Faerie Mushroom Connection_Picnicing

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Poem_Author Unknown

PICNICING
If you go a-picnicking and
spread your mess about,
You'll never see
the little folk
go running in and out;
And if you leave
your paper wraps
all littered on the grass,
You'll never go
to Fairy Land or see
the fairies pass.
For empty tins, and tangled strings
and paper bags are not the things
To scatter where the Robin sings.
If you go a-picnicking
remember you're a guest
Of all the tiny people, and
you'll really find it best
To leave their ballroom tidy
and to clear away the mess,
As paper bags and broken combs
Will really wreck the pixie homes
And frighten all the tiny gnomes.
But, If you go a-picnicking
and you are elfin wise,
You'll maybe hear
with fairy ears and
see with fairy eyes;
The little folk
will welcome you,
and they will open wide
The hidden doors
to Fairy Land,
and you will pass inside,
And maybe see a baby fay
White cradled
in a cherry spray,
(Tho' they'll shoo
you straight away.)
Remember,
If you go a-picnicking
you are but a guest
Of all the tiny people, and
you'll really find it best
To leave their ballroom tidy
and to clear away the mess,
Then perhaps you'll see
the fairy Queen
in her newest
dancing dress!

FAERIES AND MUSHROOMS
WHAT’S THE CONNECTION?

WELL, WHEN THE POEM MENTIONS…

- mess -

THIS REMINDS ME…
OF HOW…

mycelium and mushrooms
can be instrumental in cleaning up
environmental messes

They Literally
Lay the Groundwork/soil for new life
by trapping and eliminating
harmful bacteria

Neutralizing
toxic chemicals

taking up
heavy metals
into their own bodies,
away from the earth.

Healing the earth
with Mycelium
and Mushrooms
is called Myco-remediation.

(Take care then that any edible wild mushrooms foraged
are not near where toxins may have been deposited.)

Meanwhile, just so you know, all of the fairy poems
shared were gathered (some written by me) a few years prior
to discovering Paul Stamets and his mushroom work. At the time
I was trying to connect, especially children, to nature with
a bit of fun by incorporating fairies, along with nature activities.

Then, when I discovered Paul Stamets and his work with mushrooms,
I thought in a way, I had discovered a holy grail to many of our environmental
problems, which has always been a core interest of mine.

This influence from Paul Stamets began around 2010 to the present.
However, because of one interview which I thought was not
in his usual style of being straight upfront, in fact, appeared to be
over-acting, I began to question the ground upon which he stood.

The following link I think gives a fair assessment and balance to all
in his regard, so perhaps, in the end, we may not throw out the baby
with the bathwater.

https://seismicspore.com/paul-stamets-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/