The Story Tellers and The Hornet Spooklight, Joplin Missouri. "Devil's...

The story tellers is a compiled family history a genealogy of sur names
And a story I would like to share from grandfather Jack Wright the devils promenade

Devils Promanade Hornet Spooklight

Grand Father Elishia Jack Wright was born in january of 1892 along a stretch of road known as the Devils promanade located between Oklahoma and Joplin Missouri,he would tell tells of the light , It has gone by many names as it has made it's appearances here in a place called the "Devil's Promenade", but it's most commonly known as the Hornet Spook Light.
The Spooklight, also called the Hornet Spooklight, is a mysterious visual phenomenon allegedly experienced by witnesses in a small area known locally as the "Devil's Promenade" on the border between southwestern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma west of the small town of Hornet, Missouri.

Despite the fact that it is named after a small, unincorporated community in Missouri from which it is most commonly accessed, the light is most commonly described as being visible from inside the Oklahoma border looking to the west. The Spooklight is commonly described as a single ball of light or a tight grouping of lights that is said to appear in the area regularly, usually at night. Although the description of the light is similar to that of other visual phenomena witnessed throughout the world, the term "Spooklight" when standing alone generally refers to this specific case. Numerous legends exist that attempt to describe the origin of the Spooklight, one of which involves the ghosts of two young Native American lovers looking for each other.
According to most accounts, it has appeared continually since the late 19th Century,[1] although it was generally not well known to anyone but locals until after World War II. Some date the first encounters with the light back to the Trail of Tears in the 1830s. However, the first documented sighting is generally accepted to have occurred in 1881, although some report sightings as far back as 1866.

The Story Tellers...

The Story Tellers...
By:
Della M. Cummings Wright
Re-written by her Grand Daughter, Della JoAnn McGinnis Johnson
The Story Tellers: We are the chosen ones.

My feelings are that in each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors, to put flesh on their bones and make them live again, to tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve.

To me, doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been called as it were by our genes.

Those who have gone before cry out to us: Tell our story! So, we do. In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I stood before and cried? I have lost count. How many times have I told the ancestors you have a wonderful family? You would be proud of us! How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for me? I cannot say.

It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who am I and why do I do the things I do. It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference, and saying I can't let this happen. The bones here are bones of my bones and flesh of my flesh. It goes to doing something about it.

It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to accomplish. How they contributed to what we are today. It goes to respecting their hardships and losses, their never giving in or giving up, their resoluteness to go on and build a life for their family.

It goes to deep pride that they fought to make and keep us a Nation. It goes to a deep and immense understanding that they were doing it for us. That we might be born who we are. That we might remember them. So we do. With love and caring and scribing each fact of their existence, because we are them and they are us.

So, as a scribe called, I tell the story of my family. It is up to that one called in the next generation to answer the call and take their place in the long line of family storytellers.

That, is why I do my family genealogy, and that is what calls those young and old to step up and put flesh on the bones.












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Moved to Sabetha

We have sold the House and moved to Sabetha Kansas.
Bill and Denise sold their house in Axtell ,and bought a house on 13th st .so i have our grand kids right around the block from us,it is wonderful to have the grand kids so close,we love it.

I would like to wish you all a very happy Winter season Keep warm.
here is our Holiday Card for 2011-2012 Season

lunar Eclipse for Yule this year .

It has been a while since I last posted on this here blog. so I thought I would update you on the Eclipse
On December 21, 2010, we have the potent power of a Full Lunar Eclipse combined with Yule. The following are merely suggestions to spark your creativity . Remember that doing a ritual or spell “just because there is an eclipse” is like writing a grocery list “just because you have a pencil”…the idea is to perform the ritual or magic because of the goal
What I have in mind for this special time is as fallows .
Remember that a spell written by another is just words on paper and should never be used by another .for you know not my intent as I write my spells each witch should write her own that comes from with in that witch. Use others as a guide line but do not use that witch is not yours. We may walk the same direction even hold hands but you can not know my true intensions for you do not walk my path only I can walk my own path.
With that said lets continue on.
I’ll start with a Green Altar Cloth for the aspects of calm, regeneration, health, perseverance, nature, endurance, abundance
incense of sandalwood and frankincense
Candle colors black for the death of winter .white For , Maiden red for the Mother, and silver for the Crone Goddess. gold for the newly born sun. OR you can use any Candle you choice in any color just charge it with the right intent of use.
Have some paper handy to write on the items you want to banish from you .light and add to your cauldron at the point in your ritual.
the ashes from the cauldron should be buried as you bid farewell to old, destructive habits and obstacles.
Other items you could have on your Altar are spring water for blessings potting soil the list is end less for this Yule season, try to come up with what speaks to you.

I did not Write this Goddess Blessing it was sent to me by a friend .but I will incorporate it in to my Yule blessing of this year. As a invocation to the Goddess.
A invocation you can reuse speak the words with your own intent but as far as a spell goes I would not recommend using some one else’s I can not stress this point enough. I just came to a epiphany if I do not post my spells then they will not be reused so I will not share that part of my Ritual.

Upon this eve of longest night, the dark gives way unto the light
Upon this Yuletide Eve we’ll see, the Maiden, Mother, Crone…all Three;
in all Their glory They shall mix, the day of this Lunar Eclipse.
Triple Goddess shown unto me, triple strength and potency!
Within my rite I welcome You, the Mother birthing life anew…
The Wise Old Crone imparting truth, the fairest Maiden full of youth,
In welcoming the growing Sun, a New Year’s life has now begun!
Your energies combined with me, shall grant the magic I foresee:
A brand new year that’s free from strife, happiness in every life,
Bountiful blessings I send to those, who’ve lost all faith and struggled most;
The Earth recovered from our misuse, wildlife replenished from our abuse,
Within each heart and soul plus mine, the precious gifts of the Divine!
To all I conjure harmony, enlightenment, and inner peace…
God and Goddess so Divine, all negatives are left behind,
to wilt and wither and disappear, as we welcome the promise of this New Year!



The craft ill be working on in my ritual is

Bird Suet
by Chelsea Cant
(British Clolumbia/Lone Butte/Canada)
-1 cup of lard
-1 cup of peanut butter
-1 cup of cornmeal
-1 cup of rolled oats
-1 cup of wild birdseed

-Cream the lard and peanut butter together. Add the other ingredients and mix well. Apply to pine cone or to a wooden bird feeder.


So this is what ill be doing for the lunar Eclipse no its not a step by step guide to how a witch does ritual sorry to burst your bubble. Just a lil Yule tide blessing I would like to share. So merry meet and merry part till we read the next post. MERRY YULE LUNAR ECLISPE
LaFay/

Ordained Minister

I have just received my credentials ,any one looking for a Ordained minister to perform their marriage ceremony I am available all has been filed and ready to proceed ,sorry to the gay community the laws in Kansas in no gay marriage. My personal belief is any one wanting to join together should be allowed no matter the...ir sex, what I can do for gay couples is a confirmation ceremony of love (not a legal binding )
You may write your own vowels or choose from my collection of ceremonies .
I perform rituals of pagan Wicca,, and even marry couples in the Traditional Christian faith,
Sincerely Rev, Lady La Fay

2012 Hype or Truth

What have you heard or read about the catastrophe predictions of impending doom.? Massive solar storms, flipping of the magnetic poles, earthquakes, super volcanoes, and more may occur in 2012.
Lets see what do you think of 2012 DOOM? Is it just hype or does it bare truth?