by Stephanie Dray | Dec 30, 2011 | Food, Fun Stuff, Other Writers
Guest Post by J. L. Oakley It might come as a surprise, but in the depth of the Great Depression people did enjoy parties and food and no less than at the hundreds of forestry camps around the country and in Alaska and Hawaii run by the Civilian Conservation Corps. A...
by Stephanie Dray | Dec 27, 2011 | Miscellany
To read the original in newsletter form, click here. Io Saturnalia! The other day, I wrapped pine garland around the bannisters and put candles in the windows. As I type this, there are cookies baking in the oven. I’m planning a big feast for my friends and...
by Stephanie Dray | Dec 23, 2011 | Miscellany
Guest Post by Gillian Bagwell Christmas lasted a long time in centuries past. The twelve days of Christmas began on December 25 and the season ended with Twelfth Night – the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6. In sixteenth and seventeenth century England there were...
by Stephanie Dray | Dec 20, 2011 | Food, Fun Stuff, Miscellany
Guest Post by Roberta Trahan Prophecy and magic are essential elements in THE WELL OF TEARS (Amazon Publishing/47North, Spring 2012), an epic historical fantasy set in early 10th century Wales. And, as was true of the ancient agrarian based religions of the time, food...
by Stephanie Dray | Dec 16, 2011 | Food, Fun Stuff, Miscellany
Guest Post by Heather DominDecember used to be a month – now it’s a whole year. ~Seneca I think many of us can relate to this ancient observation by Seneca. From its origin as a single holy day in December, the Roman festival of Saturnalia snowballed into a...
