Reader Comments on A Prayer on the Day After Christmas from YankeeMagazine.com http://www.yankeemagazine.com/rss/index.php Tue, 22 May 2012 08:49:34 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/marysfarm/stillpoint Hello there, I live in Oklahoma where we have more Native American tribes than anywhere I think. Your comment about seeing the owls sparked me to write. I have never met a Native American here in dustbowl land who likes owls. Most believe that seeing an owl is not a good thing. Owls bring change yes, but bad change. They beleive when you see an owl it is an omen, something bad will come to you. It is always a sign. While the stories I've heard make me a little nervous around owls I am not sure how much stock to put into it. Just thought you might like an Okie perspective! Happy New Year! Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:43:26 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/marysfarm/stillpoint I have a friend who is from Lebanon, and he will not allow any pictures or references to owls in his presence as they are considered bad luck. Someone hung a picture of an owl in the office and the next morning they found that picture destroyed and in the trash...so in some circles owls are bad omens. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:07:42 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/marysfarm/stillpoint Thanks, Edie, let's hope that all of us will find a still point within and best of days to you in the coming year. Doris Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:20:04 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/marysfarm/stillpoint Thank you, Alexandra and Judith, for your comments about the owl as possible source of bad omens. So interesting. To be truthful, the first time I ever heard that about the owl was way long ago when I was working at a local print shop, doing proofreading. The person who told me not only told me that if you see an owl, your life will change but she also told me that it was usually bad luck. A week later, I was laid off from my job, which I thought pretty much confirmed what she told me. But then, I went on unemployment and my husband and I built a small house of our own design and what happened after that was a mix of the good and the bad but, to be sure, my life did change after seeing that big bird swoop down in front of my car, pick up the rabbit and fly away. You could say that my job was lost after that but I would say that my life simply changed, dramatically, and the value of whether that was good or bad is hard to assess. So when I tell people about owls, I always emphasize the change, without a value put on it. Whether it's good or bad sometimes takes a lifetime to know. Edie (Oh, and by the way, I had no idea that Yankee would post a photo of an owl this week as their weekly photo. Kind of spooky!) Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:57:39 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/marysfarm/stillpoint I hope the year brings many good changes for all of us! Blessings and best wishes to you in 2010! Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:51 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/marysfarm/stillpoint Edie: Wishingyou all the best for 2010 and that this year and the next decade and beyond will bring you lots of luck, happiness, peace and good health. Looking forward to all your wonderful writings. It was very peaceful here after a 3-day 10" snow fall!! PS..my daughter Carol was thrilled with your udated book "The Place He Made." Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:11:15 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/marysfarm/stillpoint Wishes of warm nights by the fire, tasty tea, many stories to blog, and a publisher just waiting for the book you are ready to share! May 2010 bring you and the girls good health, much love, and lots of extra money for people and puppy treats! Sending wishes for every happiness in the new year, Edie. Your friends in WA - Those Glistening Glosses Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:24:27 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/marysfarm/stillpoint I love and enjoy your books, articles, and wish you a happy new year - I think the beginning of the next decade begins at the beginning of 2011? Whatever! Loved learning about solstice - very interesting. So about owls.....brings back memories of owl sounds and whipporwills I hear out in our fields and woods here in south Jersey in the warmer months. I had a small owl in the house that had been injured for a few days, years ago, then released it. Those eyes - how they do stare! Here is a poem I taught all my children: "The wise old owl sat in an oak, the more he heard the less he spoke; the less he spoke, the more he heard, let's be like that wise old bird!" One of their favorite books that I still have for the grands and greats is about the little owl who refused to say "who" and instead kept saying "why" driving his owl parents crazy! I guess you are convinced - I love owls, life happens, change is inevitable, and Stillpoint is a comforting name for Mary's Farm. God bless you and give you peace in every way. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:19:52 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/marysfarm/stillpoint Happy New Year to you and your canine companions. Just had to comment that the Greeks consider owls to be very lucky. Strange how different cultures perceive the same things. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:39:33 +0100