Monday mornings at school were never memorable, pretty much like any other day at High School. And yet I can vividly recall one Monday morning in September as if it were yesterday. I was 15 at the time and the whole school year (back in those days it was the 5th form – just like [...]
U is for Uzume
December 7, 2010 By 10 Comments
T is for Terrible Things
November 30, 2010 By 17 Comments
Terrible things come out at night, Screeching and squealing in pure, evil delight. Terrible things like the Banshee cry, Letting folk know someone is soon to die. Terrible things like the werewolf howl, A warning he’s hungry and on the prowl. Terrible things like the vampire in bat form fly, Looking for a victim to [...]
S is for Signs
November 25, 2010 By 4 Comments
Q is for Queenstown Road
November 10, 2010 By 8 Comments
Queenstown Road is in Battersea, South London and really isn’t anything special. It’s busy 24/7 with cars, buses and people. And yet to me it will always be a very important place in my life. My late grandparents lived in a flat on Queenstown Road for as long as I knew them. My Granddad passed [...]
P is for Phooka
November 2, 2010 By 30 Comments
Yesterday, 1st November, is the Day of the Phooka. The Phooka is a Celtic spirit, with Scandinavian origins, which is particularly active from Samhain to Beltane, after that I guess it hibernates for summer. You’ve probably encountered a Phooka before in the guise of Harvey from the 1950 James Stewart movie of the same name. [...]
O is for Obituary
October 26, 2010 By 21 Comments
Death plays such an important role in the celebrations this time of year so I thought I’d dig around a little (not in a graveyard sort of way) and find some suitable obituaries. I wonder if these people would be happy with the write ups? Count Gottfried von Bismarck Count Gottfried von Bismarck, who died [...]
N is for Never
October 20, 2010 By 16 Comments
If you’ve ever spent any time exploring the law of attraction, affirmations, hypnotherapy or such like you’ll soon discover the theory that our brains don’t process negative commands. An example is telling a child not to do something and within minutes they’re doing exactly what they’re not meant to (or least that’s the way it [...]
M is for Mundania
October 12, 2010 By 15 Comments
L is for Lyn
October 7, 2010 By 7 Comments
Depending on which baby name book you pick up Lyn can either mean pretty, ‘from the flax hill’, ruddy complexion or water and the origins are either Spanish, English or German. I don’t think anyone really knows. My name is short. It is just 3 letters and not a shortened version of Lynda or Lynette [...]
