Long-memoried trees
We know that trees record time and climate in their year-rings – wide rings in good growing years, skinny...
Mutton-headed galoots
Arthur Ransome's characters have some out of date but still appealing ways to describe their own, or others', stupidity. I...
Reed-fringed banks
An image of lazy summer afternoons messing about on rivers.
Source: Arthur Ransome, Coot Club (London: Jonathan Cape, 2009 (1934)),...
Publishers, monkeys, monkeys, publishers
I love the way Captain Flint sees his mission to find a monkey for the children as a refreshing change...
Pigtail prejudice
A charming example of prejudice, demonstrating its capacity to target just about anything, and with bewildering precision and disregard for...
Late for spring cleaning? Handy excuses here
Yes, I did a spring cleaning that included washing the tops of the kitchen cupboards. For this I deserve a medal....
Flapping not floundering
Living pancakes, flapping not floundering.
‘He emptied the bucket into the creek, and the two little flounders...
Light-hearted crew
May your crew be ever light-hearted.
Source: Arthur Ransome, Coot Club (London: Jonathan Cape, 2009 (1934)), p. 290
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Squashed-fly biscuit
A hard, flat, rectangular British biscuit formally called ‘Garibaldi’, we called them ‘squashed-fly biscuits’ because of the tiny dark currants that...
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