The Wampus Cat tale is a little like someone blended a Dr. Seuss story with a dash of Stephen King and Tim Burton. I felt the story was a little harsh to the woman who’s only crime was to be curious about what the men were talking about on their hunting trips. If I had the magic hand to finish this story, after the medicine man punishes the woman “by binding her to her mountain cat skin,” I would have…
Bravery is a funny thing. It’s easy enough to associate bravery with policemen, firefighters, soldiers (as it should); it’s what first comes to mind if you think about it. When I was considering the topic for today’s blog, I came across the story of The Brave Little Tailor and I thought, But what about everyday heroes? Just the other day I was reading an article about a lawn company that was working in a neighborhood and noticed an elderly lady…
It can be pretty easy to judge something or someone two-dimensionally. To take something at the face value or even the first impression. To fully understand and appreciate all the layers of a person you have to go beneath the surface and that takes time – often time that most don’t want to put forward at first. I love character transformations in stories. I love how they start with this “imperfection”, whatever that might be, and as the story beats…
“Slow and steady wins the race…” How many times have you heard this little nugget over the years? When I was younger, I thought this was a ridiculous saying and wasn’t even sure how anyone could possibly think that winning could be done by any other means than quickly. When your life kind of revolves around blocks of time (school day, practice, homework, sleep), there isn’t much else that you think about except hurrying to the next step. In fact,…
I love goofy songs that we used to sing as kids and for today’s post we are going to be “remaking” an old favorite, “On Top of Spaghetti.” Click the video if you’ve never heard the song before to get the melody. Here is a quick remix of the lyrics for our song today: I’ve got this new puppy, She pooped in the house, She cries all night long, And killed a field mouse. Her heart may be pure, She…