Welcome to the Time of Plenty in the fictional 6th century world of y Ddraig. Following the harvest and a busy month of preserving or storing food, Plenty was about consuming all those perishables that would not last… Read More
Look up. Tonight you should see the moon in the state that demarks one month from another in the fictional world of y Ddraig – the quarter moon. Half dark, half light (which of course is a quarter… Read More
Welcome to the time of Gathering in the y Ddraig world. It begins on the night in (our) ‘October’ when the moon is fully half-dark and half-light in the northern hemisphere sky. The quarter moon. It also contains… Read More
It’s the Autumn Equinox in the northern hemisphere and the ‘Time of Song’ in the world of y Ddraig. The last se’nnights of the Light Time of Year and the end of the full Sun’s March are upon… Read More
Welcome to the most political month of the ancient calendar, Makepeace. In the fictional world of y Ddraig, Makepeace follows the month in which marriages and trades were accomplished. Thus, the next month is a time for arbitration… Read More
A quick note to wish a very happy birthday to the horses of the world today, August 1. Although southern-hemisphere horses are born year-round courtesy of modern technology and the agricultural patterns, up in the Northern Hemisphere their births… Read More
One of two carefully political months, welcome to Claim-time in the fictional 6th century world of y Ddraig. This month features the much anticipated fire festival mid-way through the month (on 1 August) at which horses were traded… Read More
This is the Time of Horses (or Horse-time) in the fictional 6th century world of y Ddraig. So named because in the northern hemisphere oestrus (ovulation) is triggered in horses by the longer hours of daylight between June… Read More
As the moon hits that unmissable half bright/half dark phase of the first quarter of its phase, the time of Brightness begins in the fictional world of y Ddraig. Days are getting long, now, and the moon and… Read More
Winter is no longer coming. In fact it’s gone. This is the time known as Rise in the fictional world of y Ddraig and the start of the Light Time of Year. This month, the crops sown during… Read More
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