INSPIRE!

-Teacher, is Odysseus insane? Sometimes it's hard to explain certain things to people who haven't experienced them yet—but I tried. In my classes, I talk a lot about the Iliad and the Odyssey. But there is one passage from the Odyssey that is absolutely fantastic. During his journey home from the Trojan War, Odysseus ( Ulysses in Roman tradition ) encounters the Sirens. To avoid their deadly song, he orders his crew to plug their ears with beeswax and has himself tied to th

Have I mentioned my obsession with fairy tales? Yep. Witches, wizards, dragons, frogs, kings, queens, mythological beings, demons, and angels...this is my natural habitat. It always was. But there is one legend that haunts me above all others: The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Many interpretations of this dark tale exist, yet the Walt Disney Silly Symphony version stands out.

It never gets old.