“Five minutes of a lifetime were truly spent, and we felt young in a good way. I have since bought…
Halloween arrives in Green Town, Illinois. (Oct 24)
“But one strange wild dark long year, Halloween came early. One year Halloween came on October 24, three hours after midnight.”…
Treat Yo Self Day (Oct 13).
Tom and Donna (Parks and Rec) have an annual tradition to splurge on themselves and hit the three S’s: spa,…
Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vale (October 8, 1937)
After an interesting courtship, the gentleman-detective in Dorothy Sayer’s mystery novels marries mystery-writer Harriet Vane in the novel Busman’s Honeymoon.…
Mean Girls Day (Oct 3).
On this date, Aaron Samuels turned around and finally spoke to Cady, asking her what day it was. “It’s October…
Phileas Fogg wagers that he can travel around the world in 80 days. (Oct 2, 1872)
It was an eventful day for the rigidly scheduled Mr. Fogg. I mean, it’s a wonder he was able to get…
Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked. (Sept 30, 1659)
Basically, Crusoe gets stranded on this island for 28 years. Yeah. The English major among us wants you to know…
Mr. Collins arrives at Longbourn (29 Sept)
On Michaelmas the condescending clergyman Mr. Collins arrives at Longbourn to stay with his relatives the Bennets. Oh, and choose…
A Monet is stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (late Sept)
A group of bungling thieves-for-hire sneak into the museum by hiding in a statue of a horse and later pose…
Join us on the Road to Michelmas.
One of the noted dates in the timeless Pride and Prejudice is Michelmas–more widely known to the rest of the…
