Maybe the places where many of y’all live don’t observe it, but I still do. So Happy Mardi Gras, dear readers!
Posts Tagged ‘carnival’
Mardi Gras 2023
Posted in Holidays, tagged carnival, holidays on February 21, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Little Christmas 2023
Posted in Holidays, tagged carnival, holidays, Italy, witchcraft on January 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »
If you don’t understand why this witch is carrying a sackful of toys, I suggest you consult my column from this day in 2015, which also (not by coincidence) contains links to the columns for the previous four years. That should give you all the information you need to understand why I’m wishing some of my readers a Merry Christmas, some a Good Epiphany and others a Happy King Day, and welcoming all of you to the Carnival season!
Mardi Gras 2022
Posted in Holidays, tagged carnival, holidays on March 1, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Maybe the places where many of y’all live don’t observe it, but I still do. So Happy Mardi Gras, dear readers!
Little Christmas 2022
Posted in Holidays, tagged carnival, holidays, Italy, witchcraft on January 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »
If you don’t understand why this witch is carrying a sackful of toys, I suggest you consult my column from seven years ago today, which also (not by coincidence) contains links to the columns for the previous four years. That should give you all the information you need to understand why I’m wishing some of my readers a Merry Christmas, some a Good Epiphany and others a Happy King Day, and welcoming all of you to the Carnival season!
Mardi Gras 2021
Posted in Holidays, tagged carnival, holidays on February 16, 2021| 1 Comment »
Maybe the places where many of y’all live don’t observe it, but I still do. So Happy Mardi Gras, dear readers!
Little Christmas 2021
Posted in Holidays, tagged carnival, holidays on January 6, 2021| 1 Comment »
If you don’t understand why I post a picture of a sexy witch on this occasion, I suggest you consult my column from six years ago today, which also (not by coincidence) contains links to the columns for the previous four years. That should give you all the information you need to understand why I’m wishing some of my readers a Merry Christmas, some a Good Epiphany and others a Happy King Day, and welcoming all of you to the Carnival season!
Diary #549
Posted in Diary, tagged carnival, holidays, Maggie in the Media on January 5, 2021| Leave a Comment »
As I’ve written on numerous occasions, I’m a big believer in celebrating Christmas for the full twelve days, to the greatest extent the modern world will allow. If you look back at my diaries for this week in previous years (can you believe I’ve been posting them for over six years now?) you’ll see that it has not usually been possible to the extent I’d like. But starting last year it became much more so, and now that I’m officially semi-retired the chief impediment is my compulsiveness. For example, the week before Christmas I got an email from Bob Zadek, asking me to be on his live radio show at 8 AM on the 3rd day of Christmas, so I dutifully set my alarm for 7:30, trudged downstairs for a cup of tea, then got back under the covers to do the show naked (which is one of the advantages of radio). Then for the last week I’ve mostly kinda slacked off except for keeping up with my writing and cooking and household chores and such; from the time I got up on New Year’s Eve to sometime after breakfast on Saturday, I didn’t even bother to put on more than my comfy old robe (and no, I’m not wearing anything under it). But tonight is Twelfth Night, and tomorrow I’m driving back to Seattle for an extended date with Dr. Quest (the first engagement of my semi-retirement!), so I guess I’ll have to let Yuletide go into carnival. And maybe I’ll bake a king cake next week.
Mardi Gras 2020
Posted in Holidays, tagged carnival, holidays on February 25, 2020| 1 Comment »
Maybe the places where many of y’all live don’t observe it, but I still do. So Happy Mardi Gras, dear readers!
Spare Week
Posted in Diary, Miscellaneous, tagged activism, advertising, carnival, Florida, New Orleans on January 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »
At the end of February, I’ll be heading down to Florida to participate in an event for SWOP Behind Bars, on the 27th to 29th. Originally, there was also supposed to be a companion event in Orlando on the 13th-15th, but that was cancelled; however, I still plan to travel there a week or so in advance to visit friends in New Orleans and see a few clients. My schedule isn’t certain yet, but if you’re in or near Orlando, Tampa or New Orleans (or you want to book a long enough session to justify my traveling to you from one of those places), please contact me as soon as possible; once I start arranging my schedule I’m not going to be able to rearrange it at will, so the sooner you let me know the better! Given the cancellation of the first event and the fact that Mardi Gras falls on February 25th (which means packed flights & hotels), I may even start in Florida and then go to New Orleans for the first week of March. But one way or another, I plan to lock in my schedule by no later than the 17th or so; if you want to see me in the South, you’ll need to speak up before then!
Little Christmas 2020
Posted in Holidays, tagged carnival, holidays on January 6, 2020| 2 Comments »
If you don’t understand why I post a picture of a sexy witch on this occasion, I suggest you consult my column from five years ago today, which also (not by coincidence) contains links to the columns for the previous four years. That should give you all the information you need to understand why I’m wishing some of my readers a Merry Christmas, some a Good Epiphany and others a Happy King Day, and welcoming all of you to the Carnival season!
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