Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene (1864), by Simeon Solomon

The Eternal Wisdom of Sappho

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Feature Image: Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene (1864), by Simeon Solomon According to the Ancient Greek poet Alcaeus of Mytilene, “No man sings...

Long Live the Queen!

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If any Pre-Raphaelite woman ever became the image that she portrayed, it was Jane Burden Morris. Although she was a stable hand’s daughter from...
Illustration from L.E.L.’s Heath’s Book of Beauty, 1833

LEL: The Forgotten Fairy Queen of the Romantics

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By Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman “She was tall; —a queen might wear Such a proud imperial air; She was tall, yet when unbound, Swept her...
Fairy Resting on a Mushroom (1860), by Thomas Heatherley

The World is a Fairy Ring

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Feature Image: Fairy Resting on a Mushroom (1860), by Thomas HeatherleyThe house we lived in when I was a child had a storage cupboard...

Magic Spells and Tangled Paths

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Photography by THE WITCHING HOUR PHOTOGRAPHY Model: Tatiana Pimentel Jewelry: Parrish Relics Set and styling: Jen Parrish-Hill Wardrobe: Lisa Gill An enchanted castle, bursting with roses and secrets. A...
The Ermine Portrait of Elizabeth I of England (1585), attributed to Nicholas Hilliard

The Good Housewife’s and Husbandman’s Guide to Faeries

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It is my purpose to tell you about our English fairies so that you may appropriately honor them and avoid angering the Fair Folk,...