Posted in Sublime Stories, tagged ethics, Greed, How Much Land Does a Man Need?, morals, Russian stories, short stories, stories on 18 March, 2008 | No Comments »
How Much land does a man need is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy about a man’s quest for more land and its result. It’s a powerful story that all upon our path may enjoy reading. For your ease, I record the story here. Print it out, move away from the screen, put your [...]
Posted in Sublime Stories, tagged Earth Spirituality, god of nature, Horned God, Kenneth Grahame, nature spirituality, Paganism, Pan, Pan the piper, The piper at the gates of dawn, The wind in the willows on 26 February, 2008 | No Comments »
Kenneth Grahame - The Wind in the Willows - Chapter seven
The Willow-Wren was twittering his thin little song, hidden himself in the dark selvedge of the river bank. Though it was past ten o’clock at night, the sky still clung to and retained some lingering skirts of light from the departed day; and the sullen [...]
Posted in Sublime Stories, tagged Bridge to Terabithia, Children of Hurin, death, Sad stories, seasonal cycle, The Gingerbread man, tragedy on 23 February, 2008 | No Comments »
Today I finished reading Tolkien’s ‘Children Of Hurin’ and it started me thinking about how important tragic fiction is. Our myths are full of tragedy, but little of popular fiction seems to be. Why does our culture supply us with untold happy ending scenarios? Are we to blame the harsh reality shown on our news? Perhaps [...]
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