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You Could Stay In and Watch Eurovision or You Could Come Out Dancing
Posted on May 6, 2012 by Seymour
Foraging Friday: Chicken … of the Woods!
Posted on June 17, 2011 by Seymour
One of the most exciting things to find and eat at this time of year is Laetiporus sulphureus, commonly and aptly named “Chicken of the Woods”. Appearing from April and sticking around into November, this bracket fungus grows mainly on dead and dying Oaks in the UK. It is nice and easy to recognise but [...]
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Bible on a Washing Line!??
Posted on May 11, 2011 by Seymour
When I gave up working in a stable, full-time job this time last year in order to pursue a creative streak, I thought I had a good idea of where that would take me. I had a plan to write, commercially, and grow a freelancing business as quickly as possible. However, as soon as I [...]
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Nailing Fantasy to the Real World
Posted on December 2, 2010 by Seymour
A storyteller’s imagination draws down the silk of another world and nails it to certain real places and objects such that every experience, awake or asleep, real or imagined begins to resonate with the echo of one another and boil with significance. (Me) During his time in Durham, C.S. Lewis is said to have been [...]
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Foraging Friday: The Field Blewit
Posted on November 12, 2010 by Seymour
I have been delighted to find some of these in the field edges and verges this season as I have not seen them for several years. However, a word of caution: these mushrooms must always be cooked, never eaten raw, and some people do have an allergic reaction to it so try a small quantity [...]
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