Throughout history, the influence of the full Moon on humans and animals has featured in folklore and myths. Yet it has become increasingly apparent that many organisms really are influenced indirectly, and in some cases directly, by the lunar cycle. Here are ten things you may not know concerning the way the Moon affects life on Earth.
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Inspired by Kenn Nesbitt’s, “My Brother’s not a Werewolf”. Hope you enjoy. Tale of the WeirdoWolfBy Donna Earnhardt He transformed in the daytimeavoiding moonlit nightsHe cringed at his own shadow,fear brought him no delight He was a vegetarian.He loved to draw and paint.And when he howled,No one was cowed*,Except for him… He’d faint. …
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moonlight mavens
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the new *face* of the enchanted easel!
and...wait for it, wait for it....the new website is done too! I'm a girl on a mission! :)
so, now the back story for this painting (because isn't there always one.)...
well, i knew i wanted something different...something to represent the new style i seem to have evolved into with the start of 2014. i also knew i didn't want an easel in the image, knowing of course that this would be the new front page of the website.
so...i had to include my stuffed elephant, maggie into the design because she is my partner is creative crime, after all. couple that with the fact that i am an insomniac and do my best work after midnight (don't all of us artists?!) and the fact that i'm obsessed with chris martin and the coldplay song "yellow" ("look at the stars, look how they shine for you....i drew a line, i drew a line for you and all the things you do, and it was all yellow") well, there it is.
a little coldplay, a little insomnia, a little nicole and a little maggie, of course...and so "moonlight mavens" was born. from my head to the sketchbook to the finished painting.
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and because this song was such an inspiration to me....
it just doesn't get any better than this...or him.
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Publisher: HarperTeen (March 3, 2009)
Paperback: 263 Pages
Series: Dark Guardian #1
Genre: YA Fantasy
I see him and knows what this turmoil inside of me means: He's the one. My forever.
KAYLA is the nature lover, the all-American beauty who can't understand why she's so drawn to distant, brooding Lucas. Adopted as a young child, she has no way of knowing that she's inherited a terrifying-and thrilling-gene that will change her life forever.
LUCAS is dangerous, gorgeous ... and a werewolf. As leader of the Dark Guardians, shape-shifters who gather deep within the state park, he has sworn to protect his pack. But when Lucas finds his true soul mate, his love could put them all in harm's way.
As Lucas and Kayla struggle with their feelings for each other, a greater danger lurks: Humans have discovered the Dark Guardians and are planning their destruction. Kayla must choose between the life she knows and the love she feels certain is her destiny.
Review (by Jessica)
MOONLIGHT, by Rachel Hawthorne sets the scene in the middle of the forest, where a group of seemingly ordinary kids work as wilderness guides, but there is a reason they claim these jobs. They must protect their land and the pack. When Kayla, an outsider to the wilderness reservation begins work as a guide things get weird, with flashbacks of the night her parents were murdered by a wolf on the very reservation she now lives on and the strong territorial feelings she gets every time she is around Lucas, the leader of this wild group of kids. Secrets are revealed in this novel to unveil a masterpiece.
I was hesitant at first about this book because usually I go for the vampire novels and not so much for the werewolf genre, but after just a few pages I was addicted and could not put the book down. Kayla seems so lost in herself when she first arrives in the wilderness and feels like an outsider because the other 'sherpas' have been together since birth. They are so tight and she feels like an invader. Rachel Hawthorne portrays her feelings so perfectly it feels like I am Kayla.
I love Kayla and Lucas, Kayla is innocence and Lucas is that bad to the bone kind of guy, they are two people you don't expect to be together, but Kayla is able to see through Lucas's alpha attitude and see that he really can be more than a pack leader. It is apparent that the two are meant to be together, but that takes a whole new meaning when it is revealed to Kayla that she is in fact a werewolf and when the time comes for her first change, she will need more Lucas more than anyone else, he is her soul mate.
This book branches off a little from the usual Vampire romance genre and goes into a more complex werewolf scene with lots of action. love, deception and surprises. I have very high hopes for Rachel Hawthorne as an author, and cant wait for more Dark Guardian books!
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I am busy at the moment creating images for a black and white gallery on my website so I thought I would post my little moonboy drawing for this weeks illustration friday..
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CUTE!
Donna,
Just the kind I’d like to meet and invite to our annual family hayride.
I hope we learn about his friends.
This is so cute!
Thanks, y’all! It was fun. I’m working on another one, now, about one of his friends. :)
Fun!
That was adorable and funny! I loved the last line!
A fun way to sharpen your writing skills, huh?