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brownie

Friends come in when the world has gone out

About Me


I love to help humans! Remember the story about the Shoemaker and the Elves? One of those famous elves was my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather. So I must say, I LOVE shoes like any other elf.
I am a brownie of the family Homunculidae. I sleep through the day and work at night. You know those noises you hear at night? Well, it may not be the house settling or a furnace kaa-lunking or the cat stalking. It may be you have a helpful brownie in your house.
Brownies adopt a household and willingly do the work that has remained undone. We are also known by these names: lob, hob, bwca (Welsh), bodach (Scottish), silkie (female) tomte (Scandinavian) and brwny. Generally, we make ouselves useful to our hosts. And we are loyal, following our hosts from house to house, village to village or country to country.
In return, a small token is acceptable. Fresh bread smeared with honey, a bowl of cream . . . some chocolate! Warning: Brownies will take offense at overpayment. No need for fine costly gifts. And please don't criticise--we have our mischievous ways, too. We might even vex you for your own idleness! A mean and ill-tempered household will turn a brownie into a boggart!
What Your Soul Really Looks Like
You are very passionate and quite temperamental. While you can be moody, you always crave comfort.
You are a grounded person, but you also leave room for imagination and dreams. You feet may be on the ground, but your head is in the clouds.
You believe that people see you for how you are, not how you look. But deep down, you know that's not exactly true.
Your near future is in a very different place (both physically and mentally) from where you are right now.
For you, love is all about caring and comfort. You couldn't fall in love with someone you didn't trust. Inside the Room of Your Soul

My Interests



Besides loving everything to do with nature, I sweep, dust, sew loose buttons, cook, wash dishes, do laundry, watch over pets and children, cobble and mend, tend the garden, chase away mice and ants and spiders, empty the trash, organize clutter, milk the cow, churn butter, make baskets, light the fire and keep it lit, plow the fields, fetch water . . . gosh, what don't I do! And I read, read, read books!!! I also love to dress in garb for Ren Faires. Huzzah!

The Brownie

In a corner of the bedroom is a great big curtain,

Someone lives behind it, but I don't know who;

I think it is a Brownie, but I'm not quite certain. (Nanny isn't certain, too.)

I looked behind the curtain, but he went so quickly--

Brownies never wait to say, "How do you do?"

They wriggle off at once because they're all so tickly.

(Nanny says they're tickly too.)

Alan Alexander Milne (author of Pooh stories)

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I'd like to meet:

Other fae folk who are living magickal lives. Anyone with a kind heart.

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Music:

Anything with the harp or flute in it! Some favorites include Blackmore's Night, Enya, Mediaeval Baebes, Loreena McKennitt, Stevie Nicks, Evanescence, Priscilla Hernandez, Jehtro Tull, Solas, Clannad . . . Celtic, Romani and Middle Eastern.

Books:



My, my, my . . . there are sooo many: Here are a few favorites: Grimms Fairy Tales, The Collected Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, 1001 Arabian Nights, Gulliver's Travels, Peter Pan, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, Alice In Wonderland, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Mists of Avalon, The Hobbit, Wizard of Earthsea, The Never-Ending Story, The Princess and the Goblin, the fourteen OZ books, Wind In The Willows, Poe's works, Shakespeare--especially A Midsummer Night's Dream, any mythology, folklore or fairy tale compendium and anything Celtic!

Heroes:

You--when you indulge in random acts of kindness, and Santa Claus and all the North Pole Elves and Buddy the Elf

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You are Mahogany
Stable and decisive, you lack the hyper energy of most orange colors.
You're still energetic, but you tend to project a peaceful, relaxed vibe.
You love to feel cozy. You often rather wrap up in a blanket than go out for the night. What Color Orange Are You?

My Blog

Camera-shy

Today I was forced to have a staff picture taken. I really despise having my picture snapped--so this was a retake day at the school where I teach, and I was hunted down and forced to go. The woman ...
Posted by brownie on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:56:00 PST

Queen For A Day

Your result for The Which Historical Queen Are You Test...Queen Sammuramat You are: Sammuramat, Assyrian Queen, 9th Century B.C.Sammuramat is the subject of many myths about her reign as b...
Posted by brownie on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:55:00 PST

What Diva Are You?

Which DIVA are you? You are Tatyana from Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin"!You're definitely a dreamer, and though you may seem reserved you're actually a very warm and passionate person. Unfortunatel...
Posted by brownie on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:18:00 PST

What Beatles Song Are You?

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Posted by brownie on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:20:00 PST

What Literary Character Are You

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Posted by brownie on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:35:00 PST

Which Hindi Goddess Are You?

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Posted by brownie on Sun, 06 May 2007 12:53:00 PST

What poet are you?

Which famous poet are you? (pictures and many outcomes) You are Lawrence Ferlinghetti! Modern rebel and owner and proprietor of the City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, Lawrence Ferlingh...
Posted by brownie on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 06:09:00 PST

What Kind Of Cat Are You?

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Posted by brownie on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:12:00 PST

Sixties sunshine!

What kind of Sixties Person are you? You are a Folkie. Good for you.Take this quiz!Quizilla | Join | Make A Quiz | More Quizzes | Grab Code Which Beatles Album Are You? Abbey RoadTa...
Posted by brownie on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:49:00 PST

50s quizzes

Which type of '50s female are you? You're a beaknik!Take this quiz!Quizilla | Join | Make A Quiz | More Quizzes | Grab CodeYour 1950s Name is:Holly BeverlyWhat's your 1950s Name? Whi...
Posted by brownie on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:01:00 PST