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What happens at Winter's height

A short story or novella with an a witch coming into her power unexpectedly and rather late in life.

To be saved by the proverbial hero and fated mate, who is also hunky etc etc.

A fantasy story with goodies and baddies and…

The winter solstice occurs in December, and in the northern hemisphere the date marks the 24-hour period with the fewest daylight hours of the year. That is why it is known as the shortest day of the year, or the longest night of the year.

The term ‘solstice’ derives from the Latin word ‘solstitium’, meaning ‘Sun standing still’. On this day the Sun seems to stand still at the Tropic of Capricorn and then reverses its direction as it reaches its southernmost position as seen from the Earth.

Pagan and druid communities, celebrate the first sunrise after the astronomical event and the winter solstice festival Saturnalia began on December 17 and lasted for seven days in Ancient Rome.

These Saturnalian banquets were held from as far back as around 217 BCE to honour Saturn, the father of the gods.

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Yalda or Shab-e Chelleh (‘night of forty’) which is an Iranian festival celebrated on the “longest and darkest night of the year,” i.e. the night of the Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice.

Every year, on the date of the Winter solstice, Iranians celebrate the arrival of winter, the renewal of the sun and the victory of light over darkness on Yalda Night.

Ancient Iranians believed that the dawning of each year is marked with the re-emergence or rebirth of the sun, an event which falls on the first day of the month of Dey in the Iranian calendar (December 21).

On this day, the sun was salvaged from the claws of the devil, which is represented by darkness, and gradually spread its rays all over the world to symbolise the triumph of good over evil.

And then there is:

The Feast of Juul (where we get the term ‘Yule’ from at this time of year) was a pre-Christian festival observed in Scandinavia at the time of the December solstice.

People would light fires to symbolise the heat and light of the returning sun and a Juul (or Yule) log was brought in and dropped in the hearth as a tribute the Norse god Thor.

So basically, a time for celebration for the returning of the light from the dark and good from evil in many cultures and thus a symbolic time for this storyline.

A fairly normal storyline but nicely done and easy to read, with some extra elements.

Author Bio

I have been writing and publishing romances since 1999 when I sold my first two books in the same week (after six years of flogging my work to editors who didn’t recognize the staggering genius within). Many of the books I’ve released so far have been romantic suspense. I’ve also squeezed in the odd contemporary and historical romance or two. I also write erotic paranormal and erotic urban fantasy romances. Just lately, I’ve been trying my hand at my very favorite — science fiction romance.

On March 8, 2011, I went indie. After thirty-five novels published with legacy publishers, I turned to self-publishing, and released the paranormal/urban fantasy romance, Blood Knot.

In the future, I will write a lot more science fiction romances, as well as paranormal romances and urban fantasy romances, and quite a few more romantic suspense novels. I really hope you’ll come along for the ride.

If you like audio and/or video documentaries, then you may like to listen to the podcasts I have been interviewed for. They are mostly writing related, but I do spend some time in each of them talking about me and my writing…and you get to see/hear what I look/sound like. 🙂

Click here for a list of podcasts.

When I tell people I’ve been writing since I was 14 they tend to look at me a little oddly, but it’s quite true. I fell in love with Harrison Ford and Star Wars at the exact same moment, and wrote the unofficial sequel in the following year. Of course, I had Han Solo and Leia falling in love long before the sequel came along, and in much more satisfying fashion than George Lucas ever managed.

What I didn’t realize at the time, and not for another twenty years or so, was that I had been writing fanfic, possibly the first of its kind.

On a completely off-topic side-note, I used to lie awake at night, listening to the Star Wars soundtrack on my record player, and re-playing the movie in my head, fantasizing about how wonderful it would be to somehow be able to play the movie at home, whenever I wanted. Eight years later I saw my first Beta cassette player. It was the size of a small suitcase and weighed 45 pounds. A few years after that I got to buy my first VHS movie – Star Wars. That was a reflective moment in my life.

However, while things have clearly changed over the years since my first bad attempt at getting a hero and heroine together on paper, two things have not. I’m still writing romances, and I’m still throwing my hero and heroine through a fair imitation of hell while they’re sorting their feelings for each other out — the essence of romantic suspense.

But hey, here’s the boring stuff: I’m Australian, although I live in Canada. I still have the accent, although I’ve been here almost two decades now. And I still have trouble remembering it’s a hood, not a bonnet and stuff like that — you’d be amazed how hard-wired culture really is. It calcifies internally, I think. But the mountains here are stupendous, so I think I’ll stick around. Besides, my husband is kinda cute. Oh yeah, did I forget to mention? I met him on the Internet back when it was a few HTML pages and a couple of bulletin boards or two, and me and the kids (three of us) packed up and moved here.

