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Sari C. Cunningham

@saricunningham.bsky.social

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Ecologist | Writer | Poet | Caregiver (Not in that order) | Conservation & narrative 🇺🇸 🇧🇪 🇸🇯 in 🇸🇯 Fondness for birds & islands. Words: The Island Review, The Curlew, Kyoto Journal, The Ginkgo Prize Anthology, Magma

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Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · Jul 13

I'm grateful that my poem, Japanese Knotweed, found the best possible of homes imaginable. It is now published in issue 92 of @magmapoetry.bsky.social, 'Ownership'. Thanks to the editors for selecting it. Your belief in it means a lot to me.

Magma Poetry @magmapoetry.bsky.social · Jun 30

Delighted to announce Magma 92 'Ownership' is now published and available to buy on our website.
Edited by @pimlottkathy.bsky.social Danne Jobin and Paul Stephenson.

#magma #poetry
#ownership #magma92
#poetrymagazine
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Get your hands on a copy here: magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...

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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 37m

Morning :) another glorious start to the day :)

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Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 2d

My short nature piece, Kingfisher, will air on Argyll FM this Wed., Oct. 8, as part of the Kintyre Writers' Circle program (13:00 to 14:00, UK time). I am grateful that Elizabeth McTaggart asked me to contribute a piece, and that my friend @retractus.bsky.social recorded me. Tune in.

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Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations!

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Dave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 1d

& you find fullmoon eventually - cowl of cloud streaming off - slanting fast into dark

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Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 1d

Well, huzzah! Was it your suave voice that gave you away?

Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 1d

Cat cuddles are the best cuddles, quite possibly. Although, I have no data on, say, koala cuddles, so I can't quiiiiite be sure.

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Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 1d

The Slime Traveler's Wife
Slime is a Mother

Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 2d

On the Oslo fjord today: a flotilla of female eiders, three guillemots already in winter plumage, and a seal.

Guillemots are redlisted and not native to the Oslo fjord but get blown in with autumnal storms, such as Storm Amy. Often they are weakened and need help.

Guillemot / lomvi / Uria aalge

Oslo fjord today with guillemots, eiders and seal (not in picture)

Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 2d

I took this at the end of Nov. 2021, in Sankei-en garden in Yokohama, when my sister and I were getting my mother out during the pandemic. Thanks for the reminder. It was such a beautiful day.

Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, that is correct, Brian. 🙂

Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 2d

The Solitude of Slime Numbers

Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 2d

Ha! Well done.

Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 2d

Gorgeous, Marlo! What is the first tree?

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Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 2d

Argyll FM

Your local, independent radio station in the south-west of Scotland. Listen now online or on 106.5, 107.1 and 107.7 FM across Argyll.

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Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 3d

Mangoooo, maaaaangooo.... (with apologies - I have Belafonte's Banana Boat song in my head).

Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 3d

Well, Storm Amy did bring quite a bit of rain. I filmed this along the bank of Askerelva / Asker River today.

Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 3d

Patrick, congratulations!

Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 3d

I agree that boletes are good to start with if you want to expand. There is a bolete called Satan's bolete (Rubroboletus satanas) that is poisonous (the name says it), but it has not yet been found in Norway. I checked, and it has been found in Sweden. If you're in Norway in autumn, let me know. :)

Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 3d

But I do see how they end up in a basket as the species grow in the same habitat, often side by side. Sometimes people don't check and pick in clumps. I'm really careful also as to who can add to my basket.

Death is several days later when your kidneys pack it in and you go into kidney failure...

Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 3d

We had four species where we were told if it was in your basket, get rid of the contents of the basket. I don't quite see though how people can mistake the edible Trumpet chanterelle (Craterellus tubaeformis) with fatal Deadly webcap (Cortinarius rubellus) or Fool's webcap (Cortinarius orellanus).

Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 3d

It's good to start small and build on. I took the course designed through the Norwegian Association for Mycology and Foraging that trains people to become "mushroom ID experts". I did not sit the exam, but I learned a lot and it made me confident as a forager. I focused on what I wanted to learn.

Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for sharing the evolution of classifying this diverse and complex group of organisms. It's fascinating to see just how much we understand, and still don't, when it comes to phylogeny.

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Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 3d

I was going to say I would not mind being reincarnated as a slime mold, but I'd prefer a bird, I think. 😆

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Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 4d

We rowed out to an island as well, where I got to explore, pick more mushrooms, and also try out a small chainsaw for the first time. That was alot of fun and something I'll do again and learn properly.

There was fresh beaver activity.

And then, "day is done, gone the sun", and until next time.

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Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 4d

A visit to Nordmarkens Destilleri was in order, as well as sampling their excellent peated single malt whisky, aged on site, Primus Fumea. This is a really small distillery and it was fascinating to see the labor-intensive distillation process, all done manually. I bought a bottle for later.

Nordmarkens Destilleri. During the pandemic, this unit was converted to produce hand disinfectant.

Nordmarkens Destilleri. The distillation process is both labor-intensive and time consuming.

Primus Fumea, peated single malt whisky from Nordmarkens Destilleri.

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