The Elves of Lily Hill Farm: A Partnership with Nature

268 Pages·1997·37.77 MB·English

by  Penny Kelly

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Welcome To Lily Hill...
...a quiet place where the breeze wanders through the vineyards and the
rustling canopy of grape leaves casts dancing shadows across the hills. In the
lull of midday, you can hear the noon whistle blow in town, five miles up the
road. Take your time and stay awhile—you may catch a glimpse of the elves.
Here among the vines, Penny Kelly, the owner of Lily Hill Farm, meets a
small group of elves who invite her to “find the nature of balance, rather than
the balance in nature.” Until now, Penny has never believed that elves, fairies,
or any wee folk existed. She doubts her eyes and ears until, in a pivotal moment
of blind trust, she makes a deal with them.
Over the next several years, as she struggles to hold up her end of the
deal, the elves, the earth, and the elements teach her a series of powerful and
challenging lessons that profoundly change her life—and will undeniably
change yours, too.
About the Author
In early 1987, Penny Kelly and her husband, Jim, purchased fifty-seven acres
of land, complete with a ioo-year-old house, a dilapidated barn, and two small
vineyards. At the time, they knew nothing about raising grapes.
Since then, they have remodeled the house into a rental property, and
turned the barn into their home, office, and small learning center. They are in
the process of restoring the soil, vineyards, and some of the natural habitat that
had been lost. Since the encounters with the elves, they have decided to grow
their own fruits, vegetables, herbs, and grains, and raise chickens and goats. In
addition to her B.A., Penny has earned a degree in naturopathic medicine, and
is working toward a Ph.D. in nutrition.
After a spontaneous “awakening of kundalini” in 1979, Penny found hen
self struggling with massive psychic abilities and overwhelming changes in pen
ception and consciousness. Afraid she was losing her mind, she left her job as a
tool and process engineer for the Chrysler Corporation, and returned to college
to study the brain, consciousness, perception, intelligence, and related subjects.
This led to her work as an educational consultant specializing in brain-compat-
ible and accelerative teaching and learning techniques.
To Write to the Author
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book, please write to the author in care of Llewellyn Worldwide, and we will for-
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you and learning of your enjoyment of this book and how it has helped you.
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can be answered, but all will be forwarded. Please write to:
Penny Kelly
c/o Llewellyn Worldwide
P.O. Box 64383, Dept. K382-4
St. Paul, MN 55164-0383, U.S.A.
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Llewellyn Publications
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The Elves of Lily Hill Farm © Copyright 1997 by Penny Kelly. All rights
reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be
used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission
from Llewellyn Publications except in the case of brief quotations embodied in
critical articles and reviews.
Cover design: Anne Marie Garrison
Cover art: Stephanie Henderson
Interior design: Jessica Thoreson
Editing and layout: Laura Gudbaur
Project management: Amy Rost
Insert photos taken by Penny Kelly and Jim Jenzen, unless otherwise noted.
FIRST EDITION
Second Printing, 1997
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The elves of Lily Hill Farm: a partnership with nature / Penny
Kelly.—1 st ed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-56718-382-4 (pbk.)
1. Elves. 2. Spirits. 3. Organic farming—Miscellanea.
4. Organic gardening—Miscellanea. 5. Lily Hill Farm. I. Title.
BF1552.K46 1997
133.14—dc2i 96-52061
CIP
Llewellyn Publications
A Division of Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd.
P.O. Box 64383-0383
St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0383
U.S.A.
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank everyone who helped what at first seemed like an improH
able idea to become a reality. I am eternally grateful to Nan Skovran at
Llewellyn who first saw merit in the disconnected journal pages she received;
to Jessica Thoreson and Amy Rost for shepherding the project through many
editing tasks; and to Carl Llewellyn Weschke for his graciousness and the
great common sense he brings to Llewellyn Publishing.
Thanks are also due to my parents, Hugh and Shirley Kelly; my daugH
ters Kelly Anne and Penelope Wood; Chuck Reinert; Lad and Jana Hanka; and
Rosana Rodriques. Each of them read and commented on the manuscript at
various and difficult stages.
But special thanks go to my husband, Jim Jenzen, not only for his
unhesitating acceptance of the elves and the difficult things they asked us to
do, things that went against all conventional grape^growing wisdom, but also
for his encouragement to write and rewrite.. .which meant he had the kitchen
all to himself!
Dedication
ToAlvey, Mairlinna, and the many other forms of intelligent
life that exist and work to support human life.
Contents $#>
Introduction.ix
Chapter i. i
Chapter 2. 13
Chapter 3. 21
Chapter 4. 31
Chapter 5.40
Chapter 6.46
Chapter 7. 53
Chapter 8.63
VIII CONTENTS
Chapter 9.73
Chapter 10. 81
Chapter ii. 89
Chapter 12.98
Chapter 13. 106
Chapter 14. 117
Chapter 15. 125
Chapter 16. 134
Chapter 17. 144
Chapter 18. 153
Chapter 19. 165
Chapter 20. 173
Chapter 21. 185
Chapter 22. 192
Chapter 23. 198
Communicating with Elves and Devas. 213
Useful Terms. 222
Index. 235