What do you see when you look into a fairy tale?
When I ask this question in my classes I’m often met with silence. Sometimes people can’t say because they had no name for what they saw. Sometimes they were too busy ‘reading’ to notice what they … Continue Reading ››
What is it about shoes?
Of all the objects in fairy tales, magical or otherwise, shoes are the most iconic. Who can forget Cinderella’s glass slipper, the titular Boots of the ingenious Puss, or the alluring, alas devastating, Red Shoes. In different times, Hermes had his winged … Continue Reading ››
The Black Bull of Norroway was my first 'grown-up' fairy tale. (Click here to read it.) I found it referenced in an essay, entitled "On Fairy Stories" by J.R.R. Tolkien. I was so taken by his clear rapture about the power … Continue Reading ››
What do you see when you look into a fairy tale?
When I ask this question in my classes I’m often met with silence. Sometimes people can’t say because they had no name for what they saw. Sometimes they were too busy ‘reading’ to notice what they … Continue Reading ›› 
