The Seaweed Collector's Handbook: From Purple Laver to Peacock’s Tail by Miek Zwamborn Groundswell Speaker 2024

The Seaweed Collector's Handbook: From Purple Laver to Peacock’s Tail by Miek Zwamborn Groundswell Speaker 2024Seaweed is so familiar and yet its names pepper dulse, sea lettuce, bladderwrack are largely unknown to us. In this short, exquisitely illustrated portrait, the Dutch poet and artist Miek Zwamborn shares her discoveries of its history, culture and use, from the Neolithic people of the Orkney Islands to sushi artisans in modern Japan. Seaweed troubled Columbus on his voyages across the Atlantic, intrigued von Humboldt in the Sargasso Sea and inspired

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- A needy kitten rescued from the recycling bin teaches a new father how to parent his own human baby- An elderly cat hatches a plan to pass into the next world as a spirit so that he and his owner may be together for ever- A colony of wild cats on a holiday island shows a young boy not to stand in nature's way- A family is perplexed by their cat's devotion to their charismatic but uncaring father- A woman curses how her cat constantly visits her at night

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