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Into the past again, awkwardly: inside the tulip

Posted on October 23, 2024 by jonathan trustram

I’d never seen such a creature before, but I knew in a vague sort of way that something called a pollen beetle existed, and this has to be it. It could be a cue for thoughts of corruption and decay, … Continue reading →

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into the past again, naturally: the perfect tulip?

Posted on October 22, 2024 by jonathan trustram

Of course I don’t have a favourite flower, but this is it. In 2016, in April, at the end of a trip to Greece, I drove a long way round back towards the airport, though Parnon, or Parnonas, in the … Continue reading →

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