The Cooler Side of Fall
“Bah, humbug!”― Ebenezer Scrooge Not all things Christmas are merry and bright—Winter’s long nights chilled bones huddled by the warmest fires. Generations of shadowy tales merged with yuletide celebrations, and for Victorian England, none was more synonymous with haunted Christmases than novelist, mesmerist, […]
“Just then, the Witch, to satisfy an itch, went flying on her broomstick, thumbing for a hitch!”― The Wizard of Oz Today, my lovelies, we shall fly, mode of transportation unspecified, to Derry, Northern Ireland. Gather at Europe’s most celebrated festival when the […]
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower, and every pumpkin a lantern. —Albert Camus The Irish told of a man known as Stingy Jack. A crafty, drunkard old sot who feared his end of days, Jack fooled Satan […]
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