In This Sea

[omshanti]

"I've always loved the lily-maids, the lighthouse keepers' daughters, The children of the river and the keepers of the waves. I take them to my bed and let them take me to the waters,
To the mysteries and silences no hero ever saves.

I've always loved what's best unloved, the ones bound fast to leave me,
The empty-handed maidens who have placed their swords in stones.
I take them to my bed, although I know that they'll deceive me;
It's better to be lost at sea than found, but all alone."
In This Sea, Seanan McGuire

It's a classic Seanan song -- beautiful, haunting, and once you've listened closely enough to catch all the words, packing a helluva twist.

This song hearkens back to another song, originally by Talis Kimberley but covered by Seanan on Stars Fall Home, her second album. Still Catch the Tide is a song about a selkie, and the man who loved and lost her. In This Sea tells the same story -- but this time, he goes in knowing in the end he'll lose his heart.



It's delicate, it's graceful, it's shades of green. It has a drop in front carefully placed to sit right there. It's snowflake obsidian, amazonite, quartz, and tiny green and silver beads.

It's the sort of necklace a selkie might wear, a lily-maid, a lighthousekeeper's daughter.

[omshanti]

Thanks hun!

[Jill]

Hi

This one looks really pretty.

Have a good weekend Kate.

Bye for Now
Jill