Ok, Christmas is definitely over now.

Today I took down the last of my Christmas decorations. I know I said in my last post that all the decorations came down on Epiphany, the 6th, and I thought they had done. However, I forgot to take the pictures off my front door and take down my Christmas/Birthday cards. Oops. In my defence …

New year, attempt at new start

Well, the new year has definitely begun, unless you're counting it from Lady Day. I've had my ritual New Year at Yule, my personal New Year on my birthday, and the civil/calendar New Year on the 31st/1st. (My liturgical New Year has long since passed - that starts at the beginning of Advent, well over …