BURBANK, Calif. –Disney Interactive Studios today announced Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell for Nintendo DS™ will be available nationwide this 2008 holiday season. For the first time on the handheld platform, fans of Disney Fairies and beloved Tinker Bell can explore the delightful world of Pixie Hollow and play as the popular Fairy herself.

Disney Fairies has become a phenomenon all around the world,” said Craig Relyea, senior vice president of global marketing, Disney Interactive Studios. “Bringing the game to DS allows fans to play as Tinker Bell and take the Fairies world everywhere they go, while having fun learning about the importance of creativity, teamwork and responsibility.”

The game will let users play as Tinker Bell and interact with other NPC fairies through quests and games, but the handheld game is also a deeper extension of the Web-based virtual world. Users can collect accessories and outfits to customize Tinker Bell, create their own designs and patterns to dress in, and trade and gift items with other users as well.

The handheld game will integrate with Disney’s recently launched DGamer, a sort of meta-world tying all of its Nintendo DS titles together through avatars, communication, and Web-based interaction. It seems like DGamer will let users take their trading past the DS and onto the Web as well as communicating in a themed chat room.

In December 2001 Christopher Wilkinson wrote to me from Canada to offer me an explanation for my name Myrea (pronounced incidentally as Maria). Seven years have passed and I have never received a better explanation. I took a look here today and still draw a blank, certainly it would appear to originate from Celtic Ireland. Yes I have come across one or two others christened Myrea, we all share the same origination problem. There is a character Myrea in a role playing game, as well as a star in a distant constellation. Now with millions more using the web I get asked the question often maybe there is someone out there who may offer up an alternative suggestion than Christopher did all those years ago. I would be pleased to hear from you as I dance in the sea,

Myrea

From Christopher Wilkinson Dec 2001

If I’m not mistaken, Myrea comes from the Greek root for the same word that in french is Mer, or “the sea,” with the feminine singular nominalizer –“ea” added. Woman of the Sea??
One related name I know is Prelea. Prel/ea.
Lots of these names found their way into Irish Celtic and Gaelic areas, probably in the course of the shipping/trade between Scandanavia (Vikings/norsemen), the British Isles, and then down around Gibraltar to the ports of Greece and Italy, Alexandria, etc.

If I had the time to look deep
Through the books of lore
I know I would look first for King Neptune
And find the Sea Queen’s name
Think of the Mer, the Myr, and so
The Mermaid is too simple for the name, me thinks it well,
And the trident sea lord with his moon crown glowing
Would be the direction I’d seek the knowing I fear there might be confusion where
The myrtle groves are brought to bear
But the myrtle is the herb of the moon
And the moon is the mistress of the sea
And those wise in the ways of nature
Would know these things well
Do tell,
Whence came thee
And whither thy name and blood
For thence are the secrets of these name
Where the Gaul and the Greek together are bonded in blood
From a time long long before
The Roman Gaulish war
And the peoples of the moors held long the ancient lore
And the names of things from long before
The egret “y” is telling If it’s not a new-age spelling
For the mer was the myr and the linn was the lyn
And so go the names of middle English to now,
While the Greek grammar endings were held for the few
With learning, or with blood ties old
To the Mediterranean fold
Your name is probably the sea queen, the moon,
The mistress of the wax and waning of the light of the night
And so I might find told If I had the time
To check these old books of mine.

“This is why I keep telling anyone younger than me, don’t imagine you’ll have it forever.
“Use it while you’ve got it because it’ll go, it’s sliding away like water down a plughole.”

Doris Lessing (Nobel Prize Winner for Literature)

I don‘t have any energy any more.

Keep dancing into light Doris, your powerful few words are stimulating !

It was interesting to read a BBC report about waving flowers however If only the scientists who think they made the discovery that flowers wave while studying common wildflowers known as sea campion (Silene maritima) on the Welsh coast understood they were observing energies on the threshold of the Fairyworld.

They are correct about the waving but it is for reasons they would not understand. There among the flowers will be the fairies, these are the dancing partners that cause the waving. There are but a few humans that see let alone feel this connection of energy to dance into light.

