Monthly Archives: November 2019

Parasites and Fungi

Posted on November 30, 2019 by crispina kemp

It took me a while to find a name for this very small fungus. Paecilomyces farinosus… which is parasitic on buried moth pupae. Alternatively,00 it could be a white variant of the yellow stagshorn… though I’d say it’s too small … Continue reading →

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CCC#55: Ancient Brews for Ancient Feasts

Posted on November 28, 2019 by crispina kemp

Come on my son, you are not dead; Stop your sleeping, get out of bed. I’ll wash you and warm you; I’ll turn you about; And when you start growing, I’ll give you a clout. I’ll bash you and thrash … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #55

Posted on November 27, 2019 by crispina kemp

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.) You respond with something CREATIVE Here are some suggestions: An answering photo A … Continue reading →

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The Curse

Posted on November 26, 2019 by crispina kemp

You cannot imagine how it is to live for so long not knowing why you remain young while others age, not knowing why you live while others die. Then the memory returns. It doesn’t come to you slowly, piece by … Continue reading →

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What Pegman Saw: Conquered

Posted on November 25, 2019 by crispina kemp

Upon first contact in BCE 58 the local tribes accepted Rome’s outstretched hand. By BCE 56 they had realised its reality. The Coriosolitae, Veneti, Osismi and Namnetes, the Esuvii, Lexovii, Ambiliati and Diablintes, joined with the more distant Morini and … Continue reading →

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Sunday Fungi: Beneath the Spider’s Protective Web

Posted on November 24, 2019 by crispina kemp

Fungus, and spider’s web, and raindrops… nailed in triplicate!

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All in a Lull

Posted on November 23, 2019 by crispina kemp

I tend to hide in the warm and the dry at this time of day, especially at this time of year. But being late in returning from a walk, and with camera still primed into my hand… I here give … Continue reading →

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CCC#54: Imprisoned

Posted on November 21, 2019 by crispina kemp

Captured and imprisoned. Two crusts a day: one of bread, the other off cheese. The cheese is best; its mould might heal me. The bread is rye, its mould might freak me. Taken at the start of the war… In … Continue reading →

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Crimsons’s Creative Challenge #54

Posted on November 20, 2019 by crispina kemp

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.) You respond with something CREATIVE Here are some suggestions: An answering photo A … Continue reading →

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In Athens

Posted on November 19, 2019 by crispina kemp

In Athens the citizens gathered at the ecclesia to discuss and agree a solution to the increasing problem of their laws. Passed by word of mouth and laced with blood feuds, impossible to track and to apply with justice. Word … Continue reading →

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