I completely forgot to say pinch punch this morning as I was too busy swearing at the alarm I’d forgotten to cancel. Welcome to month…
31 July 2020 – Lammas Eve
It’s Lughnasadh tomorrow, making it Lammas Eve today, to mix my cultural references. ‘Lammas Eve’ isn’t particularly a thing unless you’re hanging up rowan (which…
27 July 2020 – The Grete Herball
Today did not go as planned. On this day in 1526, The grete herball whiche geueth parfyt knowledge and vnderstanding of all maner of herbes [and]…
26 July 2020 – St Anne’s Day
Up until today, I had no idea what this was, beyond some kind of spool: It’s a tatting shuttle. I inherited it from my step-grandmother…
22 July 2020 – St Mary Magdalene’s Day
I’m so late writing this. The now weekly tradition of watching Celebrity Masterchef over Zoom took priority. So I’ll be brief, which given the calibre of today’s…
9 July 2020 – David Hockney
Today I’ve been reading the Brothers Grimm because it’s David Hockney’s 83rd birthday. Obviously. I inherited my love of Hockney from my mother as most of…
25 June 2020 – Jam
Today was too hot to make jam. But I did it anyway because that’s how I roll. So it was a bit of a tenuous…