Category: Autumn
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Strange but True
Many years ago, I was very much into the alternative, natural ways of combating stress. One was colour therapy – how different shades and intensities can affect mood. Warm shades lean towards comfort. Cool ones, like ice blue, send shivers down the spine. Yet, if it is a hot day wearing this tone actually makes…
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Fungtastic!
Autumn, with the variety of striking colours, brings warmth – like the flames of a coal fire from my childhood. Comforting in its crescendo of reds and oranges, the precursor to winter. It’s the main toadstool season once again. Autumn for me is delving into the world of fungi. This micro-world was my saviour. The…
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The Midnight Hour
Poetry is said to be the language of nature. Possibly the most well-known of poets to have a deep affinity with the natural world is William Wordsworth. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud is perhaps one of his most famous poems. British poet and novelist Mary Webb (1881-1927), like myself, specialised in nature. I must…