![]() ![]() If I’m being picky, my Sleeping Beauty was based on more than two fairy tales, because the Brothers Grimm actually collected quite a few stories that all share elements of sleeping beauty, but the classic one that inspired Disney’s sleeping beauty, and the story I drew the most from, is Little Briar Rose. But worry not–I’m still going to rip the original fairy tale to shreds in another post! Normally I only spend one post that looks at the original fairy tale and the authors, but today I want to focus specifically on the origins because they are so fascinating. My rendition of Sleeping Beauty is a little different from all my other stories, because it is a combination of two fairy tales: Sleeping Beauty, and Little Briar Rose. A big thank you to everyone who took the time to review Sleeping Beauty! Here’s the first short: The Starting Point It takes a look at young Briar and Isaia’s relationship. ![]()
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He was a Fellow of St John’s College (1939-1972, Honorary Fellow 1973-2001), was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1957, held the Plumian Chair of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy (1958-1972), established the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in Cambridge (now part of the Institute of Astronomy), and (in 1972) received a knighthood for his services to astronomy. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can feel reasonably confident, in voting for it, that nobody quite fathoms it enough to question its achievement. ![]() Of course, it’s the kind of book a person would put first in a poll like that. ![]() A poll of well over a hundred writers and critics, taken a few years back by Oxford American magazine, named William Faulkner’s “Absalom, Absalom!” the “greatest Southern novel ever written,” by a decisive margin - and the poll was conducted while looking back on a century in which a disproportionate number of the best American books were Southern - so to say that this novel requires no introduction is just to speak plainly. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thank you for the wonderful opportunity to get to know you better. It was like going on a mini-tour and meeting you face to face. It gave me such joy to see inside your hearts. Out of the songs you submitted, “Chasing Cars” by Snow Patrol came in four times as a fave, “Unchained Melody” by the Righteous Brothers three times, “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” by Aerosmith and “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt twice, but the rest were all glorious and unique. Some were my own favorite songs (“Nothing Else Matters” “High and Dry”). Many I knew (“Hey There Delilah” “Romeo and Juliet”), some I did not (“Say You Love Me” “In Da Club”). It took a delicious forever to sift through the hundreds of entries and to listen to the songs. Dear Everyone, This was one of the funnest contests for me. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Two ravens can kill and strip down a pigeon in a matter of minutes. ![]() ![]() Shining a light on the behavior of the birds, their pecking order and social structure, and the tricks they play on us, Skaife shows who the Tower’s true guardians really are-and the result is a compelling and irreverent narrative that will surprise and enchant. 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