We are pleased to participate in the A to Z Blog Challenge. The Story Crossroads theme for this year is “Death & Defiance: Folk & Fairy Tales Unburied.” About Jack and His Bargain with Death: Long before carved pumpkins grinned from windowsills, there was Jack—a clever, selfish man from English and Irish folklore who trickedContinue reading “J = Jack and His Bargain with Death (England/Ireland)”
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L is for Loving Laughter—A to Z Blog Challenge
We are pleased to participate in the A to Z Blog Challenge (http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/). The Story Crossroads theme for this year is Hope & Healing…folktales around the world that beat back viruses. Each post highlights one or more balms to soothe and cure our struggles of today with oral tradition and lore of the past. AtContinue reading “L is for Loving Laughter—A to Z Blog Challenge”
T is for Golden Table, Touch, Tree, & Thumb–A to Z Blog Challenge
We are pleased to participate in the A to Z Blog Challenge (http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/). The Story Crossroads theme for this year is Golden…And All Things That Glimmer. Each post highlights golden items from a folktale from around the world. Each time you have to wonder, is something that is golden a blessing, a curse, or both?Continue reading “T is for Golden Table, Touch, Tree, & Thumb–A to Z Blog Challenge”