Why DID the chicken cross the road?
Come to Earth House 2023 Midsummer Gather and find out…
Sparkle Folk Newsletter #1
Hiya Sparkle Folks, Mariah Dawn Shepherd & the Covert Dragon here comin’ atcha with our FIRST EVER! newsletter Things have been………slooooow but alas, we’re still movin’ on this end (even if that movement resembles a snail at times, but hey, we don’t mind, we actually quite like snails – especially as friends in the garden). Something a bit exciting has popped up! Our next lovestream will […]
AND THE WINNER IS: PEGGY McDOWELL
The winner of the 2022 LOGO ART CONTEST is Peggy McDowell of Jester Studio.
Midsummer Gather
How the English Found Cannabis
In the 17th century, English travelers, merchants, and physicians were first introduced to cannabis, particularly in the form of bhang, an intoxicating edible which had been getting Indians high for millennia. Benjamin Breen charts the course of the drug from the streets of Machilipatnam to the scientific circles of London.
Fungi, Folklore, and Fairyland
From fairy-rings to Lewis Carroll’s Alice, mushrooms have long been entwined with the supernatural in art and literature. What might this say about past knowledge of hallucinogenic fungi? Mike Jay looks at early reports of mushroom-induced trips and how one species in particular became established as a stock motif of Victorian fairyland.
