Tag: History
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Aphorodíta

Aphorodíta, Cast in marble Watches through the years Yearning, Waiting, For Phoenicia, Her land to reappear One Phoenician, Her Phoenician, Adonis, she waits for too But cast in marble She waits forever For that’s All she can do. Behind the marble The story’s different, They live on forever more Even in the Underworld, even if…
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John Johnson and the Winter Queen
During the cooling latter days of the year, a pesky plan was afoot to cause a right royal commotion. A servant by the name of John Johnson was using his utmost stealth and skill to smuggle and store gunpowder into a cellar, in readiness to blow up both the King of England and Parliament. He…
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Halloween: Historic Claims
Halloween, or Hallow E’en as it is occasionally shortened to, is a month-long celebration or thereabouts, usually celebrated around October, with the pinnacle being sometime on the 31st October. All Hallow’s Day is on November 1st, which is usually used to recover from a month long party, or for other things. Halloween was the brainchild…
