There's always, always this weird effect of things coming in fits and spurts, and events clustering together instead of being nicely spaced out... and it looks like this year will not be any different from any other year in that regard.

With the fairs and markets all cancelled in 2020, it somehow felt like everything was grinding to a stop towards the end of the year - but now there's been not one, not two, but three projects in the planning stage that I am currently discussing. Nothing is sealed and settled yet - that is still to be done - but I'm very happy to have stuff to plan now, and things to do.

While I'm excited about that, you might join me in being excited about this article with  early iron age textiles from Israel - dyed with snail purple!