What a year it's been!
The return of ABBA.
Poor ABBA...
Someone had a bit of a cough.
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Well?
Oh, er... Poor BEAST.
And aside from everything else, our poor Sideboard took quite a pummelling. Having seen off an expanse of pink [thank you, Dinah] and a giant old lady [also by Dinah] in previous years, 2021 has seen no less than five invasions!
But before we get to those, a quick heads-up about this year's Coven Awards: Unlike previous years, there aren't any awards per se, rather a selection of bits & bobs from your blogs throughout the year that we enjoyed, appreciated, or just remembered to make a note of at the time.
The remembered bit is key. Our memory is pretty terrible, so these aren't neccessarily the best bits, just noted or remembered bits.
Oh, and there's much less self-indulgence from us, too.
Although there is some, of course: Star Trek. Men we like. Sofas that we think are ghastly (not your new one, Ms Scarlet - we haven't seen it yet...) It's our blog, after all.
Quite. Anyway, let's get on with it before the dratted SubCs realise we've started without them.
Ooh, yes! On with the show, and the Sideboard Invasions:
The first, in January, was by professional sideboard invader, Dinahmow, with an enormous luna astronaut complete with narrowboat (naturally).
Let's start with a little Music, shall we? Introduced to us by Jon (of course), this has become one of my most played pieces this year: Let's Danzón - Gustavo Dudamel at the Proms Arturo Márquez Danzón Nº 2
Dance : Jonattempted to prise Colin's Anusol from the grip of- Oh. Sorry. I misheard. It's Prisencolinensinainciusol as we discovered here: Motivi per essere allegri.
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