I’m a bit late to this celestial party. But what with all the aurora borealis excitement this month, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to read Stars and Skies given my slight, ahem, obsession with trying to count seven stars for seven nights on 211 consecutive days between 2020 and 2021.
2 January 2021 – Crooked Pin
For Saxons, today, not Childermass, was deemed the most unlucky moment of the year. And just when I thought I was all out of good…
25 December 2020 – Christmas Day
FOLKLORE ONEI was first out of the house today, so I have the luck seeing as I said ‘Welcome, Old Father Christmas’ as I opened…
21 December 2020 – Winter Solstice
St Thomas gray, St Thomas grayLongest night, and shortest day. While all around us is going tits up, at least after today we’re counting back…
14 December 2020 – Halcyon Days
I had high hopes for today. Very high hopes. Today is the start of December’s halcyon days, a period of fourteen days, seven either side…