Tag: fairytales

The Magic Place

September 18, 2013

It is no wonder that most fairytales take place in the woods. Trees exude magic. The Japanese understand the importance of the woods. In fact, they have a term for the time you spend there, “Shinrin-yoku” ~ it is roughly translated to mean ‘forest bathing‘. […]

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The Value of Enchantment

July 21, 2012

My grandmother lived in a house she called The Enchanted Cottage. As a child, I considered it an enormous fairytale castle with secret passage ways (closets) and rooms that each had a name: the French Room, the Pretty Room, the Inn. She segmented her house […]

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