Plant Generosity & Negative Reciprocity

Céad míle fáilte, a hundred thousand welcomes to H A G! I’m Ali Isaac, author, mother, historian and guide. My book, Imperfect Bodies, will be published by Héloïse Press in the spring of 2026.

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Berry Confusion

The first time I encountered elderberry, I didn’t know what it was. I was mooching around the old abandoned site of Fore Abbey, when I almost stepped on a cluster of tiny purple-black berries held on a spray of de...