Croeso, Jennifer (aka Garan Gwyn)!

When I first began looking into my Celtic -- and specifically, my Welsh -- ancestry, I decided to look up information on Wales, a country of which I knew nothing. Of course it is impossible to read of Wales without reading about the castles. So I was taking a virtual journey, and looking at pictures of all the different castles in Wales. Some were more impressive than others; some more beautiful, some more foreboding.

But the very first time I set eyes on Chepstow Castle, I experienced somethin… Continue

I know that I am one with beauty
And that my comrades are one.
Let our souls be mountains,
Let our spirits be stars,
Let our hearts be worlds.

~From Ansel Adams, An Autobiography
A mantra of Gaelic origin given to Adams by Ella Young