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The last Owl I’ll be looking at this week is Hedwig from Harry Potter. Despite the first Harry Potter being published in 1997, it took me a decade before I first read it. In the community I grew up in, we were discouraged from reading it due to its themes of magic and “witchcraft.” In …
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Busy day, so just a few quick thoughts based on what I’ve been reading about literary owls this week. But first, a story from my own childhood. When I was little, I remember spending the night at my aunt and uncle’s house and hearing an owl hoot for the first time. The night was still …
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Next up in my study of owls is another harken back to childhood — A. A. Milne’s Owl of the Hundred Acre Wood. As a child, I always assumed Owl was the smart one of the group. He always had...
Despite having a degree in English Literature, I’ll admit — I’m far more familiar with the Disney version of The Sword in the Stone than the actual literary one. It’s been a while since I last watched it, but what I remember most about Archimedes the Owl is that he was a bit of a …
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