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FREE on Kindle - The Unicorn Gate

18/12/2020

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A Magical Gift for Christmas

The Unicorn Gate - the first book in the Legends of Lumenor trilogy of teen and tween books - is now available to download free on Amazon Kindle for five days only.
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The Unicorn Gate
​The magical tales of Toby Malone and Daisy Evans do not just entertain but also encourage 10 to 14-year-olds to develop self-esteem, confidence, a connection with nature, and a sense of belonging, respect for others, personal responsibility and positive cooperation.
The Legends of Lumenor Trilogy
Buy books 2 and 3 in the series - The Sheltering Stars and The Garden of Possibility - on Kindle for only 99p each!
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The Unicorn Gate - Uplifting and Courageous

20/11/2020

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My ten year old son absolutely devoured this book. Iona draws on the strength and courage of her counselling patients to inspire her writing and this shows in this uplifting and courageous tale.
When Toby Malone and Daisy Evans seek shelter in a doorway during a hailstorm, they do not expect to be thrown through a Unicorn Gate into another dimension. Now, they are destined to join Gabriel Greenway, a guardian from the ancient Order of Lumen, on a quest to retrieve a bright jewel stolen from the frame of the great golden harp whose magic sustains the world of Lumenor.

Pursued and threatened by Maxwell Delano’s organisation which draws energy from an evil Dark Star, Toby, Daisy and Gabriel must embark on a dangerous quest to find the jewel before its power can be corrupted into shadow on the Eve of Threshold, the last night of the year. Will the harp sing again in bright harmony with the Order of Lumen or will Threshold Morn mean chaos and discord under a Dark Star?
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A Change in the Air

20/9/2020

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I have been out most days during lockdown on short socially distanced walks around my local area. When the restrictions began, we were approaching the Spring Equinox. The flowers came in a blaze of colour and beauty, before we moved into a summer of both heat wave and storm. Images of life and death have certainly seemed close together in 2020 as we have been forced to live more in the present, to come to terms with our human vulnerability and to consider what is really important to us and what is not. Now the harvest has been gathered in, I sense a change in the air and in the earth beneath my feet. I am on my way towards completing a book though it is taking longer than I first envisaged. I have also written poems and taken photos, as well as collecting haw berries from an abundant local tree to make hawthorn brandy (recipes on the internet). A submission I made in June, has seen two of my poems - Wings of Light and Summer Trilogy published in the September issue of a monthly Druid journal called TOUCHSTONE. ​

Wings of Light

The blue grey lull of twilight sea
The shore lamps twinkle into night
Behind a thin mist curtain like a veil
I breathe in stars and fly on wings of light.
Iona Jenkins, 2020
Also published in Touchstone 2020

Summer Trilogy

The white flower trumpets
Are green leaf creeping
Over the old churchyard
Grave stones, silent bones
Life and death close mingle
In sunlight bright gilding
The sky is blue above the bay
 
Nectar collecting the bees buzzing
In lush lavender purple tumbling
Summer scented on grey stone walls
The earth is alive and honey making
 
Summer leaves in dusty green
And fruit trees heavy laden
The cornfields ripened gold
All ready for the harvesting
The earth is a generous mother.
Iona Jenkins, 2020
Also published in Touchstone 2020
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Summer Solstice Reflection

20/6/2020

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The early June full moon is known as the Flower Moon. At this time, the gardens around my home were abundant with blossoms and all manner of flowering plants. The Earth had provided an uplifting feast of scent and beauty, even in the midst of our fight against a terrible virus.
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​There is something magical about a garden and maybe that magic is what happens when man works in direct cooperation with the Creative Spirit to produce a beautiful environment that lives to grow and change colour in every season. Gardens have individual atmospheres and themes. I particularly like walled gardens because they remind me of a novel that touched me deeply in my late childhood -  a classic called The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Set in Yorkshire, the story unfolds as an orphaned girl called Mary discovers the door to a forgotten neglected garden and works to bring it back to life. In doing so, she unleashes a creative, nurturing power that heals her own sorrow, as well as the grief of her cousin and uncle.
​​There are those who choose gardening as a creative path and I for one, love to sit in their masterpieces, as much as I love to sit in the Sistine Chapel amongst the sacred art of Michaelangelo.

Green spaces are therapeutic. They are essential since they link us not only to the earth but also to our own souls and the soul of the land. Without green, we would live soul-less lives. Green is a must for urban folk, for the maintenance of mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing. If, like the gardener we make an effort to work in loving cooperation with the Creative Spirit, whatever we might conceive that to be, then we also might just have a chance of healing our world.

​Summer Solstice blessings to all beings
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Inspire, Heal, Bless

28/3/2020

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​I would like to sum up my own intention for writing at this time in three words
​INSPIRE - HEAL - BLESS
It is all an ageing locked down poet can do in an attempt to offer a little comfort and distraction during this massive global crisis affecting us all. Standing on the balcony outside my flat, I received these words and images from a gentle and beautiful springtime twilight. May they open a door into your creative imagination and may you find some peace there, during these very difficult shadow times. Do all you can to keep yourselves and others safe.
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Sometimes a rainbow appears at the end of a storm.
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Springtime Twilight

​The far horizon
Is muted roses
And smoky amethyst
On ice blue seas
White gulls sail silent
In soft hued skies
Of aquamarine peace
The blackbird’s song
Is springtime twilight.
​Iona Jenkins 25/3/20 
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