Jera’s Jamboree Guest Blog Post on Character, Scene & Theme
I created Niki Ballantyne while I was in a more physically active phase of my life, hiking wooded mountain trails …
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Mythology
Be Swept Away… A Journey of Love
Do you love to travel to foreign locales? I do. I haven’t been everywhere, not even close. But over the years, I’ve been on a journey or three…
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Yann Martel’s Beatrice & Virgil: Book Review
Yann Martel’s Beatrice & Virgil I recently finished reading Yann Martel’s Beatrice & Virgil, and afterwards I was kind of speechlesslessly moved… and disturbed. But after the prickles in my skin smoothed and my fur unruffled, a couple of sleeps later… these thoughts came to me. One could say that it is ‘like’ Life of
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Fairy Tales as Real Life Lessons for Women
Forging a Better Version of Yourself Through Fairy Tales: Lessons for Women Clarissa Pinkola Estes, in her seminal 1992 book of fairy tales, Women Who Run with the Wolves, says of stories: “In a very real way, we are imprinted with knowing just by listening to the tale.” (p.387) Participation mystique: Just like living it
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