Weeklyish thingy and cats! CATS CATS CATS CATS!
I hope you read that as that shots song everyone used to play at parties where I felt wildly awkward and eventually just bored. Anyway! Commission #1 has been safely … Continue reading
Weeklyish thingy and ANOTHER another kitty.
You were expecting another cat, I hope? I really am on a bit of a roll right now. This will be a gift, but a. I’m not married to it … Continue reading
Weeklyish thingy and a kitty again.
Kitty is done, long live the kitty! More importantly kitty has been presented to his mom so I can safely share the finished painting with y’all. (To be fair, it … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and the Six of Pentacles/The Malachite Casket
I talked about the Malachite Maid way back in the major arcana – she’s woven all through this story, though she never directly appears (except in disguise as the traveler). … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and the Five of Pentacles/The Little Match Girl
I feel like everyone knows this story? Poor little match girl huddled in the cold, begging passers-by to buy her matches and having no luck. One by one she lights … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and the Four of Pentacles/Diamonds and Toads
I’ve already done a couple of these reward and punishment stories so the basic outlines are pretty clear. Generous kind stepdaughter, mean jealous greedy stepmother, greedy lazy daughter. The good … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and the Three of Pentacles/East of the Sun etc.
Y’all have heard me talk East of the Sun, West of the Moon a bunch already, I LOVE a Nordic fairytale where the girl is the quester. Basically this needed … Continue reading
Fortnightly thingy and the Two of Pentacles/The Three Little Men
This story is a bit of an amalgam of Snow White and Diamonds and Toads – you’ve got an evil stepmother, the stepdaughter being sent out to do impossible tasks, … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and the Ace of Pentacles/The Tinder Box
Do people mostly know this one? It’s honestly a little icky, the ‘hero’ uses his access to magical dogs to steal a sleeping princess from her bedroom several times and … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and the King of Swords/Myrtha
I’m back to a ballet source, although the Wilis in Giselle are absolutely based in a variety of traditional folktales about vilis/vilas (and of course you may be familiar with … Continue reading
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