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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 01/10/2026

From 2022 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 01/10/2026

This is my standard-issue monthly reminder that the best way to keep up with my work is via my newsletter. Sign up for it here: csmaccath.com/user/r...

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 28/09/2026

This month's photos were all taken while I was earning a Sail Canada sailing qualification two years ago. This one captured the shoreline reflected in the water. #animism #thisismychurch #sailing

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 24/09/2026

From 2022 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 21/09/2026

Wishing you all blessings of the Autumn Equinox.

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 17/09/2026

From 2022 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 14/09/2026

This month's photos were all taken while I was earning a Sail Canada sailing qualification two years ago. This one captured a sunset from the cove where we anchored out for the night. #animism #thisismychurch #sailing

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 10/09/2026

From 2022 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 09/09/2026

Wrapping the Curse chapter in The Storyteller's Guide to Folklore today, which means the Folk Narrative and Folk Belief chapters are done. Tomorrow, I'll start the Folk Life chapters, which means I can see the finish line in the distance. Twelve chapters down and five to go, plus the conclusion.

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 07/09/2026

This month's photos were all taken while I was earning a Sail Canada sailing qualification two years ago. This one captured a bird just about to take flight from a buoy. #animism #thisismychurch #sailing

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 03/09/2026

From 2022 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 02/09/2026

Last night, I got a royalty payment for a story I wrote eighteen years ago titled "Akhila, Divided." It was in the first Clockwork Phoenix anthology, and I've gotten periodic royalties for it over the years. How cool is it that my story is still hangin' out with its friends, making money?

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 02/09/2026

The September Folkbyte is out with news about The Storyteller's Guide to Folklore, my recent Folklore of Charms workshop, and other notes. Read it here: csmaccath.com/septem...

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 01/09/2026

This is my standard-issue monthly reminder that the best way to keep up with my work is via my newsletter. Sign up for it here: csmaccath.com/user/r...

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 31/08/2026

Also taken at Uisge Bàn Falls, a few miles from my house here on #CapeBretonIsland. #animism #thisismychurch

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 27/08/2026

From 2022 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 24/08/2026

Taken at Uisge Bàn Falls, a few miles from my house. I've visited this tree in summer and winter since I've lived here on #CapeBretonIsland. #animism #thisismychurch

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 24/08/2026

I just wanted to reach out and say to anyone who needs to hear it: You're not too old. It's not too late. Success comes when it comes. Keep reaching. You've got this. Also, if you've offered me kindness on my own path, thank you. I'm here, in part, because of that kindness.

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 20/08/2026

From 2022 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 13/08/2026

From 2021 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 10/08/2026

Ásbyrgi Canyon in the north of #Iceland. I love this place in ways I cannot adequately describe. #animism #thisismychurch

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 06/08/2026

Shared to my other social media accounts this morning. Apologies for the screen cap.; it's a long post and I didn't want to thread it here. #animism #thisismychurch

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 06/08/2026

From 2021 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 05/08/2026

The August Folkbyte is out with news about The Storyteller's Guide to Folklore, my recent Folklore of Charms workshop, and other notes. Read it here: csmaccath.com/august...

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 03/08/2026

Taken somewhere in #Iceland on the road between Reykjavik and Ásbyrgi Canyon. Nobody but the Earth herself paints like this. #animism #thisismychurch

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 01/08/2026

Wishing you all a Blessed Lughnasadh. I've been under the weather with a throat infection but felt well enough this morning to go for a walk with Sean and Maddy at Dalem Lake. We encountered this charming little fairy door along the trail; a bit of folklore in the wild!

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 01/08/2026

This is my standard-issue monthly reminder that the best way to keep up with my work is via my newsletter. Sign up for it here: csmaccath.com/user/r...

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 30/07/2026

From 2021 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 27/07/2026

Taken at Hvammsvík hot springs. I told my AirBnB host in #Iceland that I wondered why Icelanders didn't have a national hour of weeping every morning at the beauty of the nature they steward. Please, let us make certain to respect their sacred home when we visit. #animism #thisismychurch

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 23/07/2026

From 2021 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 20/07/2026

A final look at Thingvellir National Park. This is the path to and from Öxarárfoss. There are too few paths to joy in this world, but I think this might be one of them. #animism #thisismychurch

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 16/07/2026

From 2021 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 15/07/2026

This month's Special Dispatch is the text of a paper on #climatecrisis #fiction I delivered last month at the International Society for Folk Narrative Research conference in Reykjavik. Read it here: csmaccath.com/passio...

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 13/07/2026

Also at Öxarárfoss in Thingvellir National Park. (See last week's #animism post.) This is where the water flows after it falls over the cliff. #thisismychurch

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 09/07/2026

From 2021 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 06/07/2026

Öxarárfoss in Thingvellir National Park. I was here ten years ago with Sean but returned on my recent trip to #Iceland. There is a beautiful deck now for visitors, so I sat beside the falls a long time, watching the water flow over the cliff. #animism #thisismychurch

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 02/07/2026

From 2021 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 01/07/2026

The July Folkbyte is out with news about great papers from the ISFNR conference, a book review of Sarah Avery's Tales from Rugosa Coven, and a preview of this month's video, which is on the folklore of Baldur's Gate III. Read it here: csmaccath.com/july2026

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 01/07/2026

This is my standard-issue monthly reminder that the best way to keep up with my work is via my newsletter. Sign up for it here: csmaccath.com/user/r...

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 29/06/2026

For the next several weeks, my Monday photos will be from my travels in #Iceland. This photo was taken on the road to Thingvellir National Park. Note the tiny red car in the distance, which provides a good sense of scale. It is an exquisite, relentless country. #animism #thisismychurch

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 25/06/2026

From 2021 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 22/06/2026

A few photos here from the ISFNR conference in Reykjavik. In the first, my fellow scholars in the "Narrative ecologies: folklore, fiction, and cultural response to climate change" panel. #folklore #folklorescholarship #academicconference #cats

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 22/06/2026

Remember last week's squirrel? Well, she had a sister. We lured her into a live trap with peanut butter, but on my husband's way to set her free, the live trap tipped over, and she escaped! Definitely a metaphor in there somewhere. #animism #SQUIRREL #thisismychurch

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 22/06/2026

Wishing you all a blessed summer/winter solstice! For my part, I'm recently returned from the land of the midnight sun, and this photo was taken at 5:00 AM on Wednesday at Ásbyrgi Canyon. #solstice #animism #thisismychurch

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 18/06/2026

From 2021 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 15/06/2026

And sometimes the natural world finds you in your study, minding your own business. Honestly, there must be a metaphor here for my writing process. (PS: We caught her gently and released her in the woods.) #animism #SQUIRREL #thisismychurch

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 11/06/2026

From 2021 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 08/06/2026

Joy! The fruit trees we planted last summer are blooming. We have apple blossom buds, cherry blossoms, and the plum trees are honestly just showing off. #animism #thisismychurch

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 04/06/2026

From 2020 and the early days of the Folklore & Fiction dispatch and podcast series, these "Folkbyte for Writers" memes. #THESTORYTELLERSGUIDETOFOLKLORE #throwbackthursday

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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran @csmaccath.com · 03/06/2026

The June 2026 Folkbyte newsletter is out, notably with a short passage on superstition I cut from The Storyteller's Guide to Folklore. Read it here: csmaccath.com/june2026 #folklore #folklorist #superstition #agentedauthor #writing

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