Ben HellmanJul 14, 2021Summer has Come; A Folklorist’s Notebook A summer hare enjoying clover in my yard in southern New Hampshire. (Photo by author.) Summer has been here for a couple of weeks now and...
Ben HellmanMar 19, 2021Daylight for the Win; A Folklorist’s Notebook Celebrating EquinoxAn arrival of daffodils in our yard in Southern New Hampshire, March 19. Photo by my wife, who helped uncover them a bit yesterday. In...
Ben HellmanFeb 18, 2021Look to the Light; A Folklorist’s Notebook for FebruaryDawn in southern New Hampshire, the first week of February. The light is returning. Every day the afternoon seems to last longer and...
Ben HellmanDec 30, 2020A Dark Year Made Brighter: Folklorist's End-of-Year NotebookPainted wheel of the year, from the Museum of Witchcraft, in Boscastle, England. (Wikipedia.) The wheel of the year reminds of me of the...
Ben HellmanOct 31, 2020Noodling through Norse Myths; Folklorist's NotebookSome of the books I've been moving to and from various end tables, usually not as neat as this. It has been a week of Norse myth study...
Ben HellmanOct 22, 2020A Roundup of Mythology News; Folklorist's NotebookAn avenging Medusa, Abenaki Folklore, a new Beowulf, a fascinating take on Norse Mythos, and the 2020 winner of the Nobel Prize for...