There are a lot of odd little stories about mermaids from all around the world. This week’s poem refers to the story of a mermaid who is killed by boys throwing rocks at her after they damage her tail. The…
Poetry + fiction + photos + other thoughts
Month: November 2019
The sirens of Greek myth were not fish-woman hybrid but bird-woman. They had wings and chicken or bird feet. Over time they became conflated with the idea of mermaids, but originally they were bird-women. In the Greek story of Odysseus’…
We drove from Ohio to South Dakota for vacation Big Girl had a Real Job this summer, so couldn’t go with us on vacation, which we were sad about. But that’s life–all that growing up stuff has to happen eventually.…