Tonight I will be watching Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light, aka the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 sans voting. I’m writing this now because a) I’ve had…
2 May 2020 – Sting-Nettle Day
Today I’ve had a nettle revelation. If you’ll allow me to mix my metaphors, stinging nettles are a bit of a thorny subject around the…
7 April 2020 – Pink Moon
Today I’m behaving like an appalling cliché, listening to the album Pink Moon by Nick Drake waiting for the Pink Moon to rise outside my window. I…
Wassailing Tree
18 January 2020 – Wassailing
A road trip, some haggis knitting, some cider quaffing, and some apple howling. All in all, not a bad way to spend a Saturday…
17 January 2020 – Old Twelvey
Today is ‘Old Twelvey’. Remember all those Old New Years? Well, it’s now time for the Old Twelfth Nights. There was one yesterday and there’s…
16 January 2020 – Cold Remedies
Woke up feeling miserable, all upper-palatey and brick-chested. So obviously I asked Twitter what I should do. Or rather I asked the brilliant #FolkloreThursday crowd…
11 January 2020 – Old New Year's Day
Some history, but not a lot. In the 18th century, calendars changed from Julian to Gregorian and we lost 11 days. However, rather than lose an…