The kids are no longer really kids any more. They’re both taller than me now, but I didn’t say that aloud, okay? I’d still like them to think I’m the boss for a while longer, at least.

About Tracy

#eroticromance #fantasywitchromance #Solstices #ss #TracyCooper-Posey

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dusudaunord · 7 years

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Things to do in Montréal April 21 to 27

Montréal celebrates spring with in dozens of colourful ways this week: a Cirque du Soleil circus show; a massive art fair; butterflies at the Botanical Garden; literary luminaries at Blue Metropolis; international dance performances; and live music from orchestras to electro.

Spring in the city

Swing into spring for real at the musical mini-playground of 21 Swings outside Place des Arts in the Quartier des Spectacles, part of this year’s Digital Spring art-meets-tech explorations. See butterflies up close and in the hundreds at the Botanical Garden greenhouse’s Butterflies Go Free event, while on April 23 take a tour through the gardens with the Biodôme’s bird experts, part of the Montréal Space for Life‘s many activities. The Stewart Museum marks the 375th anniversary of Montreal and the 50th anniversary of Expo 67 with the EXPO 67: A World of Dreams exhibition, highlighting the world fair’s technological innovations, opening April 26. Attend readings, panel discussions, workshops, parties and more at the annual Blue Metropolis literary festival, April 24-30 – also featuring a wonderful Children’s Series. Also fun for kids: the Montréal Science Centre’s CSI: The Experience hands-on exhibition. Take a walk off the beaten path to discover welcoming and wonderful quirky spots in Montréal, from urban caves to arcade bars to Montréal’s best karaoke bars. And have fun for free with free things to do this Spring in Montréal.

Food and drink

Discover the city on Montréal’s best food tours, leading you directly to some of the city’s greatest and most creative food offerings. Catch the yearly end of a Québécois tradition: cabane à sucre sugar shack season – fill up on tourtière, sugar pie, sausages, maple syrup candy and so much more. Add more sweetness to your day at the city’s best candy shops. Explore the menus of new Montréal restaurants, relax with a cup of tea at Montréal’s tea houses, or try a signature cocktail at one of Montréal’s hidden bars. Treat yourself to fine dining in one of downtown’s most historic and decadent districts during Golden Square Mile Restaurant Week. Whether you’re a committed vegan or just trying it out, consult our ultimate guide to vegan eating in Montréal for great places to eat every meal, including dessert! And plan your next visit around Montréal’s fabulous food festivals!

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On stage

Incredible acrobatics, daring feats and an inspiring tale make Cirque du Soleil’s VOLTA a must-see for all ages, under the big top in the Old Port of Montréal. Tiny fans of British cartoon Peppa Pig will squeal in delight at the live show, April 21 at Place des Arts. In theatre: at Centaur Theatre see Clybourne Park, a neighbourhood drama tracing racial tensions in Chicago, and hilarious and heartwarming Bed & Breakfast; The Segal Centre presents hit musical Million Dollar Quartet, inspired by the true rock ‘n’ roll story of Sam Phillips bringing together Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley for an historic recording session; plus family comedy-drama The Shadow Box at Mainline Theatre. As part of Montréal’s winter-spring dance program: Danse Danse presents the hybrid dance, martial arts and theatre of Shay Kuebler Radical System Art, at Place des Arts; the National Ballet of Ukraine performs The Marriage of Figaro at Place des Arts, opening April 26; dancer-choreographer Isabelle Van Grimde questions identity, the perception of the body and its evolution at Agora de la Danse; Danse Cité presents TIERRA by Netherlands choreographer Jens van Daele and O Vertigo’s Ginette Laurin, inspired by the invisible maelstrom of the universe, at Cinquième Salle; (MORE) Propositions for the Aids Museum merges music, images and movement in memory of the AIDS crisis, at La Chapelle; and O Vertigo Creation Centre celebrates National Dance Week with free performances at Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme the evening of April 26.

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Montréal-made art

See the city, past and present, in photographs at Le Centre d’histoire de Montréal’s Ça c’est Montréal, walk up Saint-Laurent to see its bright building-sized murals, and head to Old Montréal at night to see Québéc history unfold in the beautifully bright tableaux projections of Cité Memoire. Photography project Aime comme Montréal celebrates diversity in an installation at Place des arts. Step into Notre-Dame Basilica, one of the city’s most stunning churches, to see not only its beauty but high-tech light show Aura. Or step into the 60s at the McCord Museum‘s Fashioning Expo 67, featuring artistic outfits and creative products created by Québec designers for Expo 67.

