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Summer 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...

Daylight for the Win; A Folklorist’s Notebook Celebrating Equinox

An arrival of daffodils in our yard in Southern New Hampshire, March 19. Photo by my wife, who helped uncover them a bit yesterday. In...

Look to the Light; A Folklorist’s Notebook for February

Dawn in southern New Hampshire, the first week of February. The light is returning. Every day the afternoon seems to last longer and...

A Dark Year Made Brighter: Folklorist's End-of-Year Notebook

Painted wheel of the year, from the Museum of Witchcraft, in Boscastle, England. (Wikipedia.) The wheel of the year reminds of me of the...

Noodling through Norse Myths; Folklorist's Notebook

Some 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...

A Roundup of Mythology News; Folklorist's Notebook

An avenging Medusa, Abenaki Folklore, a new Beowulf, a fascinating take on Norse Mythos, and the 2020 winner of the Nobel Prize for...

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