by Julia Hammond | Jun 25, 2014 | Blog
Here’s a little summer solstice craft for kids to kick off summer vacation. You could put one on your front door or make a few and hang them from the ceiling in a play room or bedroom, or make a garland out of them. You only need: scissors, glue, tape,...
by Julia Hammond | Jun 18, 2014 | Blog
On a much lighter note than my last post, it’s summer solstice this weekend! Solstice is the time to have a party, a bonfire, a feast and dancing. The key themes we often find in solstice celebrations make easy sense – fire, dancing, fertility, feast,...
by Julia Hammond | Jun 18, 2014 | Blog
I have a student in one of my classes who has been working with gender issues and ideologies for a few terms, through three different classes that she has taken with me. Her name is Rachel Fan, and she is in an Intro to Folklore class now and is rewriting a folktale...
by Julia Hammond | Jun 3, 2014 | Blog
The rain came back again at the end of May, and all the Oregon girls in my daughter’s kindergarten class got colds. I found the song “Rainy Day Girls” sung by early Oregon pioneers in an article by the famous folklorist, Barre Toelken. It is sung to the...
