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That's a strong recommendation, and it sounds appealing

Exciting! I've only read A Fairly Honourable Defeat which my best friend and I adored when we were about 16.
No idea why I've never read any more Murdoch, looking forward to the episode whichever novel it turns out to be.
Now, what learned guest will have chosen her?

Woodland ground flora: first the little golden flowers of Celendines, then a carpet of white Wood Anemones (children looking for the ones with deepest tints of pink) and then all the Bluebells.
Also the moment in Spring when the Swifts come back, sweeping wildly around tall old stone buildings.

Well i didn't know it. I see why you love it. There is some of the wistfulness of Ricky Lee Jones on her album Pop Pop, which I do have, in a cupboard somewhere 😊

Alt text: 1 - A close-up of a handcrafted Comma Butterfly Fairy: an intricately embroidered butterfly with orange-and-brown wings, perched on a sprig of dried hops. Around her lie tiny natural treasures and miniature seed-pod ornaments arranged on a hand-drawn Advent Calendar board.

A wider view of the artist’s studio table: the Advent Calendar board surrounded by moss, seed pods, feathers, berries, wrapped miniature “gifts,” dried plants, a candle, and the artists new book: Nature’s Advent Calendar book on a wooden stand. Link in bio

This evening’s Advent treasure is a Comma Butterfly Fairy, resting on a curl of hop vine — the plant her young depend upon.
I love how butterflies carry their stories in partnership with the plants that raise them.
A touch of true magic from the wild world meeting the soft magic of fairytale. #Fairy

Three reasons to love Common Tamarisk-moss, Thuidium tamariscinum:

1. It's gorgeous ✔️
2. It's got a great name ✔️
3. It's easy to identify ✔️✔️✔️

I was delighted to see lots of it in woodland at the Devil's Punchbowl at the weekend.

#BonkersForBryophytes

Ooh that’s lovely 🙏

That's beautiful! Lovely colours. Well done getting it finished for the Challenge.

Close-up of three miniature “candles” made from pale candle-snuff fungus stems fixed into campion and acorn caps as tiny candlesticks, standing on cushions of green lichen.

A handcrafted Advent Calendar laid out on a wooden worktable. A large card grid is bordered with tiny natural treasures: seed pods, moss, berries, feathers, wrapped miniature “gifts,” dried plants, leaves and lichen. Behind it sit jars of natural materials, a yew branch decorated with small red berries, and various woodland-themed objects.

The first day of my Nature-inspired Advent Calendar…
tiny candlesnuff candles, each held in a campion seed-head candlestick.
Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) is said to be bioluminescent — lit by the light of the moon, no matches required.
A quiet start, glowing softly at winter’s threshold.

Ooh there was a @backlisted.bsky.social Hallowe’en episode a while ago, for which this would be a useful resource! Thank you

🙌🏾💛 LAST CHANCE TO ENTER RAFFLE & WIN INCREDIBLE PRIZES & SUPPORT RCK! Refugee Community Kitchen serve nutritious food without judgement to those fleeing war, poverty, persecution and climate change and living in Northern France and the UK. Please repost. Thank you! raffall.com/400775/enter...

1. J. L. Carr - A Month in the Countr — Backlisted In the first episode of a new podcast about books, John Mitchinson and Andy Miller are joined by novelist Lissa Evans and Unbound's Mathew Clayton to discuss J.L. Carr's A Month In The Country. If y...

The first episode of Backlisted was published on 30th November 2015, ten years ago today. @backlisted.bsky.social

‘We can ask and ask but we can’t have again what once seemed ours forever.’ - J.L. Carr, A Month in the Country 🙏

www.backlisted.fm/episodes/1-j...

Did u know?These Xmas wreaths, made by my daughters are made up of foraged finds,saved throughout the year(being careful not to take away from wildlife habitats).They're simple,special & free, with zero plastic & they'll be recycled for nxt year. Plastic wreaths are pants - go make #plasticfee 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍

You’re very welcome Andy it has brought such joy!

I think a few of us do this!

Thank you for all the book-and-writer introductions, for all the favourite episodes, for the convivial community that bonded during the lockdown times and continues today, and for being there for your listeners so regularly with such good humour. Also thank you for the hilariously unwieldy TBR List!

In other news…

Signing this letter from National Emergency Briefing:

YouTube video by Bunny Wailer - Topic This Train

ThisTrain by Bunny Wailer - from Black Heart Man 1976
youtu.be/Ki7MZ9Wfmm4?...

Hope you feel better soon and have got a good book to keep you going

Engaging conversation on food policy and farming with @herdyshepherd.bsky.social. Full of interest, clarity, lack of jargon; down to earth, articulate and a fascinating listen. Recommended: www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...

And as we know many truths are possible at once!

It won a prize *while I was reading it* so I was buoyed with both unusual zeitgeistiness and self-congratulatory achievement😆. I share your expectations; sometimes just getting a unique perspective out there, and much read, is a huge achievement without me also expecting my perfect read on a subject

Absolutely: I had to make myself read a short chunk every morning, which worked. I was predisposed to like it, and I did like it very much, but my usual reading seems to rely heavily on the pull of narrative thread, so without that things get challenging!

How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing

Sent this article to my friend who teaches forest school –
So interesting –
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The edge of a roundabout road sign silhouette against the sky. A little picture of the face of a black cat has been added at the edge of the sign, as if the cat is outside and just sticking his head in/round the corner to have a look.

Waiting in stationary traffic and noticed something I'd never seen before:

Radical with Amol Rajan - Beyond Ultra-Processed Foods: Can Farmers Fix Our Health and the Planet? (James Rebanks) - BBC Sounds James Rebanks on how to build a secure, sustainable and healthy food system.

Has anyone got time to listen to this James Rebanks interview about farming? Because it's really very, very good: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I will do!
:)

Oooh - haven't seen the film, so…

Radical with Amol Rajan - Beyond Ultra-Processed Foods: Can Farmers Fix Our Health and the Planet? (James Rebanks) - BBC Sounds James Rebanks on how to build a secure, sustainable and healthy food system.

Has anyone got time to listen to this James Rebanks interview about farming? Because it's really very, very good: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...