Today I’ve been telling time via dandelion. Although this method of horticultural horology is notoriously unreliable (according to my mother, I used to get very…
29 April 2020 – Let Sleeping Feet Lie
Today I’ve been trying to put my foot to sleep because it’s said you can cure a sleeping foot with a salivary sign of the…
12 April 2020 – Easter Sunday
Today I was genuinely surprised by the outcome of my experiment. It’s Easter Sunday, a day when you can legitimately eat chocolate for breakfast. Or,…
20 March 2020 – Vernal Equinox
Today is the vernal equinox, otherwise known as the astronomical start of spring. Not to be confused with the other start of spring, the meteorological…
13 March 2020 – Friday the 13th
Today I’ve been playing the scratch cards. So what if it’s Friday the 13th, the folkloric equivalent of running with scissors while being chased by…