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…
7 June 2020 – Trinity Sunday
Today I’ve been giving it my best Masterchef impression. And no, I’ve not shaved my head and started talking in an Australian accent. This time.…
4 June 2020 – Old Maid’s Day
Today I’ve been celebrating spinsterhood by eating pie. It’s Old Maid’s Day, a delightfully termed day of celebration that started in America after WW2 to…