Imbolc: Day 6

Although it's not quite the end of our Imbolc week, it was the big night for us. Rob was on shift on Thursday, so Wednesday was the night of our Imbolc dinner and festive film. There were a couple of other things today as well...

‘Candlemas’

The next chapter in my seasonal reading (The Stations of the Sun by Ronald Hutton) was 'Candlemas'.

The Nesting

A bit of wintery tram reading today... The Nesting by C.J. Cooke.

Ronald Hutton Lecture

Not strictly seasonal, but I really enjoyed another wonderful public lecture by Ronald Hutton for Gresham College tonight, on Anglo-Saxon Pagan Gods this time. So interesting and informative (and, as always, entertaining).

Imbolc Dinner

Rob did us proud tonight with our traditional Imbolc Dinner of colcannon, followed by pear crumble.

Imbolc Gifts

We swapped our traditional Imbolc cards and gifts tonight. It's the start of another set of seasonal whiskies that we'll save to enjoy in December.

Groundhog Day

And, of course, we watched the festive film of the season tonight.

Imbolc: Day 5

Tuesday was another really busy day at work, leaving no time for any festivities. I did manage another seasonal chapter from Stations of the Sun though.

‘Brigid’s Night’

'Brigid's Night' was next in Ronald Huttons The Stations of the Sun.

Imbolc: Day 4

Another day of celebrating Imbolc! Well, sort of. We were both in work on Monday (Rob was on a day/night shift, and I had back-to-back meetings through till 9pm), so there wasn't actually any time to do anything festive. I still marked the season, but it was only through reading a short chapter of a book!

‘Speeding the Plough’

I returned to my seasonal reading of Ronald Hutton's The Stations of the Sun today. I don't want to skip any chapters, so I'm reading around the entire season (Plough Monday-Valentines) this time, rather than just the Imbolc/Candlemas chapters. So, today's reading was 'Speeding the Plough'.