YuletideOrigin: late Middle English First recorded use: 15th century, ca. 1475 Origins: yule – ‘the Christmas season’ & tid or tide – ‘a point or period of time’ (macmillan) So this is ChristmasAnd what have you done?Another year overAnd a new one just begunAnd so this is ChristmasI hope you have funThe near and the […]Read Post ›
Editor’s Note Maya It’s been a harrowing week, here in the Old Country. But then it’s been a harrowing week for a lot of people all across the globe. It seems almost selfish to feel that something has been genuinely broken by The Horrible Incident on Yom Kippur, when so much is already in […]Read Post ›
Editor’s Note Maya A couple of weekends ago it was so hot, people started fighting in public pools. It suddenly made sense why the Montagues and Capulets lost their heads. The sun was merciless. Tempers ran high. A plague on both your houses. With such heat, it made sense that Ancient Rome apparently allowed […]Read Post ›
Twelve Ten is a first step an experiment a playground. It’s a space to look at write and talk about the world we live in in all its myriad forms. Editor’s Note Maya It’s still 2019 for some reason. Time has become so warped, events and madness, news and insanity happen so quickly, stacked […]Read Post ›
Twelve Ten is a first step an experiment a playground. It’s a space to look at write and talk about the world we live in in all its myriad forms. Editor’s Note Maya When it comes to (social) media these days, for a lot of people the choice seems to be: “Do […]Read Post ›
