Today I’ve been wandering around a hospital with mint strapped to my wrist because according to Lady Wilde, in Irish folklore, to prevent infection and…
Lemon balm burning
7 February 2020 – Liza Frank and the Philosopher’s Stone, Part 2
Today I reek of Philosopher’s Stone. It’s in my hair, it’s in my clothes, it’s under my fingernails, even the cat has a vague waft…
6 February 2020 – Liza Frank and the Philosopher’s Stone, Part 1
Today, because it’s Thursday, I started making a Philosopher’s Stone. Thursday is an auspicious day for such things because it’s said that lemon balm, the…
5 February 2020 – Ogham
So today is a total fudge as I’m running to stand still. I was going to give a big spiel about Ogham, the ancient Irish…
3 February 2020 – St Blaise's Day
Today is St Blaise’s Day. St Blaise is the patron saint of woolcombers for the slightly ghoulish reason he died while being pulled apart by…
2 February 2020 – Candlemass
Today is Candlemass, which I mostly ignored except for sending out this tweet: In some parts of the country today is also known as Badgers’…
10 January 2020 – The Fox And The Goose
I’ve been really struggling with how to write this today. There’s a load I can tell you, but there’s also a load I can’t. I…