Stewart Brand on the early days of de-extinction
flummery
flummery is both a fluffy 17th-19th century dessert pudding, and a load of nonsense.
‘It’s not the age of reason … it’s the era of flummery, and the day of the devious approach’ –Trouble with Lichen (1960)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flummery
some incredible specimens here
http://www.historicfood.com/Jellies.htm
& a little on isinglas (swim bladders of sturgeon) which were a common ingredient in flummery
https://food-hacks.wonderhowto.com/news/weird-ingredient-wednesday-isinglass-or-why-your-guinness-has-fish-it-0161766/
a pretty basic recipe here, using berries https://permaculture.com.au/davidson-plum-rainforest-flavours-in-the-kitchen/
https://1tess.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/blueberry-gems/
https://books.google.lt/books?id=uCRdqi4lvK8C&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=blueberry+flummery&source=bl&ots=edOyqufQi6&sig=PMLJOx7XcWqKqtV8xYPuiGvQRNQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMx5Cfz9jbAhXBDywKHQ1lCmwQ6AEIazAO#v=onepage&q=blueberry%20flummery&f=false
http://www.cooks.com/recipe/2i8iz3ay/blueberry-flummery.html
lichens and life on land (BBC)
Lichens as pioneers for life on land
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151205-one-amazing-substance-allowed-life-to-thrive-on-land
Atlas Obscura: Museum of the History of Lithuanian Medicine and Pharmacy
Kaunas museum of lithuanian medicine
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/museum-of-the-history-of-lithuanian-medicine-and-pharmacy
Blueberry sourdough vegan pancakes
blueberries should be out in time for the picnic..
https://holycowvegan.net/vegan-sourdough-blueberry-pancakes/
Fermented raspberry leaf tea
Lots of lovely raspberry bushes out now, if the mosquitos will let you get to them! Here’s something to try
http://hungerandthirstforlife.blogspot.com/2013/01/fermented-raspberry-leaf-tea_26.html
This technique was suggested to us by Diana Pusko who has a Mexican restaurant on Nida, and was kind enough to take us on a foraging walk in the forest. She says to rub the leaves then put them in a jar for 24hrs. After this short fermentation, lay them out to dry fully before jarring them. Then just make a tea with the leaves, add sugar and wait for the microorganisms to get busy.
We’ve tried with one tea made from a hot infusion and another from a cold one.
Timing
There is a thing here about sundials. (Again see folder in Keybase Bibliothek)
There is an artist here setting one up at Nida.
One of the things we discussed at Massia was running a workshop that aligned with plant time, rather than the Gregorian calendar. (Also something that came up as I complete my ‘review’ of Trade Markings…almost there).
In terms of staging I remember being told about one of Zoe Scoglio’s pieces which took place in a rarely used car-racing course on the edge of Melbourne city, which she had choreographed and timed to coincide with a full moon rising. I thought this was an aspect we could work with if we continue to work with the idea of the ‘landscape as a score.’
Also, to more generally emphasising the liberating aspects of removing oneself from Apple-Atomic clock time and being more attentive to circadian rhythms / seasons.
Lichens may be a symbiosis of three organisms; a new Order of fungus named
Lichens as symbiosis of more than two organisms
https://theconversation.com/lichens-may-be-a-symbiosis-of-three-organisms-a-new-order-of-fungus-named-63334
mycorrhizal fungi in the dunes
Interesting story on this mycorrhizal fungi found only around here that sticks especially well to organic matter, prob stabilises the dunes
http://www.nerija.lt/Files1/files/Dominikia_lithuanica_Curonian_Spit.pdf
Ex-anarchist construction worker-turned lichenologist
Lovely portrait of lichenologist Kerry Knudsen in Southern California
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/05/life-of-a-lichenologist/482157/