Blog Posts

  • Spindles and Thorns:

    Sleeping Beauty at a Glance It feels like a hundred years since I’ve written anything here. So, as a welcome back, I’m choosing to write about one of my favorite fairy tales, Sleeping Beauty. When I was a little girl, I remember watching Disney’s rendition of Sleeping Beauty, with Tchaikovsky’s waltz on repeat in myContinue…

  • For Love & Science: A Horrific Romance

    I love Halloween.  I mean, who doesn’t, right?  It’s the perfect time of year to try on something new, to become someone other than yourself, if only for one night.  It’s also the one time of the year that I go searching for the mysterious and mind bending stories that make Halloween so much fun.Continue…

  • Storytelling: A Study in Morality

    I grew up in a community that is extremely proud of its German heritage, from my family to the bilingual school that I started attending in first grade.  It should come as no surprise, then, that I cut my teeth on the Brothers Grimm at a very early age.  My love of fairy tales andContinue…