summer

Jack’s Back and Summer is Coming

Jack In The Green, May Day, summer, tradition 4th May 2022 Musings

Jack’s back! I do post intermittently about my love of Morris dancing and the folk scene, as regular readers might have noticed. Those who follow me in those bits of social media where my personal life intermingles with shoutouts to … Continued

Reflections on the Plague Summer

adventures, bookselling, naughty books, summer, travel 10th September 2020 Fairs and Markets, Musings

So how was it for you? I doubt any of us knew quite what this plague summer would be like – would we still be caged and cut off from the ones we loved? Would the creeping advance of fascism … Continued

Thoughts on St George’s Day 2020

dancing, dancing season, erotic romance, erotica, festival, folk scene, summer 23rd April 2020 Musings

St George’s Day is a day I like to celebrate. To me, enjoying it, making it a party at which everyone is welcome, takes it away from deluded flag-shagging wingnuts (not least because the historical figure most likely to have … Continued