Today, because it’s Thursday, I started making a Philosopher’s Stone. Thursday is an auspicious day for such things because it’s said that lemon balm, the…
5 February 2020 – Ogham
So today is a total fudge as I’m running to stand still. I was going to give a big spiel about Ogham, the ancient Irish…
4 February 2020 – Automatic Writing
Today I had my cynicism unexpectedly challenged. I had a go at automatic writing, the practice of channelling ‘something’ to guide your writing. This ‘something’…
3 February 2020 – St Blaise's Day
Today is St Blaise’s Day. St Blaise is the patron saint of woolcombers for the slightly ghoulish reason he died while being pulled apart by…
2 February 2020 – Candlemass
Today is Candlemass, which I mostly ignored except for sending out this tweet: In some parts of the country today is also known as Badgers’…