I’m celebrating #NewYearsDay the traditional way — by finally fulfilling my year-long obligation to let the giant Green Man who lives in the chapel down the road take a swing at me with his axe.

#Gawain #GreenKnight #GawainDay

On New Year’s Eve, the last day of Sir Gawain’s stay at Bertilak’s castle, Lord Bertilak hunts an elusive fox named Reynard — a reference to a trickster character from a popular series of medieval beast tales.
I assume Reynard is also the inspiration for the talking fox in the Green Knight movie, which isn’t named and which Bertilak captures and releases, so it can warn Gawain to run from his fate.
#NewYearsEve #Gawain #GreenKnight #Reynard

I like to celebrate Christmas Eve the traditional way — feasting on a dozen different types of fish at my friend Bertilak’s place.
The wine flows freely, everyone looks beautiful (except one), and the holiday games are *crazy*.

#Bertilak #Gawain #GreenKnight #Christmas #ChristmasEve

“Yet, keeping calm, the knight just quipped, "Why should I shy away? If fate is kind or cruel, man still must try."
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, translation by Simon Armitage
#Christmas #GreenKnight

If you're in the UK, You can still order books from (and signed by) @leahmoore@twitter.com and myself in time for Xmas.
#TheDoors #ghoststories #GreenKnight #JoanJett #MotleyCrue
http://www.moorereppion.bigcartel.com

The #greenKnight details . I need to frame it now which is not easy with two glasses, in front and back.