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(Monday, July 13, 2026) new moon Cancer

Nevuah’s research about Cullan’s name (Gaelic version: “wolf cub”) is a surprising inspiration for me to create a new story. My life is too complex right now to work on the art projects for my Eadie faerie tale. Quiet autumn and winter are easier for the complexity of design work. But I feel I have time to write, a physically simpler process, and writing is critical for my health. My two recent blog posts hit me like lightning this morning. It’s time to think about my black wolf dream. The huge, prescient element of that dream is still affecting me, especially with insights into my ancestry. I’ll dig into my dream blogs again to find stories that rhyme with the black wolf, plus look into English black wolf mythology.

If my son is a cub, am I the wolf? Black wolf, black raven, black cosmos. My deceased godmother’s last name was Wolfe, as I have mentioned a few times.

Somehow I want to include the name Silverthorne in my new story.

All my life I have felt I write better than I draw. Yet when I visited my mother last week I saw an old oil painting of our log cabin I had made as a teenager. It was more intricate and beautiful than I remembered.

(Saturday, July 11, 2026) waning crescent moon Gemini

On my 60th birthday, when I was at Jill Purce’s spiritual retreat near Glastonbury, England, I had a precognitive dream about living in my ancestral land (my black wolf dream). Back then, I did not know that the Luther family was from England, but these days I find more and more data about us. Ancestry.com just sent me a few links to my Silverthorne ancestors (part of the Luther family). Many generations of the Silverthornes are buried in St. Mary The Virgin Churchyard, a Wiltshire cemetery. Wiltshire is very close to Glastonbury and Stonehenge. I need to go there!

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137383951/john-william-silverthorne

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2372432/st.-mary-the-virgin-churchyard

https://www.silverthornefamily.co.uk/history/

There is a lovely story about the name Silverthorne. Supposedly it comes from the Glastonbury Thorn, the “Holy Thorn,” a symbol of Christian tradition. Legends say Joseph of Arimathea arrived in Britain, planting his staff on Wearyall Hill, which miraculously grew into the thorn tree. The Holy Thorn blooms twice a year, during winter (Christmas) and spring (Easter).

It is synchronicity that my father, James Luther, is buried at a St. Mary’s cemetery, but his is in Minneiska, Minnesota.

(Saturday, July 11, 2026) waning crescent moon Gemini

On Monday evening, when our Dreamsters team worked on my dream, Nevuah brought up Cullan’s name as Ó Cuilinn,”The Holly Tree.” Cullen is an Irish name of Gaelic origin with several meanings: “holly tree,” “young hound,” or “handsome one.” Ó Cuileáin is another interpretation, the descendant of Cuileán. Cuileán translates to “wolf cub” or “young hound” and is associated with strength, loyalty and vitality. The name Cullen is very common in County Cork, the land my Sheehan ancestors came from.

Nevuah also responded to a short dream Peter shared. She pointed out that the names of two of his dream characters had first-name-last-name features. Cullan does too. Cullen can be a first name or last name, and Luther can be a first name or last name. I purposefully made that naming choice for my son many years ago. Back then, I thought Cullen meant “beautiful boy.” Wyn Luther, my grandson, is a first-name-last-name child.

Holly tree: revered for protective and enduring qualities, often linked to ancient Celtic rituals where the holly was used to ward off evil spirits.