I had high hopes for today. Very high hopes. Today is the start of December’s halcyon days, a period of fourteen days, seven either side…
13 December 2020 – St Lucy’s Day
I have just separated the wheat from the chaff. Literally. It’s St Lucy’s Day, a day of lots of folklore, mostly Scandinavian, Italian and East…
12 December 2020 – St Lucy’s Eve
My head wasn’t in the game today. I’m blaming my alarm for mistakenly going off at 5.30am. And the hoovering. And All The Other Stuff. It’s…
11 December 2020 – Christmas Jumper Day
I right royally cocked up the folklore today. I was blithe in the knowledge that I had a simple bit of weatherlore to observe and…
10 December 2020 – Chanukah
I’m not feeling at my absolute best today, so I’m just going to leave you with some rather delicious latkes, freshly fried, and traditional to…