Today I’ve been making a feather. A cuckoo feather. Because today was the date of the Heffle Cuckoo Fair, Heffle or Hefful, being the old…
17 April 2020 – The Friday Before Hocktide
Today I learnt that macaroni cheese, aka macrows, aka maccherone, has been around in England since c.1390. And that I suck at making it. It’s…
14 April 2020 – St Tiburtius’ Day
Today I’ve been going cuckoo. Or at least trying to. Today is St Tiburtius’ Day, aka First Cuckoo Day, which kind of gives you a…
13 April 2020 – Easter Monday
Today was absolutely joyous. It’s Easter Monday and the original plan had been to commandeer my friends, Matt and Javier’s garden again and set up…
11 April 2020 – Easter Saturday
Today I got a bit turned around by some pom poms. Today is Easter Saturday aka St Guthlac’s Day and I decided to make an…