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Forever New: Old Tales Retold, Part I

ByCaroline Trippe August 17, 2021August 17, 2021

In a thoughtful and enlightening afterword to her little book, About the Sleeping Beauty,   P. L. Travers (best known as the creator of the immortal Mary Poppins),  offers this explanation of why  she chose to write her own version of that fairy tale:   “It was written not at all to improve the story….but…

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So Life is Not a Fairy Tale?

ByCaroline Trippe May 9, 2020May 21, 2021

It always irks me when I hear someone say ,  “Life is not a fairy tale.“   They are referring, of course,  to the standard ‘“happy ending” of so many fairy tales.  I’m fairly certain that the people most likely to belittle fairy tales are those who have never read any. Or maybe they are…

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Truth to Fairy Tale

ByCaroline Trippe February 5, 2020May 21, 2021

When I decided (after much deliberation)  to go ahead and have a blog, I intended to open with a piece called “So Life is Not a Fairy Tale?”  (That one will follow at some point).  Then I made an intriguing discovery which I felt should be my first post . Here is a perfect example…

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  • Home
  • Blog
  • Books
    • About “The Lost Romantic”
    • About “The Leaf Woman”
    • About “Persephone”
    • About “Crown of Leaves”
    • About “Cupid and Psyche”
    • About “Allerleirauh”
    • About “The Rapunzel Room”
    • About “The Seven Ravens”
    • About “The Dew Flower”
    • About “Apple Mother”
    • About “The Mer Musician”
    • About “The Oak Sprite”
    • About “Eurydice”
    • About “The Night Dances”
  • About the Artist