The amphibian drone of another future spring echoes back at me, the certainty of sun and thaw, a certainty of his wing’s blue flash, and a quick glimpse of his eye, alive and black and wild with potential.
Tag: winter
Episode 44The Snow Queen
In this last podcast for 2020, we look at the Hans Christian Andersen tale of the Snow Queen, the very loose basis for the film “Frozen”, and like many fairy tales, loaded with symbolism–in this case, about the struggle for love and connection in a co …
Episode 43Skadi
It is December, and for this month I am feature winter themes. Today we talk about Skadi, the Scandanavian jötunn (giantess/ancient goddess, similar to a Titan in Greek mythology), who is the embodiment of winter, and is associated with bowhunting, ski …