Maybe the story holds an element of truth? www.patreon.com/posts/mermai...

This is something I originally wrote about the equinox - which is tomorrow, if you're interested... awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/2025/09/meas...

The horned hare - real or simply folklore? open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

Weighing up the year as we head towards the shorter days and longer nights of winter... open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

Yes, it's a bit cracked and grubby, but considering this ammonite is somewhere between 150 and 180 million years old, it isn't looking too shabby...(pulled it from the ground just now)

Today (Wakes Monday) is the day of the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance. Wish I was there to see it... www.patreon.com/posts/abbots...

Something for beachcombers... open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

Another local dragon story.... www.patreon.com/posts/dinder...

Lucie finds me hilarious

Can't help feeling America would be a better place without billionaires and evangelicals.

I don’t think they passed.

Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences? Only one explanation now remains. They do. And it is what they want.

A bit of weatherlore. Basically, the weather is about to change... www.patreon.com/posts/mares-...

Something about the entities that apparently live in tin mines. (You can click on the post without having to subscribe - & subscription is free anyway 😁) open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

Another day, another dragon... www.patreon.com/posts/dragon...

This is something of an intro to local dragon myth, in case you're interested... awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/2025/08/here...

Another local dragon legend... www.patreon.com/posts/legend...

#@wainwrightprize.bsky.social I'm so happy to see Ettie and the Midnight Pool on this shortlist. Thank you! Nurturing a love of the natural world is very dear to my heart #storiesthatconnect #wainwrightprize

Read this soon after my father died. It made me feel better about the process of death and grieving (the subjects we don't talk about, but really should). And we all need to write a will in case we die alone & someone like @christinamartin.bsky.social has to find out who we were and what we wanted

No shit.

Reposting so I remember where I saw it... and can order a copy later! 📚👀

A dragon story - a little sad, but then most dragon stories don't end well... www.patreon.com/posts/blue-b...

Raindrops on roses... 🎶

A piece about a local Somerset dragon www.patreon.com/posts/blue-b...

Sometimes unexpected treasure lurks in the family junk pile... awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...

Mostly about ancient trackways across the marshes... www.patreon.com/posts/crossi...

The tree eye opens with the nearly full moon

Strange request, but I need to check my new website is working properly. If anyone can be bothered to message me via the site, please do! (Doesn't need to be a book order!) www.lu-hersey.com

Most of the posts on my patreon account are free to view. It's only £1 a month if you feel like supporting my account, but you're also welcome to join as a free member. www.patreon.com/posts/herbal...

Clare is the best - I'd recommend any school grabbing the opportunity to host a very experienced, charismatic, Carnegie shortlisted author visit while you can!

I see dragonflies as magical creatures - but folklore hasn't always agreed... www.patreon.com/posts/dragon...

As a man who fears only hippies and dinosaurs, this might just be the most terrifying sentence I've ever read.

How legends of dragons begin... www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

It's June, peak whortleberry season - so here's the tale of the Gurt Wurm of Shervage Wood www.patreon.com/posts/great-...

The villain who eats all the bird food he can stuff into his little face from the squirrel proof 🙄 bird feeder...

It's June, so here's a post about roses. www.patreon.com/posts/herblo...

Happy solstice! A gazillion people up on Glastonbury Tor have been ullulating, drumming and blowing horns all night, with a crescendo of joyous clamour at sunrise. On days like this I wonder about moving, but love the view too much! It's just part of living here 🥱🌅💛

This is about making talismans to help you become a successful writer. Actually writing something might help even more, but let's not quibble... awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/2025/06/crea...

Some things you may or may not know about unicorns throughout history (the condensed version 😁) www.patreon.com/posts/unicor...

Coffee rebellion in Canada. Americanos have been replaced...

There's dowsing - and then there's this... www.patreon.com/posts/ancien...

Today's Badger Book Club recommendation is Karin Celestine's wonderful book, The Joy Bringers. Madge says she loves this story because it features a very special grandmother badger, and it's full of summer folklore and magic. She gives it the full five peanuts! 🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜 #badgerbookclub

Madge says Sea Spinners is as good as peanuts. Almost...🥜

Rhi Wynter, Daniel's wife, is an amazingly talented artist, and I feel privileged that she agreed to illustrate new covers for all current editions of my books (including Sea Spinners, the most recent). She's intuitive, a folklore fan, and really easy to work with...

My wife illustrated the cover for this novel from @luwrites.bsky.social and just received her copy 🤩

An encounter to get you wondering, from downtown Glastonbury... awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/2025/04/ever...

Massive thanks for this, Lisa! It means a lot when people like your book (the fabulous photo is a bonus!)

I got an honorary mention, which means I'm in the top 8. It's a lovely confidence boost when you reach the top 8 in an international writing competition. I'd recommend entering competitions to all #writers (if eligible)on that basis alone...

A bit about selkies for anyone interested in #shapeshifting and #folklore www.patreon.com/posts/selkie...