The Chanterelles Are Not Forthcoming Today

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Wintering affected me in a way that few books really do so truly truly grateful for it. I'm beginning to lose hope a bit the Chanterelles are not forthcoming today there's a load of other really good things though. There's some quite old turkey tail that's turned green and some false turkey tail look them up if you don't know them turkey tail are really pretty they're like these kind of bluish fans of mushrooms that really do look like the tail of a turkey and the false ones orange bracket mushrooms both of them. Just lifted up a log and found this amazing stretch of white mycelium underneath it which is always such a thrill I find a thrill

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.

This week Katherine chats to Elissa Altman, author of ‘Motherland’ and more.

Katherine finds Elissa in that pre-Christmas zone, which serves as the perfect jumping-off point for a very upfront, candid and fascinating conversation on family. Specifically, Elissa's relationship with her mother. Like every family, it's a relationship which is unique and comes with its own inimitable history, and as such, informs where the two find themselves this present day, and it's a wonderful thing to hear Elissa talk openly about all that is contained within this box of memories and present moments. In addition, Elissa catches up with Katherine about the New England Winter, being a feeder, her relationship with her father, mental wellbeing, getting out of the 'swamp' via nature and its grounding properties, rediscovering and reprocessing her musical proclivities, and all with a real glint and sparkle.

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The Wintering Sessions

Katherine's writing class