Solo Mumming, Maine, Yule 2022
December 24, 2022
This year I find myself in far different circumstances than in recent years … More Solo Mumming, Maine, Yule 2022
Category: Personal Experiences
Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2021
January 4, 2022
Once more we gathered on New Year’s Eve to chase away the spirits of darkness and winter and welcome in a fresh start … More Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2021
Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2020
January 3, 2021
This year’s lauf, like everything else about this year, was markedly different. … More Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2020
Mummer Doll
December 20, 2020
A year ago, I found a strange little baby doll in a thrift store, dressed in a puffy suit of white fake fur… … More Mummer Doll
Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2019
January 9, 2020
Once more, this past New Year’s Eve, we laufed throughout the city – a group of about nine monsters of various, mostly traditional types (including our very first Schnabelpercht!). … More Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2019
Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2018
January 8, 2019
This year our Perchtenlauf was revived by one of the original participants from the first one five years ago. We had about a dozen monsters making a ruckus along an expanded route … More Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2018
Mari Lwyd, Eugene Oregon, New Years Eve 2017
January 5, 2018
Two years ago I managed to procure a pony skull found in the wilds of Dartmoor and built my very own Mari Lwyd. … More Mari Lwyd, Eugene Oregon, New Years Eve 2017
Perchtenlauf, Eugene Oregon, December 2014
September 4, 2015
The second Eugene Perchtenlauf had a few of the same participants, but many new ones as well. … More Perchtenlauf, Eugene Oregon, December 2014
Perchtenlauf, Eugene Oregon, January 2014
September 4, 2015
Eventually I decided to organize my own mumming procession, based on the Perchtenlauf … More Perchtenlauf, Eugene Oregon, January 2014
Christmas Revels Kukeri, Portland Oregon, December 2013
September 4, 2015
Just before putting on my very first big mumming procession, I was privileged to be able to see the Portland Revels production “Christmas in Old Europe,” which featured some amazing Kukeri mummers … More Christmas Revels Kukeri, Portland Oregon, December 2013
Masks & Monsters 