In my post Pancake ban gloom I missed a real ray of light, the annual Shrovetide Football game went on as usual. The Up’ards won this year, hurray! I can’t help but think that sooner or later the state and health and safety nannies must come and kill this glorious game, it must gall them [...]
Sorry guys, having a bit of a crappy week and I just flat out missed this one in the paper. England Saved From Pancake Wielding Menaces! I will try to be better in the future in keeping you all informed about the menace that Pancakes cause to all of humanity.
I know not everyone celebrates Boxing Day but I want to wish everyone a happy Boxing Day never the less. I have lots of Boxing Day memories, from the first time I came across it on a calendar and wondered, ‘what the heck is that about?’ to building my first celebratory Box Castle to watching [...]
So I was reading Tony Long’s complaints about holiday excess in Wired and I had to pause and ask myself “Self, why don’t you hate Christmas?”
National Geographic has a good article on Hawaiian New Year’s celebrations. We lived on a hill over looking Pearl Harbor, from the folks across the street’s back yard we could see the harbor and the towns around it. On new years it looked like a war zone, fireworks were going off everywhere, it was quite [...]
Merry Christmas to all may the day be bright for you wherever you are. I hope you all remember that long ago a King was crowned. That is William the Conquerer who was crowned this day in 1066. Happy Holidays happened for years afterwards.