While yesterday was a scramble, today was a convergence of riches. Not one, not two, but three Plan As. And so far, only one of…
18 December 2020 – International Migrants Day
It’s International Migrants Day, and being the product of at least parental, grandparental and greatgrandparental migration (our family got about a bit), I thought I’d…
17 December 2020 – Sow Day
For some strange reason, the phrase ‘piggy biscuits’ has brought me untold joy today. Whisper it. Piggy biscuits. It’s Sow Day, the day on which…
16 December 2020 – Pomander
This one will be a quickie as I’m cream crackered today. I’ve been making pomanders. I was going to make pomander singular, but enjoyed the…
13 December 2020 – St Lucy’s Day
I have just separated the wheat from the chaff. Literally. It’s St Lucy’s Day, a day of lots of folklore, mostly Scandinavian, Italian and East…