Frogs

My last post was about water in fairy tales, with a particular emphasis on wells.…

Water

The banks of Sulphur Creek in southern Ontario were my childhood haunting grounds. The creek…

Dogs are descendants of one of the most feared beings on earth: From the diminutive…

During the European witch hunts and trials, thousands of cats were put to death, accused…

Tabitha “Tabby” Aykroyd was servant and friend to Anne, Emily, Charlotte and Branwell Bronte for…

Thousands of years since the first fish goddess emerged from the primordial human collective unconscious,…

A mother fox dug under the old barn now used as a storage shed. Some…

What are your earliest memories of home? I remember a black and white tiled hallway…

Does the title The Blood Trail tell us something right away about how these four tales…

I admire British actress Keira Knightley. She’s talented, intelligent, and independent-minded. Now that she’s a…