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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...
Ben Hellman
Jul 14, 2021
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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...
Ben Hellman
Mar 19, 2021
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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...
Ben Hellman
Feb 18, 2021
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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...
Ben Hellman
Dec 30, 2020
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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...
Ben Hellman
Oct 31, 2020
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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...
Ben Hellman
Oct 22, 2020
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