It’s been a while, oh beautiful blog! But I’d like to get back to posting more here this year. So here’s a little something for the end of your week. It’s a collection of eight different illustrators who did illustrations for the Grimm’s fairy tales. Pictured below is one from Kay Nielsen, a Danish illustrator … Continue reading
It’s been quite a year for the Brothers Grimm. Philip Pullman’s publication of Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version marks the two hundredth anniversary of the first edition of the now-famous Kinder- und Hausmärchen. In addition to celebrating the two hundredth anniversary, it’s worth considering why Pullman wanted to retell a … Continue reading
Donkeyskin by Midori Snyder There was the sight Grey and monstrous, rubbed with ashes and grit Father’s skin in the moonlight, shadows from my door His jaw stretching into the room There was the smell Rank and cloying, the tang of smoked flesh Father’s exhalations on the surface of my skin A tooth decayed from … Continue reading
*Mild Spoilers, as the skeleton of the story remains true to the original* As soon as I saw the trailer for Snow White & the Huntsman, months ago, I was looking forward to seeing it. No, not because of Kristen Stewart, rather in spite of her ‘charms’. As you may or may not have noticed, … Continue reading
Big Sur is one of the most mythic landscapes I’ve ever seen. Sprawling redwood forests hover on the edges of the coastline, breaking at cliff edges some 200 feet above sea level. It represents a preserved part of California, that has remained predominantly intact over hundreds of years because of its impenetrable landscape. Big Sur … Continue reading
