Today I’m currently being silent and it’s killing me. Also today is a two-parter for reasons that will shortly become clear. It’s St Mark’s Eve,…
14 April 2020 – St Tiburtius’ Day
Today I’ve been going cuckoo. Or at least trying to. Today is St Tiburtius’ Day, aka First Cuckoo Day, which kind of gives you a…
19 February 2020 – The Ladies’ Oracle
Today I have been consulting The Ladies’ Oracle. The Ladies’ Oracle is a small book given to me by my mother, full of answers to questions you never…
15 February 2020 – Lupercalia
Today I have been wondering what prompted me to dream of a giant square tamale and an octopus. Today is also Lupercalia, the ancient Roman…
25 January 2020 – St Dwynwen’s Day
So I thought to myself, why not write a short love poem using Welsh bardic form? I mean, how difficult could it be? I’m thinking that my burnt clarity-labelled bay leaf from yesterday is yet to start working.