St Lucy, and another Ember Day during Advent

Another Ember Day today. They come in threes, you see. On Wednesday I found the spray I used kept flaking off an irritating my throat. Not good. So today I've used some hair gel I had lying around, and mixed in some red food dye powder from the Turkish shop next door, as well as some talcum powder to thicken the mixture. It has made a more brilliant red than before, and isn't irritating my...

Liturgical hair: Ember Day during Advent

So far in Advent I've been puprle, purple, and purple. There have been a few optional white days for various saints, but they aren't ones we normally keep at St Andrew's. Today is what is known as an Ember Day, and I thought I'd do some red spray-on stripes to highlight it. According to Wikipedia, Ember days are four separate sets of three days within the same week — specifically, the...