John Warren the scientist from the University of Aberystwyth who made the observation should recall that he was at his daughter’s birthday party and in a hallowed Celtic area. The energies of children would connect to the Earth and the immediate surroundings making a perfect place for the connection to Faery, the excitement would stimulate the surrounding area of natures insects, nectar production, scents and attraction for pollination and seeding.

The 2009 Faeryland calendar is now available exclusively from Barnes and Noble.

The mysterious world of faeries has captivated artists and writers for centuries. This enchanting calendar brings together twelve stunning interpretations of Faeryland by contemporary artists such as Myrea Pettit, Jessica Galbreth, Josephine Wall, Suzanne Gyseman and Stephanie Pui-Mun Law.

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I just thought that you would appreciate knowing that the little girl who sits on top of the Fairy Soap bar is actually my Great Grandmother. She grew up in NYC and moved her family to West Haven, CT in the early 1920’s. Her older brother brought her to an artists house every Saturday for 2 months, to paint the portrait which you see today. With the money she received from the advert, she was able to feed her entire family for over 3 months. I’ve heard people compare her to Shirley Temple – because of her cute curls.
THANKS!

Names withheld on request

You can see more information about the history of Fairy Soap here

Myrea Pettit’s Dancing into Light image graces the cover of Devon St Claire’s latest book to be published May 2008. She is delighted to feature this book here on her website.”Who would believe that the main character of Devon St. Claire’s Memoir of THE HOUSE would inspire so many readers yearning for hope and for better lives? IT DOES. The big-hearted HOUSE tells ITS history for forty year and ITS great reward for never giving up. Hundreds write that they have gained the courage to leave the past in the dust and head for triumphant futures. The most recent reader to praise the power of the story pleads,”Does The Inner Room have other novels like this one?” The answer is, “Yes.”

Shadow Women, Emerging into Light grows out of a year’s correspondence via the internet between loyal readers of Memoir and the author. Their experiences, the captivating changes they are empowered to design are woven together. Truth can be rewarding reading. This is a true story of, by, and for men and women.”

http://theinnerroom.vstore.ca

devonstclaire@yahoo.com

ISBN978-0-9785671-2-5 $12.99

1st May – La Fête du Muguet and Beltaine

1st May is ‘La Fête du Muguet’ the tradition in France is to give the ones you love a little bouquet of Lily-of-the-valley, for good luck and to celebrate the arrival of spring, it is also the time to celebrate Beltaine the Pagan festival to celebrate the rebirth of life. Grow and pick some wildflowers here

Fantastic I Mallorca National Festival of Fantasy and Science Fiction-de Baleares was closed yesterday with a gala to be held at the Theatre Xesc Forteza. The event, presented by Sandra Llabrés and Toni Traveria, began with the joint performance by Priscilla Hernandez, winner of the Independent Music Award for Best New Age Album, and Karinae Tribal Troupe.
Subsequently, the awards were handed Mallorca Fantastic in different categories. The prize for the best science fiction story was to Caecus, Alejandro Morellón; fantasy for Revenge of the anthology The tree of wonders, Alejandro Blasi, and the illustration for Daphne, Gabriela followed. There was also a special mention for best illustration which went to foreign artist for the Sugar plum fairy by Myrea Pettit.
As for the film awards, the prize for best screenplay went to Nico Costa for the short Concrete fear; for the best original idea for Happy birthday, David Munoz, the best director Santi Garcia by the end of the route; best short The animation monstrejo, Pep Lluís Lladó, and the best short film for theatrical Fear, Marcos Kühne.
The organization also wanted to provide some honorary awards actor Simon Andreu, the filmmakers Vicente Aranda and Toni Bestard, the composer Joan Valent, Alcover Foundation and the Municipal Band of Palma. The Tribute Award went to Dimonis, Diables in Bestiari Baleàric

SAMANTHA COQUILLA

Rumours of a Government ban on fairies continues to circulate in UK. A spokesman for the fairy community insisted that this will have no effect on all the planned Spring Fairy Festivals and that the Midsummer Three Wishes Festival will take place June 20th-23rd on Bodmin Moor as planned as will the Famous Fairy Ball at the Acorn Theatre in Penzance Cornwall Friday 24th October 2008.