Just as the last two days have been about the weather, today and tomorrow are all about love, for St Luke, despite being the patron…
27 September 2020 – Stone
I was supposed to be holding a stone skimming competition down on the beach today, as it would have been the annual Easdale Island World…
22 September 2020 – Autumn Equinox
I’ve been where the bad humors lie, so I carried a larch cone in my pocket for protection against evil spirits. Plus it’s the first…
5 September 2020 – Dill
Before tonight, had someone told me to drink a cup of hot dill water, I probably would have told them where to shove it. But…
29 August 2020 – Egg Cleanse
Today I cleansed myself with an egg. But before I get into all that, have you signed up for the chance to help me out…
21 August 2020 – Mona Lisa
Today marks the anniversary of the theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre Museum, Paris in 1911. Some say the heister, or heisters, hid in a…
11 August 2020 – Old Lammas Eve
Today is Old Lammas Eve, and on Old Lammas Eve there is a Scottish tradition of raiding rowan trees for their branches, twisting them into…