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Lolly Spence
- Mar 13
- 7 min
2021.03.13 Ash Tree
I am a little late this month, writing about the 5th of the trees celebrated in the Celtic Tree Calendar - ‘Nion, Nuin’ - or Ash. It is written in Ogham as 5 horizontal lines to the centre right of a vertical line. Ash is the most common tree in Irish hedgerows and is also a traditional woodland species, with some ash trees living to the grand old age of 400 - but the species is currently under threat due to ‘ash dieback’, a fungal disease which causes the trees to lose thei
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Lolly Spence
- Mar 2
- 7 min
2021.02.05 Alder Tree
Just a few months before Covid-19 changed everything, I was in Venice. It was my first time there and drama ensued as Aqua Alta (the worst in centuries) saw massively rising water levels drown the beautiful city. As I waded, thigh deep, amidst the chaos, I observed the buildings standing unmoved (in any sense), built as they were on piles made of Alder, one of the most durable woods in the world. In fact Alder wood, rather than becoming waterlogged, gets stronger and becom
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Lolly Spence
- Mar 2
- 2 min
2021.02.28 - Snow Moon, February 2021
Full moon time again and February's Snow Moon is a beautiful, bright orb in the night sky. Friends have been messaging me to comment on how bright this month's new moon is: while a few other friends, including Daddy, have mentioned sleeplessness over the past few days. Well here's a wee fact for you. The idea of a very bright moon affecting sleep (and therefore behaviour) lies behind the concept of lunacy (or behaving like a lunatic) - a madness caused by insomnia. This da
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