It's been a long way to the light....

Feeling extremely inspired by Mike Scott and The Waterboys recently, and in particular the song 'Long Way To The Light' (the live version on the Karma to Burn album, not so much the recorded version on the Bring Em All In solo album). We were a-travelling (as this is songwriter speak now) on the Cal Mac Ferry back from a workshop on the Isle of Arran last week at the beautiful Burnside Gallery. And as always, we indulged ourselves with a visit to the ferry shop on board, thinking we would find nothing new, but ever hopeful nonetheless. And there it was, amongst a range of cds. I think I'd seen it before but never felt compelled to purchase quite the way I did last Tuesday. And so, as we trundled off the under-deck car doodah, we slipped it into our cd machine and listened on the Ardrossan to Glasgow Road. Although it's the first track, we didn't get to it till about Glasgow Airport, as we'd started it at track nine or something. We just looked at each other when it played, and we heard every lyric and thought, THIS is going to be our song this week. And so it has been, throughout all the minor hitches of ensuring our new cd was ready to launch this weekend at Body & Soul, this was the song that kept us uplifted and cheery.
And so it was at 6pm on Friday night, we collected our fresh-pressed 'Magical Unicorn Meditations for Children' cds and straight into Body & Soul on Saturday and Sunday. Phew! What a weekend? The energies around that fayre were amazing! Young Agnes, the event manager there, sure knows how to host an event. Our cds were immensely popular, as people flocked to investigate. And then when special guest speaker, Diana Cooper came to our stall, drew up a chair, pulled out her notebook, and sat down to talk to US about our unicorn tales (no pun intended), the weekend was set in stone and our memories for years to come.
That was Sunday, but afterwards on the Saturday night, we were treated to dinner by a very good friend and magical gentleman, Dr Roy, who winked a lot and made us feel like we were having a meeting with Dumbledore himself. And of course, we cannot forget our lovely post-show aperitif with Doreen and Michael, who like so many, have believed in us from the beginning.
Fellow stall-holders at the fayre, who purchased our cd on the Saturday, returned on the Sunday, to tell us how much they had enjoyed it - and we're talking grown-ups! We will be doing one for adults, but in the meantime, isn't it amazing how many adults want to get back to their magickal roots?
So, we will leave it there in the meantime, but our grins are still wide, and our happiness contagious and we think this feeling will last till at least next weekend, when we are hosting our stall at a healing fair in Kirkcaldy in aid of a children's hospice.
Lots of magic and shimmering sparkle
The Lunicorns