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About Me

coppicing ~ fascine ~ deutenomics: the science of deuterium (De), including as a 'canary in the coalmine' for ecological & human health ~ biochar (at LEAST 55 uses) ~ buckthorn (Rhamnus spp.): the multiplexing (scrub) shrub-bush-tree with beautiful orange-salmon coloured heartwood; maligned, othered, non-native, exotic, 'Old World' origins, posterboy "invasive", not of/from here ~ PMAs (Private Ministerial Associations) ~ pattern language (a la Christopher Alexander) ~ clay & plastering; the magic, plasticity of clay ~ catching eco-jewels ~ germ theory illusion smashing ~ beauty and inspiration observing flowing water (my local aqueous jewel is the "other" Mississippi River) and for what the brilliant forester and water wizard, Theodor Schwenk, gifted the world (contributing to, among other things, the 64 anomalies of water!) ~ the economy & ecology of (cook) stoves; firewood cultivated ecologies; firescapes; fire TV; embers; fire as social lubricant; fire as spectacle ~ the 8 (or is it 9) Forms of Capital.