(”)(Happily Ever) After(”) YEARS of (not “having her on” about) not having her ; on my bookshelf but rather really merely on the periphery (tales) of my cur-racked and cur-ranky consciousness,
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<< HELP ! Peri = Faerie = Phery >>
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marked as a : [SURPRISINGLY SENSE-SYBIL SOUNDBITE-SUPPLIER] (there’s a particular “Hero” friend of mine who she DOESN’T damn), I’ve managed to (Ronald) (”P-p-p-(pick up)) a Penguin…”) (actually there are TWO tomes (of totems ?) and they’re in Vintage not Penguin) Marina Warner titles.
The first volume I’m absorbin’ (’n’ absorbed in) is : “Signs & Wonders – Essays on Literature & Culture“ ; it’s taking a long time to traverse (a week to the half-way (Way-HEY !) way-point) largely because of P-p-p-piqued curiosities and the Gulf of Google. Her review of Gail Bell’s “Poison – A History and a Family Memoir” mentions the use of Parsley as an “abortifacient”.
<<Lorks A’mighty !>> I thought said ‘erb was just for <<(h)in-place-(h)on-plaice Jiggery “Sprig”gery>> ‘n’ ‘alitosis ‘ypnosis…….
………the FIRST of my distractors is :
http://www.choicetolivewith.com/herbalabortion.html
so many names ! I shall never want to leave the leaves….