the cross is substantial

This pattern is one found on ancient silver jewelry bracelets

and those who choose each other as brothers

this eleven-pointed star is one continuous line weaving back to source

The Hill of Slane in County Meath is remembered as the place where Saint Patrick convinced the pagan High King of Ireland to convert to Christianity

Soldier Celtic Cross Tattoo Design iceland the cross is substantialEvening's long shadows became the night, in the small Irish graveyard where I made the grave rubbing that became this tattoo pattern. Memorial to a soldier who had fought and died in a foreign land. Not forgotten.