SNOW WHITE & ROSE RED / A TALE OF TWO SISTERS
Escape into an enchanted land. Look past the thorns to the magic that draws you in.
Liz and Mary, Thanksgiving Point, 2000
Liz and Mary, 2000
Sisters 2021
Mary and Liz, 2021
Twenty years ago, Mary and Liz got deeply involved in the idea of someday living next to each other, with a shared garden space connecting their houses. You can see us discussing our plans in the picture to the left.
All grown up, though we do not live next to each other (or even in the same state), this is our virtual space to bring that to life. Now you can visit each of us, and our fairy tale garden that connects us.
We are sisters, writers, and lovers of fairy-tale.
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Coloring Contest Conclusion
Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating the second anniversary of the launch of Briarbook Lane by entering our logo coloring contest! We loved all of the entries we received, and had a very difficult time selecting a winner for the Judges' Choice prize. You...
Enchanted Garden
Sisters in Story Discuss: Six Crimson Cranes
This quarter, for our third book club pick of 2022, we are discussing Six Crimson Cranes, a fairy tale retelling by Elizabeth Lim which combines tales such as Hans Christian Andersen's "The Wild Swans" and the Grimm's "The Six Swans" with East Asian folklore. We've...
Mary
Mary Reviews: Vassa in the Night
Vassa in the Night is a modern retelling of the Russian tale Vasillissa the Beautiful. It is a Baba Yaga story. In this case, the chicken hut is instead a chain of convenience stores. I loved that the saying to get into the chicken hut is turned into a store jingle that customers still have to say to get the store to kneel. I like the idea of a bright orange store with chicken feet. The BY is open all night long, and those nights keep getting longer.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Reviews: White Tears/Brown Scars
White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Colorby Ruby HamadGenre: Non-FictionFirst published 2020 No analysis of any form of oppression in a Western context is complete without an analysis of the role played by whiteness. To put this another...