Nemeton

Last week we went to see three productions, all about as different as could be, because friends were in them. On Wednesday, we went to see O...

I recently watched a SF/F film, The Last Mimsy , which was rather sweet and very enjoyable, and managed to bring together Alice in Wonderlan...

A colleague kindly attempted to wish me a "happy Easter Solstice" on Thursday. It was very sweet of him to try to be inclusive, b...

I took the car to the garage today and went to get the bus (there's only one bus an hour freom our rural fastness) which I managed to mi...

Whan thatte the Sonne hadde hys course yronne Acrosse þe Fens to Trumpingtoun He passed þe windowe of þe Bo And mayde hys schnoz to glowe. ...

A selection of amusing words that have come up in the new Blogger word verification : Balador Pologami - playing in multiple polo teams with...

Are you: Fed up with the (allegedly) poor standard of education among Pagans? Fed up with the inaccuracies on Wikipedia? Well, don't jus...

Spotted on a sign near Castle Combe, Wiltshire: The shield above depicts the arms of Scrope; its blazon is Azure, a bend Or. Every heraldry...

Medieval literature contains copious reference to a custom on New Year's Day, in obedience to which men disguised in deerskins or as old...

On the last day of Saturnalia (aka Christmas Eve) we went mumming as usual in Lacock. N was Bold Slasher and I was Dick the Horse. N has b...

This morning I dreamt that I was in a part of South America that was formerly colonised by Greeks (I knew this because there was Greek writi...

A post over at Evn's place got commenters thinking about fictional religions . My favourite fictional SF religion is the earth-based on...

This child should be given a medal, not a detention: Well done that child — good to see someone is still awake and thinking!  I once told m...