McCain's Corner

I like Halloween, I always have and still do. Here is some basic data on this wonderful festival. The name Halloween is a contraction of the...

  The  Autumn Equinox is on 22 September. Where I live in the wooded hills of north Mississippi, it arrives at 8:30 AM.  On the equinox, day...

  Today is Lúnasa. Traditionally it is on 1 August, which is around the halfway point between the Summer solstice and Autumn equinox. It is ...

  A Bríd's Cross Today, at sunset, marks the beginning of the festival of Imbolc. This a Gaelic festival to honour the beginning of Spri...

  6 January is Old Christmas. This is Christmas day by the Julian Calendar. The Julian Calendar was developed circa 30 BC and became, more ...

  Here are the two Christmas cakes with the icing.  One has royal icing and the other fondant. I wanted to do a more ambitious decorating jo...

  Father Christmas looking a bit like Saturn here Today is the Winter Solstice. This is the astronomical first day of Winter and it is the s...

  The McCain Christmas Cake... an update, the marzipan tops put on.  Two photos of my work this morning.  I made the marzipan and placed it ...

A Christmas Cake From Several Years Ago This is my Irish Christmas Cake. I had several requests for its recipe. However, I am one of those t...

  From Lonesome Dove, Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call, both men carry Gaelic origin surnames, and are archetypal 'Cracker' cowboys .   W...