Michael
is authoring a history project and organically
writing
a unique, creative and untold story through intuition
and feeling in
"conversational"
diary form.
It follows and mirrors from the
characters who lived in his house in Grantham, Lincolnshire
more
than 120 years ago.
The Diaries start in 1894, and are a mix of fact and fiction.
Based on much essentially accurate and historical fact from many
sources,
emulating from the
house`s full
deeds
showing it`s own unique
history, supported with other papers and information from the
house and locality, infused with Michael`s inspired verve, the house
expressing and echoing through it`s very own personal
imprint, its honorable and altruistic morgana, and
character, and with Michael`s translating
and through his creative interpretation
- this beautiful house
bursts into life on many levels !!
Combined with
Michael`s own
understanding
and personal
expertise in British and Irish history, connecting to the `energy`
and legacy of his
own
`interesting`
heritage, his gift of healing
and healthy empathy
for others, and through his creative writing and in-sync with his
strong
love for
"
Tipperary
House", the story unfolds and
the
times are reignited..........
The
central focus are the Diaries
of Mary
Ann Wennell
known affectionately
as
"Polly" and the world at that time as written through her
eyes.
Polly is a live-in housemaid and cook to the
successful and affluent merchant
Chapman Family at 21
Dudley Road,
Grantham in Lincolnshire.
Polly came
from Yorkshire and before that from County Mayo in Ireland, where she
was brought over by the Tukes as a `rescued
child` of 3 years of
age having lost her entire original family during the Great Famine or `an
Gorta Mór`.
The Tuke Family were York Quakers and heavily involved in relief and
philanthropic work, especially in the west of Ireland in the 19th
century.
Polly has been with the Chapmans since she first went into service as
was expected when she reached her teens.
She joined the household of the Chapman Family in the city of Lincoln
after being brought up and taken care of previously by a middle class
Yorkshire family (The Wennells) from the village of Idle in Bradford
whom she also loved and regarded as family but knew her place,
background and destiny.
She is 46 years old in 1894 and moved
down to Grantham with the eldest Chapman son (James)
and his family some years
prior. James got married very young at 18 years old to Jessamine
Clayton. The
first diary entry starts in Grantham in
1894 in Polly`s own and
inimitable style.
Her first entry was
dated Friday,
July 20th, 1894.
Polly
is a warm character with a big, big heart and her loyalty to the
Chapmans
is unquestionable. She is a woman with depth and wisdom beyond her
years, time and
status. She has oodles of
compassion, tempered with heart-centered honesty and
fixed directness sometimes, and always kissed with honour
and integrity.
Her "University"
is the "Wisdom" learned from
the examined experience of her own life
and through knowledge,
passed down through
generations and heritage. She
is a `wise
woman`. Knowing
comes from both her heart and her head and more.
Her
duty to herself and the Chapmans is to follow what is simple and right
and to live her own path with grace, and to know that all
human life is linked to the rest of creation.
Discover
and become more absorbed in the intriguing characters
of Polly
and the Chapmans in Grantham on a story of the
town of Grantham and her community, the county of Lincolnshire, two
kindred nations, two connected countries - their
history and their people and the lives of this
family in Grantham through the eyes of this insightful woman at this
time -
Mary Ann Wennell.
"Polly"
- so often sees and feels
life from somebody else's point of
view, she knows that for the most part other people
are just trying to be themselves,
trying to be happy and fulfilled in
their own life and in their own way,
but it`s not always easy.
Whilst the scenery, props or time in history of life may
change,
human nature remains a
constant as is utterly reflected in our lives today.
Polly feels their walk, their breath, their energy, their
fear,
their wisdom, their brilliance, their love and their hopes and
dreams too.
This
"Energy work"
project
is `process driven` with a `new systems approach`
and intuitive
reaching
(a term coined by
Michael), with
emotion at the core, so
perhaps, the
records or stories are
not just stories or history as such but ......
energy, intuition,
heritage, old wisdom
and
truth, imagination,
narrative
and
emotions
both tangible and intangible at the
corpus !!!
There
are many messages and subtleties and
deeper wisdom too, in her
words, so read carefully !
Michael
believes some wonderful `energy`
or `magic`
and
`healing`
and FUN
has
been opened for us all here - for those that are `open`
and
interested
in English and Irish heritage and history and particularly the
`Victorian
Era`
and wish to follow
the series, and perhaps for those that are curious too! There are many,
many Diary entries over several years, and Michael will release these
systematically over the course of time.
Michael hopes you may enjoy this
project and connection, as you experience being
transported
back in time with her words, her pearls
of
wisdom
- the rich essence in her deeper
messages and meanings -
giving you thoughts to ponder for
yourself, through experiencing
her fun, simplicity, her directness sometimes and her insight.
Expanding too perhaps, more complete
ways of thinking about and hopefully experiencing yourself as well.
This
creative
project is also
very much about learning about the history of the
wonderful town of Grantham
and
county of Lincolnshire
and
beyond.
We are the past, being a result of the events, whether good,
bad
or indifferent from history, and which influence and guide
our actions today !
As William Lund said: "We study the
past to understand the present; we understand the present to guide the
future."
So, we ALL need to connect with our cultural heritage, no
matter
what our culture and background is, and to preserve this item of value
and be more guided by it today for the good, and for the betterment of
all.
Through offering a collective sense of history and culture, an account
of past accomplishments and a means of cultivating communal hopes for
the future.
It is hoped you may learn, laugh
and
cry with Polly and perhaps
through
her - find your own
answers within her thoughts and wisdom - taking on
board
her advice "energetically"
perhaps sometimes with her guidance and counsel as appropriate,
and with that -
find
better emotions,
and more befitting
ways, and more suitable solutions to
things more in your own life today - from that instinctual
place
deep inside you.... your intuition
and
how you really
feel beneath
those layers of logic and
conditioning - more
than perhaps you have ever
experienced before !
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In coming to this
site, there
are those that are ONLY interested in the historical facts
of Grantham
itself and indeed, the history of the greater East
Midlands
counties of
Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire etc. or
are only interested in the Mary Ann Wennell
Recipe`s and the Mary Ann Wennell Health and Home
Remedies,
and the "Tipperary Tips"
!!
and have
found this site through search engines and friends - thank you
for stopping by. You are most welcome !
Elevated Therapy International ® in creating this exciting and
original project in addition to everything has strived
to make the historical information, delicious recipes and metaphysical
principles of reality (divine knowledge) and all data here with some
poetic license correct and
helpful for everyone.
All are welcome to enjoy the
photos and historical information, songs and
Polly`s Recipes and
Remedies, Tipperary
Tips and any other
things
you
may find
interesting, amusing, important and valuable.
Hopefully, this will compel you to conduct research of your
own and connect with the spiritual beliefs of your ancestral roots as
well. The deep connections with others by seeking wisdom, striving for
growth, drawing closer to a higher power or nature, and tolerance and
forgiveness of others which will ultimately lead you to a more
fulfilling life. |
Welcome
to Tipperary House
- both Past and Present
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go
dtí Teach Thiobraid
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déanaí agus reatha
