Posts Tagged ‘Halloween’

Book Review: Night Shadows: Queer Horror Edited by Greg Herren & J. M. Redmann

Night Shadows: Queer Horror Edited by Greg Herren and J.M. Redmann is an anthropology of short stories that all have a horror and lesbian, gay or bisexual theme. It’s the ideal read on dark and cold winters night or on the run up to Halloween. I thoughly enjoyed reading Night Shadows that was kindly sent [...]

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Samhain 2012

This year Samhain was a two day event! It started on Tuesday (30th) night when Sye and I carved pumpkins (for how to carve pumpkins see Making a pumpkin lantern for Samhain). Here’a our finished pumpkins: Left: Jill – looking shocked (mine), Right: Jacko Sye’s piece of artwork. (Click on image for full size.) Sye [...]

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Exciting News & Things To Look Forward Too

Let’s start with the exciting news. I have a new job! The last week or so has been a chaotic whirlwind of activity that has led me to be offered and accepting a new job. I wont give too much details as I’ve always maintained this is a personal blog and always had a strict [...]

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Making a pumpkin lantern for Samhain

Samhain or Halloween, is very important to us pagans. In a previous post Pagan Festivals, I said this about Samhain (Halloween to most people): Samhain – 31st October The last harvest. When the vails between the worlds are thin. Seen as the pagan ‘New Year’. Also known as Halloween. The goddess is now the crone. [...]

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