Author: Jan Sikes

Jan Sikes writes compelling award-winning stories from the heart. She has been called a wordsmith by her peers, is an active blogger, grandmother, a fan of Texas music, and resides in North Texas.
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#TuesdayRunes – Raidho

Welcome to another installment of our journey through the runes, based on The Elder Futhark Script. Today we explore Raidho (rye-though). Raidho is the rune of travel. This rune indicates you are setting off (or will soon set off) on a journey, whether in the external world or on an emotional or spiritual level. If …

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Short Story Freebie! #ShortStory #Fiction #WritingCommunity #Brother’sKeeper

The idea for this story came to me from a casual conversation with a family member. I’m sure most everyone knows my backstory, and that my late husband, Rick Sikes, was sentenced to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. So, in this conversation with a cousin, she said, “You know, I’ve often wondered if …

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Spring Break

Hi, everyone. It's Spring Break time here, and I will have my two granddaughters all week. Part of their break is taking them out of town to a lake house for a couple of days. So my regularly scheduled Monday Meditation, Motivation, Tarot Reading, and Tuesday Runes blog posts will resume on Monday, March 15th. …

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#TuesdayRunes – Ansuz

Happy Tuesday, everyone and welcome to another journey through the runes! The next rune in The Elder Futhark script is Ansuz (ahn-sooze). The keywords for this rune are communication, wisdom, divine power or a message. The meaning of Ansuz is mouth and it is the rune of communication in all its forms, but chiefly verbal …

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#SundaySpotlight – These Fine Moments @thesefinemoments @mcguckinpr

Ten years ago, singer-songwriters Hilary Kaufmann and Robert Watts walked out of Mark Hallman’s  Congress House Studio in Austin, Texas with the five-song EP These Fine Moments, named after a line in one of their songs. Today, I am super excited to introduce this musical duo to you and let them tell you a bit of their story. Their music is …

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