“Oh whence do you come, my dear friend, to me, With your golden hair all fallen below your knee, And your face as white as snowdrops on the lea, And your voice as hollow as the hollow sea? “From the other world I come back to you, My locks are uncurled with dripping drenching dew. […]
Well, my class came and went and it was awesome. Not the delivery, I mean — I’ll leave that judgement to the participants — but I had a blast delivering it and my audience was wonderful. I think I was really able to articulate the key points between the complexity of designing for climate change, […]
Today’s reading on my Patreon is “The Spirit’s Summons” by Johann August Apel, from Leigh Hunt’s London Journal, Volume 2, 26 September 1835
Christina Rossetti wrote the poem “At Home” on June 29, 1858, shortly after attending a picnic. Here it is. When I was dead, my spirit turned To seek the much-frequented house: I passed the door, and saw my friends Feasting beneath green orange boughs; From hand to hand they pushed the wine, They sucked […]
“The Defier of Ghosts” (1824) is a story by Friedrich August Schulze, translated by Thomas De Quincey. You can read it today on my Patreon.
The Witte Wieven (also spelled Wittewijven) are ghostly spirits rooted in Dutch and Germanic folklore, often associated with the spirits of wise women, healers, or witches who lived during ancient times. The name “Witte Wieven” translates to either “White Women” or “Wise Women,” and these beings are typically depicted as pale, ghostly figures clothed in long white […]
Today’s reading on my Patreon is “The Bridal Ornaments” by Johann August Apel, translated by David Lyndsay for Forget Me Not For 1827 (1826).
The Afanc is one of the most notorious creatures in Welsh mythology, a water-dwelling monster that resides in lakes and rivers. Its physical appearance varies across different tales, with descriptions ranging from a giant beaver or crocodile-like beast to a monstrous, demonic entity with no definite shape. Some versions of the legend depict the Afanc as a large hybrid, […]
“Death Tokens” by Friedrich August Schulze, translated in The European Magazine, Volume 87, March 1825. You can read it today on my Patreon.
“The Black Chamber” by Johann August Apel, translated by Thomas De Quincey in Knight’s Quarterly Magazine, Series 1, Volume 1 (1823). You can read it today on my Patreon.