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Morgan Sheppard (1036 KP) created a post

Aug 21, 2026  
It's #FolkloreFriday 🐟

This week's folklore focus — the Salmon of Knowledge in Celtic tradition, and what the story of Finnegas and Fionn actually says about how wisdom moves through the world.

Finnegas spends seven years fishing for the salmon that consumed the nine hazel nuts at the Well of Segais and carries all wisdom in its body. He catches it and gives it to his apprentice Fionn to cook. A blister forms. Fionn burns his thumb and puts it in his mouth. The wisdom passes to the boy, not the druid who spent seven years seeking it.

The tradition records this without explanation or apology. The salmon went where it went. Finnegas sought correctly. Fionn received correctly. The wisdom moved according to its own logic rather than anyone's intentions or efforts.

It's one of the most honest things Celtic mythology says about knowledge. And one of the most quietly consoling, for anyone who has ever worked hard toward something that arrived somewhere else.

#FolkloreFriday #WelshFolklore #CelticMythology
      
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2631 KP) rated Kneading to Die (Pawsitively Organic Mysteries, #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
KT
Kneading to Die (Pawsitively Organic Mysteries, #1)
Liz Mugavero | 2013
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Stan has just moved to a small Connecticut town and is taking her cat to the only bet in town for the first time when she finds Carole's dead body on the floor. The vet wasn't well loved, but with the police and local gossip focusing on her as the killer, she needs to act fast to find out who really killed the vet.

I certainly enjoyed this debut. The pets were absolutely charming if not always well behaved. Stan was a refreshing change of pace for a main character because she reacts more realistically to what is happening to her than many main characters do. The plot could have been stronger, but overall it was still entertaining.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/08/book-review-kneading-to-die-by-liz.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Ross (3284 KP) rated Quantum Leap in TV

Feb 14, 2018  
Quantum Leap
Quantum Leap
1989 | Sci-Fi
10
8.3 (67 Ratings)
TV Show Rating Watch
Possibly the best TV show ever
Technically sci-fi (Sam is sent back through time into the body of people whose lives went wrong to try and stop certain events from happening) but each episode was a mini-drama in itself with a sci-fi overlay. Whether Sam became a pregnant woman, a struggling aging baseball player or a young man with down's syndrome, Scott Bakula's character had to work out who they were (starting with the standard "Oh boy" in the mirror), and with the help of his hologram assistant Al (Dean Stockwell) what events they would be trying to avoid. Once the task was complete, Sam would "leap" out, each time hoping the next leap would be the leap home.
Truly brilliant and I have nice warm fuzzy memories of watching with my family throughout the early 90s.