The solstice is nigh and our holiest day approaches. Already my legion of crows are preparing the great fire which will open the temporary portal to the Underworld that my sisters and I shall enter in just two weeks on All Hallow's Eve. My lovely neighbors across the hall, Charlotte and Mark, have been preparing too...or I think they have, anyway. All of their traditions are so strange. On Valentine's day, they were out drinking champagne of all things, at a restaurant of all places! And for Halloween, their preparations are equally eclectic. For example…