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Treasury of Folklore: Stars and Skies: Sun Gods, Storm Witches and Soaring Steeds by Willow Winsham ~ Book Review
May 26 2024

Treasury of Folklore: Stars and Skies: Sun Gods, Storm Witches and Soaring Steeds by Willow Winsham ~ Book Review

I’m a bit late to this celestial party. But what with all the aurora borealis excitement this month, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to read Stars and Skies given my slight, ahem, obsession with trying to count seven stars for seven nights on 211 consecutive days between 2020 and 2021.

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28 August 2020 – Red Valerian
Aug 28 2020

28 August 2020 – Red Valerian

I had a lightbulb moment today. Not an ‘I’ve discovered the answer to the meaning of life, the universe and everything’ kind of lightbulb moment…

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9 July 2020 – David Hockney
Jul 9 2020

9 July 2020 – David Hockney

Today I’ve been reading the Brothers Grimm because it’s David Hockney’s 83rd birthday. Obviously.  I inherited my love of Hockney from my mother as most of…

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26 January 2020 – Hans My Hedgehog
Jan 26 2020

26 January 2020 – Hans My Hedgehog

Today was a bit of a scramble to get my folklore quota in. What I was going to do got cancelled, and then I felt…

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