by Sara C. Snider | May 6, 2020 | Fairytales and Folklore, Magic in the Mundane
I remember reading about fairies when I was younger and thinking how interesting it was that they were repulsed by iron. I think it’s because iron is such a common thing to us in this day and age. Forged iron is also, in my mind anyway, antithesis to nature. It’s a...
by Sara C. Snider | Dec 6, 2019 | Fairytales and Folklore, Magic in the Mundane
There’s something about household magic that I find particularly pleasing. Such magic was the inspiration for the Hearth discipline in Hazel and Holly. There’s just something about it that seems so… cozy. Familiar. Like freshly baked bread but with magic glitter and...
by Sara C. Snider | Aug 16, 2019 | Fairytales and Folklore, Magic in the Mundane
Summer has come and gone in a bit of a haze for us. Remember back when we bought a plot? Well, we’re planning on building a house to go on that plot, and there’s about five billion different decisions to be made on just about everything. So that was my...
by Sara C. Snider | Mar 6, 2019 | Fairytales and Folklore, Magic in the Mundane
I’m a big fan of frogs. I always enjoyed finding them as a kid, and I find their ribbit-ribbiting soothing as well. I still remember one night many years ago when I felt sick, listening to them croaking made me feel better. Pretty much from that moment frogs have been...
by Sara C. Snider | Nov 7, 2018 | Fairytales and Folklore, Magic in the Mundane
We’re finally back with Magic in the Mundane, woohoo! Today we’re going to explore the magical properties of eggs. Eggs for a long time have been a symbol of creation across multiple civilizations. Egyptian mythology has a cosmic egg that was created by...
by Sara C. Snider | Apr 12, 2018 | Fairytales and Folklore, Magic in the Mundane
Since the last post was about cats, of course we had to move on to dogs next. Otherwise, the house pet cat/dog continuum would implode and existence as we know it would be fuzzed beyond recognition. Dogs and man go way back. The earliest domestication of dogs is dated...
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