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I've actually been interested in the magic medicinal mushrooms of the Carlos Castaneda type.

I have been learning about the edible mushrooms in my area. Tasty!

Pendleton, SC reminds me of Royalton, Vt, where we have less than 2,000 caring people who volunteer to help each other and create a tight knit community. I would love to visit Pendleton some year to view all the delightful scarecrows the town members have created. Thank you for sharing.

I am so glad that you stopped by Rose. Playing in the button box is one of my first memories. Please let me know if you need any help getting started on Wizzley. It's fun and easy. :)

Evelyn - so funny to run into you here today- randomly. I am looking into Wizzley, and yours was the first article I came to. I am a veteran button saver, and they are so fun. I love how you use them for math.

Yes, it is always a good idea to learn from someone who can show you how to identify fungi correctly rather than take the risk! Thanks for commenting, Hollie!

Hi Bard,

I've recently (over the past couple of years, that is) foraged for honey mushrooms, and I've found them. I'd been told so many horror stories about wild mushrooms that I'd been reluctant to eat them after picking them. However, I finally plucked up the courage when I was picking with a friend who knew so much more than me, and they were not only fine, but delicious.

I'd be really interested to learn more about the medicinal properties of mushrooms, this is an area that I have yet to delve in. :)

Yes, it's pretty amazing isn't it?

thinking about getting that glow in the dark mushroom kit, how frikken cool is a naturally glowing mushroom?

Thank you, Nelle! Sounds just the sort of dark place they would do well in.

that's what I thought :) great way to go, I don't much like the idea of decomposing in a pine box ,, but a tree, at least you can breathe :)

hmm I don't know if they'd allow it in a cemetery but I'd think it better to put a tree somewhere else :)

Hi Wisefool,

I really enjoyed this piece. I will unashamedly confess that I'm a Feminist, a Marxist Feminist at that, you have no idea how many eyebrows have been raised when I make that statement :) Personally, I don't believe that we're anywhere near equality. Yes, levels of education are higher amongst women and girls, and yes, in some parts of the world we have greater rights regarding our reproductive decisions, but I also see some regression.

In the UK we now have a Conservative MP (male) who thinks the cut off for the termination of a pregnancy should be 12 weeks (I know termination is a different issue, but it infuriates me that a man feels that this particular issue is one which he should pontificate about) Women and children are also the worst hit by the public spending cuts. We have such a long way to go.

Interestingly, I'm from, and still reside in Manchester, the Pankhurst Centre is just a couple of miles from my house, and one of my favourite places!

Very interesting article. I have a damp and moldy crawl space underneath my house, maybe I should try one of those mushroom growing kits!

Hiya Hollie,

Pussy Riot set out to highlight situations just like these. That's what they were singing about, so yes, they knew.

I was very impressed with their deportment in court. Perfectly played and it did gain them a lot more supporters.

As for the Church in Russia, I don't know. Remember that this is a Church which has managed to survive a century of Communism!