…fairy tales, folklore, and everything in between
Posted in Cinderella, fairy tale finds on Dec 15th, 2008
Being pregnant (I’m 9 weeks along on Wednesday), I find my focus strays a lot. When I am able to work sans migraine, I’m often thinking about potato chips, or throwing up, or, most often, how much longer it’ll be ’til I can take a nap. My sister-in-law meantimes, also pregnant (with twins, no less), [...]
Posted in contest, fairy tale finds on Oct 24th, 2008
While catching up on the interwebs over a cup of tea this morning, I found this lovely contest via Maggie Stiefvater (and Maggie’s book, Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception is in one of the prize packs, so hurry on over…) Brooke Taylor over at Brooke Taylor Books is a having a Monster Month of Giveaways [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, contest, fairy tale finds on Oct 23rd, 2008
The time came for her to die, and she would not die; so perhaps she might waste away, they thought, and she did waste, but not away; and the time came for her to receive final absolution, so they set candles upon her clavicle, but this she would not allow. She blasphemed with gusto, and [...]
Posted in art, fairy tale finds on Sep 15th, 2008
It’s not quite a “fairy tale find” but I think it’s pretty close. After all, this miniature tea set ring certainly inspires a sense of whimsy… Kacchan, the artist, has other fun tea set items in their etsy store, including this delightful I-very-much-now-need-to-go-find-cake strawberry shortcake ring: I think it’s time to go looking for a [...]
Posted in Fairy Tales, Review, fairy tale finds on Jun 8th, 2008
I have never been a fan of Salman Rushdie; I find his work too overblown, too in love with itself. But, after an interview about The Enchantress of Florence–a book that sounded like a literary and historical Harry Potter–my interest sparked. Then, during my escape to an air-conditioned coffee shop this morning (it’s 33 C [...]
Posted in Fairy Tales, art, fairy tale finds on Jun 4th, 2008
spent the better part of today marking up pages for Fees. I’ve never liked tweaking code, but a very fun part of making the pages is finding graphics. While trying to find an illustration, or a piece of clip art suitable for Merrie Haskell’s Rampion in the Belltower (more on this soon, and be sure [...]
