That's me! (And my amazing cohort!)

Looking forward to a wonderful 2025 AFS! #afsam

Last bit of fieldwork! #foodways #folklore #folklife

Stays https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/101368

Feeding Ivan the Terrible - 16th century cabbage and onion piroshki youtu.be/QlPl_P2FbzA?...

I'll be hosting an online talk, via Zoo, with Irish folklore collector and commentator Michael Fortune on Saturday 8th November. Details and booking link below. Come and join us, but book early because we think this one might sell out.

Happy E. E. Cummings's birthday!

Bodice https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/101169

I love doing field work. #foodways #folklore #folklife

First try at making this spam recipe was a complete debacle. youtu.be/XdYjy4RENtI?...

A soup for the Great Mongol Khan - youtu.be/zDlRlgvOncI?...

...well I missed this at the time, but it appears my new book is officially out in the wild! And, more to the point, you can read it right now for exactly 00€/$/£/currency of your choice because it is Open Access! (Or, if you'd like to read it on a page, do recommend a hard copy to your library 😊)

There are still some tickets available for the last 'Widdershins III' event at Green Hill Arts on Dartmoor: an evening of dark, adult fairy tales performed by folklorist & storyteller @lisaschneidau.bsky.social. Highly recommended! Go here for more info: www.greenhillarts.co.uk/calendar/202...

I am absolutely certain that there is a better name for this.

Asian-Style Ground Beef Pasta! cookingwithlei.com/asian-ground...

Extending the forage range on wheels

Lounge suit #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/100396

Terrific story about creative entrepreneurs leaning into regional and neighborhood history. Covington owes some of its 20th century economic history to Cincy-based bootleggers who setup across the Ohio River.

Gargoyles, grotesques, and corbels reading books are my favorites.

And we’re off! Sidmouth Folk Festival 2025 is a go!

Cozy dinner tonight – beef stew Recipe: cookingwithlei.com/beef-stew/

My contract is signed, my onboarding questionnaire is completed, and my agent is sending The Storyteller's Guide to Folklore out on submission. Please wish it the best of luck! Also, a merry Lughnasadh to those who celebrate. It's been a busy week, but I should at least bake a loaf of bread.

"ChatGPT is great for brainstorming!" Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.

death closing in [ #art ]

🧙 #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday Week 126 "Righteousness" 📗 "Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. #Tolkien's Works" (Cormarë series #43) by José María Miranda Boto (Publisher: Walking Tree Publishers). 🌐 www.walking-tree.org/books/law_go...

Do you see the vision?

This.

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished" ~ Lao Tzu 📍 #lakedistrict

SPAM gets a bad rap, but it was instrumental in saving millions of lives during and after WW2. It’s also a great way to get your monthly allotment of salt. youtu.be/XdYjy4RENtI?...

Be sure to visit this exhibition next year for more interesting stories like this!

Sometimes you just need to wax poetic about vampires

HERBS! They are very happy a week after planting. I know my planters look rough, but I can't paint until growing season is over. #folkloring #kitchenwitch #folkloringitup #folkloringlife #organic #gardenlove #gardenlife #herbs #greenwitch #gardening #summer

this is what they (the normans) took from you

applying for jobs again

#FolkloreThursday If they wad drink nettles in March And eat muggins in May Sae many braw maidens Wadna go to clay. [Supposedly recited by a mermaid as a young woman's funeral procession passed.]

In Ireland ragwort is the fairies' horse; at midnight, off they gallop through the air on the back of its stems... #FolkloreThursday

"Herbs gathered on May Eve have a mystical and strong virtue for curing disease; and powerful potions are made then by the skilful herb women and fairy doctors, which no sickness can resist, chiefly of the yarrow, called in Irish 'the herb of seven needs'" ~Lady Jane Wilde #FolkyFriday

giving myself a gold star for this

S#!t on a Shingle from WW2 - Full Recipe at www.tastinghistory.com/recipes/shto...

This looks delicious, I think I am going to try it! blog.mountainroseherbs.com/agua-de-jama... #herbaltea #fermentation #folkyfriday #hardtea #hibiscus #herbs #icedtea

Farts of Portingale from Tudor England. Available in the Tasting History cookbook: amzn.to/42O10Lx

Sophie Woodrow, contemporary ceramics artist who creates unique ceramic figures #womensart

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Went to see a US band last night in Notts. They'd been to the Trip to Jerusalem & announced "its probably not the oldest pub, y'know!" Word seems to be spreading that its a 17thC building & 1st recorded as a pub in 1751. More info in my book: triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/historic-bui...

i wonder if this ever got people into trouble. "oops! sorry, wrong bonfire. lol"

#comedу #dating