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#83: The Potted Herbs
#83: The Potted Herbs
On the simple pleasure of watching plants grow
Katie Harling-Lee
Jun 5, 2017
#20: The Fallen Leaf
#20: The Fallen Leaf
Catch a falling leaf and you can make a wish. But what would you wish for?
Eleanor Scorah
Oct 27, 2016
#27: The Flowers
#27: The Flowers
I love surprises, as long as they’re good surprises, and these flowers were a good one. Coming back from a long day, from a day that I…
Katie Harling-Lee
Nov 21, 2016
#28: The Onion
#28: The Onion
It’s an odd object, I know, but there is a reason behind it. Most weeks I pick an object and then decide what to write about. I hold it…
Eleanor Scorah
Nov 24, 2016
#30: The Lucky Bamboo
#30: The Lucky Bamboo
Meet Barnabus, the lucky bamboo. Confusingly, he is not technically a bamboo, but he identifies as such, so that is what we shall call him.
Eleanor Scorah
Dec 1, 2016
#60: The Stick
#60: The Stick
I’ve always been one for picking up sticks,
Eleanor Scorah
Mar 16, 2017
#62: The Tree in the Restaurant
#62: The Tree in the Restaurant
Entering through an unassuming green door, I scaled several flights of stairs. The handle of the inner door turned in my hand. I stepped…
Eleanor Scorah
Mar 23, 2017
#122: The Apple on a Rooftop
#122: The Apple on a Rooftop
When nature provides
Eleanor Scorah
Oct 22, 2017
#188: The Buttercup
#188: The Buttercup
Why do we ask a plant a question we already know the answer to?
Eleanor Scorah
Jun 10, 2018
Seasonal
#69: The Easter Eggs
#69: The Easter Eggs
How are the varied traditions of Easter Egg hunts, the Easter Bunny, and Jesus on the Cross connected?
Katie Harling-Lee
Apr 17, 2017
#21: The Cauldron
#21: The Cauldron
The cauldron. A simple cooking vessel, more commonly associated with the occult dealings of witches. Just think of Macbeth, Act 4 Scene 1:
Katie Harling-Lee
Oct 31, 2016
#29: The Thanksgiving Pie
#29: The Thanksgiving Pie
Last year I had never baked a pie before in my life, but ended up making two — pecan and pumpkin. This year I had never roasted a turkey…
Katie Harling-Lee
Nov 28, 2016
#35: The Christmas Cookies
#35: The Christmas Cookies
Friday night was my last night of Michaelmas term up in Durham before going home for Christmas. Was I out partying hard and on my way to…
Katie Harling-Lee
Dec 19, 2016
#36: The Christmas Cards
#36: The Christmas Cards
I only stabbed myself twice while making them, which kind of says a lot about me. I get carried away with artistic projects that are…
Eleanor Scorah
Dec 22, 2016
#125: Jack-o’-Lanterns
#125: Jack-o’-Lanterns
Lighting up the dark, dark night of All Hallow’s Eve
Katie Harling-Lee
Nov 1, 2017
#127: Conkers
#127: Conkers
“…and the silk inside a chestnut shell…”
Katie Harling-Lee
Nov 8, 2017
#135: Snowflakes
#135: Snowflakes
“Snow is falling, all around you…”
Katie Harling-Lee
Dec 6, 2017
#136: The Vanillekipferl
#136: The Vanillekipferl
Christmas traditions old and new
Eleanor Scorah
Dec 10, 2017
#137: The Christmas Cracker Hat
#137: The Christmas Cracker Hat
Hat, crackers, and pop!
Katie Harling-Lee
Dec 13, 2017
#138: The Christmas Tree
#138: The Christmas Tree
A familiar sight
Eleanor Scorah
Dec 17, 2017
#139: The Luminaria
#139: The Luminaria
Wishing I could wander the streets of Albuquerque, New Mexico this Christmas Eve
Katie Harling-Lee
Dec 20, 2017
#154: The Sparklers
#154: The Sparklers
Flame as a friend or a fiend
Eleanor Scorah
Feb 11, 2018
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