Between Goat Bells and Iron Rails: Rediscovering Johanna Spyri, the Woman Behind Heidi HEIDI, It’s one of those stories we think we know. A little girl, wild-haired and a skin tanned by the sun, racing through Alpine meadows, goats trailing behind her like a living postcard. Heidi has become a kind of shorthand for healthy Swiss childhood—mountain air,Continue reading “The Hidden Depths of Heidi: Insights on Johanna Spyri”
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Why study history?
Years ago, when I was a little girl, I loved to listen to my grandmother. She would tell me her stories, born in 1899, she came from an other century, that was like magic for me. Her stories were simple. She told me one story about red shoes that she bought from her first selfContinue reading “Why study history?”
I spy with my historical eye 