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Art fairs and more

Browse or buy new art on paper, from Montréal’s many galleries and beyond at the Papier art fair, also featuring talks and guided tours, April 21-23 at Arsenal. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents CHAGALL: COLOUR AND MUSIC, featuring 340 pieces by the Russian-French artist with musical accompaniment. The Musée d’art contemporain shows work by foremost Mexican artist Teresa Margolles, as well as Québec artist Emanuel Licha’s Now Have a Look at This Machine documentary installation. Berlin-based British artist Ed Atkins poses questions on human bodies, digital creation and reality in video exhibition Modern Piano Music at DHC-ART. Never Apart launches its Spring Exhibition, featuring Two-Spirit Sur-Thrivance and the Art of Interrupting Narratives and more, plus a talk with writer-director-drag-queen Sky Gilbert on April 24. Aboriginal Spring of Art 3 presents Kahnawakeró:non (Kahnawá:ke) artists Carla Hemlock and Babe Hemlock’s Tehatikonhsatatie: For the Faces That Are Yet to Come at the Maison de la culture Frontenac in the HOMA neighbourhood, opening April 26. And Pointe-à-Callière archaeology and history museum presents the fascinating Amazonia: The Shaman and the Mind of the Forest.

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On screen

Film festival Vues d’Afrique screens African and Créole films and hosts social events April 14-23 at the Cinémathèque québécoise – while there, also see portraits of 20 Québécois directors in 10 + 10 Visages du cinéma québécois. Virtual reality work by Felix & Paul Studios stuns at the Phi Centre‘s Virtual Reality Garden – the Phi Centre also screens Gyula Nemes’s comedy-drama Zero on April 27 at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. High-tech visuals and live piano performances by Roman Zavada entrance in Résonances Boréales, while the global Music Legacy Project immerse us in a many musical worlds, both at the Satosphere dome April 11-29. And see David Lynch – The Art Life as well as a Friday midnight screening of Videodrome at Cinéma du Parc.

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Live music

The Orchestre Métropolitain takes listeners on a journey of the soul in Hadyn’s The Seven Last Words of Christ at Maison symphonique on April 21. Later on Friday night: Philémon Cimon plays Havana-esque pop songs from his new album at the Phi Centre; it’s a night of ska with The Planet Smashers and more at Club Soda, while Groove Nation hosts an album release party for reggae legends Kingston All Stars with DJs MOSSMAN, Andy Williams and more, Datcha hosts A Tribute to Prince with selections by A Rock, Kris Guilty, Scott C and Shaydakiss, and the Howl! Festival hosts a weekend of activist art and experimental music at Casa del Popolo. On Saturday: brilliant singer-songwriter Charlotte Day Wilson plays an intimate show at the Phi Centre; Aussie rockers Dune Rats drop by Turbo Haus; it’s a pop-punk good time with Courage My Love and The New Electric at Bar Le Ritz P.D.B.; Duchess Says and Frigs reopen L’Escogriffe Bar; and Dutch electro producer Don Diablo rules the dancefloor at New City Gas. Patrice Bélanger hosts a comical introduction to the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal on Sunday, April 23 at Maison symphonique, while later new wavers Generationals and Psychic Twin play Bar Le Ritz P.D.B., and L.A. Witch casts a rocked-out spell at L’Esco. On April 25, tenor Marc Hervieux sings with the McGill Chamber Orchestra directed by Boris Brott at Maison symphonique. Also on Tuesday night, see electronic artist Bonobo entrances with a live band at Metropolis, British electronic pop band Clean Bandits plays Le National, musician-composer Lydia Ainsworth performs at Bar Le Ritz P.D.B., and psych-rockers Moon Duo blow minds at La Sala Rossa. The Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Chorus sings Mozart, Schubert and Schoenberg on April 26 at Maison Symphonique, Heavy Montreal presents Testament, Sepultura and Prong at Metropolis, Japanese orchestral-shoegaze group MONO stuns at the Phi Centre, and join local indie-folk-rock-country stars Brad Barr, Jordan Officer, Katie Moore, Plants and Animals and more in a benefit concert at the Rialto Theatre. And Thursday welcomes the heaviosity of Acid Mothers Temple to La Sala Rossa.

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