She wanted to take me to Lacock and I wanted to go. The green man was always a special symbol to me and I know not why. I ended up naming my business after it, couldn’t even remember why I chose it, likely it had something to do with drink. The green man at Lacock […]
Capturing a dream in the snow at Avebury
A lady stands upon the henge at Avebury in the snow, looking off into the distance where a man walks away. It’s impossible not to see the story there. She’s watching him leave, across a snowy, barren landscape, and it’s the hardest walk the man has ever undertaken. He doesn’t want to go, she doesn’t […]
Spook Rock in Sleep Hollow, a folk tale handed down from the native Americans finds its way into Washington Irving’s classic
Spook Rock in Rockefeller Preserve in Sleepy Hollow, New York, was considered haunted by the native Americans of the area, long before the Dutch settlers which Washington Irving made famous moved into Sleepy Hollow. Legends tell of a young Indian meeting up with a dozen beautiful maidens of a celestial origin dancing on the rock. […]
One of Ireland’s most popular postcard views, but to the initiated, the Cliffs of Insanity
The Cliffs of Moher in county Clare, Ireland are certainly breathtaking. Stretching on for five miles, they rise from between 300 and 700 feet above the Atlantic Ocean, a sheer drop with every year seeing more than one person falling to their death. Still others are stranded trying to climb up, or down the precipitous […]
Tip your hat to the Imp of Donder-Berg mountain, who still haunts the highlands of the Hudson River
Donderberg Mountain overlooks the Hudson River just a bit above Sleepy Hollow and is in the thick of the Hudson Highlands. The legend of the Imp of Donder-Berg comes to us from the early Dutch settlers of the region, and was made somewhat famous by Washington Irving. According to the story, if the skipper of […]
On fairy tales, American kitsch, Bullwinkle, Rock City and where I found enchantment
Top: Fairy tale architecture at Rock City, atop Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee blended an enchanted style with the natural surroundings. + + + I grew up in a place, and currently live in a place, where the word enchanted is almost taboo. Saying something is enchanting here would get you weird looks, and people […]
