of Tom Angel. Tom is essentially …
Angel Wings
'We all have wings, but some of us don’t know why.’ Song Lyrics: INXS Never Tear Us Apart I’ve always loved this line, it speaks of the fear of not fulfilling your potential, freedom, and of knowing your true self. Flying. Now of course, it always makes me think of Tom Angel. He was named Angel …
The wanderer returns
It's been a while. I didn't think it would be quite this long when I decided to take a breath and step into the tornado that was the third lockdown. But it was. I started the process of editing Book Two in the Thomas Angel Trilogy, Thomas Angel and the Clach Na Cait. It's been …
Love remains Forever
The flames flickered high into the clear night sky. ‘Goodbye my beloved,’ whispered Brigid. She placed her paw to her lips and blew a kiss towards the pyre as it was smothered by the flames. She could no longer see the body on top, wrapped in the insignia of the Cait of Ce as the …
The beginning of The War
‘Do you have to go?’ asked Brigid as the kittens played around her paws. ‘You know I have to, we have to support your brother, his troops can’t suppress the clans by himself,’ Nechtan leant forward and kissed Brigid on her forehead, ‘we’re family, he would do the same for us.’ ‘Would he Nechtan? Do …
A Parting of the Ways
Brigid ran a paw over her swollen belly. Only she knew the precious cargo it carried; she hadn’t even told her husband Nechtan of the kindle of kittens that she could feel turning and tumbling inside her. For the first time in her life she no longer had a desire to fight, or go to …
Light and Dark
The Cailleach took Brigid and Nechtan’s paws in hers. ‘Do you wish to be one, in this life and the next?’ she asked, looking from Brigid to Nechtan. Brigid could feel the power surge through her body, making the tips of her fur effervesce with energy. She could feel the heat coming from Nechtan’s paw, …
New Alliances
A long, protracted, painful yowl filled the Cove as Brigid flung herself towards the tomcat. He didn’t have time to react before she was on him, hissing and swiping out, teeth bared, claws flying. The cat twisted, knocking Brigid off her paws and together they tumbled and rolled, sand arcing up around them as they …
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