Today I was hoisted by my own petard. It’s the summer solstice, the longest day of the year with a whopping 16 hours and 38…
19 June 2020 – National Martini Day
Today I’m a tiny bit drunk writing this. It’s National Martini Day so I’ll give you no guesses as to what I’ve been doing. I’m…
17 June 2020 – St Nectan’s Day
Today I’ve been planting foxgloves. It’s St Nectan’s Day, St Nectan being Devon’s answer to Medusa, but without the snakes, petrifying gaze or Gorgon ancestry.…
16 June 2020 – Bloomsday
Today I’ve just eaten myself into a near food coma and it’s not even 10am. It’s Bloomsday, the day when all things James Joyce is…
11 June 2020 – International Yarn Bombing Day
Today, not only did I break the law, I got completely out-folklored. It’s International Yarn Bombing Day, a day when knitters all over the world…