Serpents Everywhere - Great Place

This place is amazing. Everything in the room is styled on snakes,

serpents, of all kinds. I pull the doorhandle, and find it is a small

snake, made out of wrought iron. Grabbing it before I realised, I was

amazed to find it didn't reel back in fright as I would have done years

ago. Mention snakes and women go scattering, and fast. Part way this

is a safety mechanism, which is handy, and works when we need it. But

for now, there are no live snakes, and no danger because of the Protectress,

so I don't worry. The time in the walled garden had made me think a

little differently. Belenus had wasted no time in checking in to a place

that had a stack of clean, fragrant straw -- a small stable outside the

door. He said he had some reading to do, so I said fine, and later when

the darkness fell, I could see his little candle alight at his window.

As for me, I started counting the snakes around the room - serpent on

the carpet, snake on the lampshade, snake patterns on the tiles, even

a snake shaped toothbrush. The Rainbow Serpent Priestess sure does

good decor, and knows how to make folks feel at home. I lie back on

the bed, reading a biography of "Sting" I have just come across...

burning the midnight oil...

copyright Monika Roleff 2006.