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Spinner of Mythic Tales

The Writer’s Fungi?

Posted on October 16, 2018 by crispina kemp

By popular request, two photos from yesterday’s walk. And as you can see, yesterday the sky rained.  

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Cracked Colour

Posted on October 14, 2018 by crispina kemp

I make no excuse for posting another fungi photo. The contrasting colours of the clustered fungi and the flint-like flakes of the pine stump rushed at my eyes and grabbed me. Waveney Forest rises above the extensive Haddiscoe-Fritton grazing marshes. … Continue reading →

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Into the Woods

Posted on October 13, 2018 by crispina kemp

No, not the Sondheim musical that cleverly combines plots from fairy tales by Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault. And neither the book by John Yorke that explores ‘How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them’. Though I recommend both of … Continue reading →

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Asaric Tales e-book update #11

Posted on October 7, 2018 by crispina kemp

Another month over. But am I another step nearer to e-publication? Yes. And no. Asaric Axis (Asaric Tales Book Two) At last I can say that all comments are in from the beta readers and critiquers. I have read them, … Continue reading →

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Festive Colours

Posted on October 6, 2018 by crispina kemp

One of the #2018picoftheweek titles is Fall Colours. But do I display photos taken at the beginning of the season? Hawthorn and dogwood have been presenting their full colours since mid August. Or ought I to wait until late December to … Continue reading →

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A Call to Arms

Posted on September 30, 2018 by crispina kemp

In Intwood churchyard there lies a grave, fancily enclosed with a wrought iron grille made shades of green by Nature’s hand. Moss obscures whatever inscription once was there yet leaves for us a useful clue. A coat of arms. The … Continue reading →

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Mystery Lady

Posted on September 29, 2018 by crispina kemp

Who is she, this lady who presides over the south porch portal at All Saints church, Intwood? The photo (#picoftheweek: Mystery) I took because … the light, the preservation, the lichen (there’s even a small cushion of moss on her head), … Continue reading →

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At the Heart of the City

Posted on September 22, 2018 by crispina kemp

Norwich, a Viking-Saxon foundation, has been a major trading centre at least since the reign of King Æthelstan (924-939). The marketplace we see today, with its former colourful canvas tilts now replaced in more durable materials, was moved to this … Continue reading →

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Nature’s Bounty, Bramble-Berries

Posted on September 16, 2018 by crispina kemp

Okay, so you probably know them as blackberries. But black-coloured berries proliferate in the Norfolk ‘wilds’ at this season, so let’s be specific. These are the berries of the bramble bush which offers its fruit (easy to reach for little … Continue reading →

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The Garlanded Berries of Autumnal Black Bryony

Posted on September 15, 2018 by crispina kemp

Since a young child enchanted by the Flower Fairies books, Black Bryony has been one of my favourite wayside flowers. Or, more correctly, one of my favourite autumn berries. Pretty. But do not touch, for these berries are poisonous. Not … Continue reading →

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