By Be Montague

Be - ing the editor  (& Tea with Be and the Bean)

"The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." Helen Keller.

Be’s life revolves around her beloved family where her gorgeous grown up sensitive sons kindly help to keep her feet on the ground, lest her ideas lift her off and away. They share their leaky old cottage with mice in the walls, shrews in the fireplace, bats in the attic, squirrels in the goat-shed, deer in the orchard and a small JellyBean who leads everyone a merry dance. Here her lads have been heard to sigh that not only are there probably too many winged-things in their lives but that worryingly the feathered variety seem to get better fed than they do!

Be has great reverence for and delights in the beauty of Mother Nature’s gifts with whom she is nourished recharged and lives in the magic every day. She tries to play the Glad Game and is known for randomly and unexpectedly humming whistling singing larking about and enthusiastically extolling the wonders of wildlife nature and her endless random thoughts. The patience of her three chaps astonishes them too especially as they now finally realise that she didn’t come with a volume control.

Happy in her own little world Be’s eternal wish is to bring smiles and laughter to beings whenever she can. This Luna loving lass can often be found with yet another cup of tea in hand willingly distracted by magical moments in her untamed garden; snowflakes falling, dewdrops sparkling, rainbows appearing, spiders spinning, buzzy bees dusting, butterflies pausing, fledglings feeding, old trees shading, apple-blossom showering, wildflowers blooming, daisies closing, sunsets glowing, stars a-gazing, fires flaming, prisms celebrating, Seasonal Table keeping…

Whilst at work she listens out for any birdsong and loves to learn from her favourite BBC Radio 4 ~ oh and to those other magical Voices that only she seems to hear. Her spirited muse therefore has to invariably attempt to visit in the wee small hours or when she’s tending to Enchanted Folk, editing the Faezine, busy cooking supper or when the chores just can’t wait any longer.

This smiling skipping puddle-jumping eccentric excitable and very verbal soul is thrilled and honoured to be working with and warmly supported by her dear friends from Enchanted Folk on this Faezine enterprise, their affinity truly makes her dreams come true. (As Nietzsche so wisely said of such a capricious mind, “One must have chaos within oneself, to give birth to a dancing star.”)

Be’s boys her greatest teachers and blessing, have her heart and gratitude, bestowing her best and most wonderful adventures. Dedicated, devoted to and deeply thankful she also greatly appreciates their indulgence in the initiatives she gives her energy to. This whimsical woman just tries to make the world a little more caring kind and hopefully a bit brighter for her children and all who need some wonder.

 “Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumblebee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.”  Ashley Smith Robinson

Be is Faezine's Editor and founder of Enchanted Folk established in September 2007

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