September 06, 2010

Rabbit Magic

Filed under: One A Day
Rabbit Magic
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Today in a forgotten beech hedge the rabbits came out to play, and in the sun-dappled groves of cliff-growing trees they shared their secret magic with me.

September 04, 2010

Accomplishments, Failures & Adventures

Filed under: Life

Six deer in a fucking week. Up until last Friday? Neither of us have EVER seen a roadkill deer before in our neck of the woods (I've been here for roughly a decade, Italics was born and raised here), but, somehow, I managed to find six motherfucking dead deer in a week without any effort.

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Nature's Whitewash

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Nature's Whitewash
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September 03, 2010

Fairy Lights

Filed under: Cailleach
Fairy Lights
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I have fresh fly agarics hanging from wall to wall like mushroom fairy lights.

September 02, 2010

Broken Deer Funeral

Filed under: Asphalt & Entrails

The funeral of a broken deer found at a crossroads.

September 01, 2010

Death's Lunchbox

Filed under: Asphalt & Entrails
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In this house? Offerings of sandwiches transcend species. Ask the fox (smoked ham on whole wheat), ask the badger (peanut butter and honey on white), ask the deer (organic romaine heart on handsliced pieces of gluten-free bread).

August 31, 2010

Professional Dropout

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Christ.
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If I hadn't dropped out of pre-med twice (when I do things I burn my name into the motherfucking asphalt so it ain't forgotten) I might've had my medical degree by now.

August 27, 2010

Death; Rebirth

Filed under: Asphalt & Entrails
Death; Rebirth
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A new deer priestess is born.

Roe Deer #1

Filed under: Asphalt & Entrails
Roe Deer #1
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The Old Woman, either confident in my abilities to keep up with this pace of life or deliberately positioning my ass for a nervous fucking breakdown (seriously, how much can one fucking person do?), saw fit to send me one of Her (exceptionally expired) deer. (Actually, She saw fit to send me two - within 20 minutes of picking up this roe buck I stumbled across the remains of a toddler-aged fawn.)

Hope for Rain

Filed under: Life

Most days I hope for rain (to finally be given a chance to sit down and begin drafting entries about all of the super-wonderful-amazing shit that's been going down here), but even when it does I'm still outside in the forest with my basket in hand.

August 25, 2010

Amanita Muscaria

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Fly agaric (amanita muscaria) for the Old Woman's (rein)deer.

Awesomely Perfect Day

Filed under: Life

Goddamn son of a bitch, I deserve this effing strawberry beer.

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August 24, 2010

The Money Shot

Filed under: The Black Arts
The Money Shot
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Ms. Graveyard Dirt's way of "taking it easy": creating, from scratch, a two course (one main, two sides, one dessert) roast chicken supper for the entire family (after baking a batch of Ukrainian buttermilk cornmeal muffins - to eat with the strawberry jam - for breakfast).