It’s St John’s Eve, or Midsummer’s Eve and last year, you may or may not remember, I threw a handful of hempseeds into a hedge…
9 November 2020 – London’s East End Customs and Traditions
Where to start. You know when you’re so bursting with pride and awe and admiration for a friend, that stringing a sentence together that doesn’t…
7 November 2020 – Astrological Samhain
It’s Samhain again. Only this time it’s astrological Samhain, the calculation of which is based on things like the Pleiades and calendars. I can’t quite…
2 November 2020 – All Souls’ Day
I am full of biscuits and gin. It’s All Souls’ Day, the last day of Allhallowtide, and the day to commemorate the souls of those…
23 September 2020 – Counting Stars
Well, I had something completely different planned for today, but then I made the fatal error of double checking my sources. Unfortunately, I found my…
23 August 2020 – Ossuaries
I’m writing this listening to Danse Macabre by Saint-Saëns. Which is quite difficult, as it’s almost impossible not to caper whilst doing so. The reason for this…
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]…