To be honest, I was too busy watching horror films and hoovering up unacceptably high levels of carbohydrates yesterday to revisit the Halloween tasks I…
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…
1 November 2020 – Samhain
I might have slightly overdone it yesterday with the old folklore. I managed 7½ out of my 11 Halloween tasks, and cabbage leaf update: I…
31 October 2020 – Halloween
With so much folklore going on today, I’ve made a list. A long list. Including wearing my undercrackers inside out. I’ll keep updating the post as the day (and night) wears on, so pop back now and then to check my progress…
30 October 2020 – Jack-o’-Lanterns
Consider me a total turnip convert. Due to yesterday’s disappointing mangelwurzel reveal, I thought I should quickly carve a replacement, it being Halloween and all.…
29 October 2020 – Punkie Night
Oh the disappointment. But considering I sewed them about three months too late, I only have myself to blame. It’s Punkie Night. On the last…
23 October 2020 – Cabbage
The folklore I love most in all the world is the kind of folklore that involves rubbing vegetables on a problem. And frankly I don’t…