Today I’ve been trying to get a handle on both my middle age spread and my lockdown arse. Although as I writer, I’m prone to spending a lot of time sitting down, the whole lockdown thing has taken my inertia to soaring new levels and with it my hankering for all things carbohydrate. So I thought I would try a spell to curb my enthusiasm for eating…
3 May 2020 – Nick o’Thungs Day
Today I’ve been getting my tongue in a twist. It’s Nick o’ Thungs (or Thumbs) Day, aka Rood Day, aka Avoiding Day, aka Booting Day,…
19 April 2020 – Quasimodo Sunday
Today’s adventure in folklore was difficult to pin down even though it’s Low Sunday, aka Little Easter Sunday, aka Hock Sunday, aka Balaam’s Ass Day,…
15 April 2020 – Shapeshifters
Today I have spent a delightful hour and a half learning all about shapeshifters. Having a horror obsessed film critic father who used to brandish…
13 February 2020 – Poltergeists
Today I’ve been learning about poltergeists. Or rather I’ve been listening to a very entertaining and informative lecture by John Fraser on whether poltergeists are…