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Holy crap, I've been busy!
So... Yeah... Life has been full of teh crazy...
On the SCA-front, I am in hardcore pull-the-details-together mode for Warriors and Warlords. Three weeks and counting! I am sort of a control freak and so I am doing the scheduling/site booklet as part of being autocrat, which makes me more comfortable with the process, but much, much busier. It ( Read more... ) -
Holy Buckets!
A nice website on Anglo-Saxon Buckets!
I stumbled on that site because I WANT a bucket and have been looking around for a reasonably priced, but functional bucket. Good gods, there are a lot of "decorative" buckets out there. For my reference and yours, some of the sites with "real" buckets and associated items ( Read more... ) -
Good Day
Monday was a Good Day.
* Just past midnight, I got the notice that some friends had welcomed their son into the world. Happiness and extreme cuteness!
* First thing this morning, I got an email that the wonderful and talented Edwin finished a cart for me and I may get it as soon as this weekend. (Minions, take note, this cart will be a factor in your ( Read more... ) -
Lyre, lyre (mostly for Eyja, but other early dorks will like it too...)
I was organizing some of my notes from my trip out East and ran across my notes for my discussion with Cariadoc of the Bow. The notes included, in part, some information about Anglo-Saxon lyres. Since I know that
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Name Research
I was playing with Google, working on a different name research question for someone, and idly wondered, if I googled "Eithni" how high would references to me personally (without any modifiers like SCA, Jara, Jean, etc,) pop up? 23 of the first 25 entries is the current answer. I was, however, very deeply amused by the 26th entry, the first hit on ( Read more... ) -
For Denis and other Dorks
Introduction to Old English Language and Script:
http://pages.towson.edu/duncan/brittene/brittene.htm
As is right and proper, a fair bit of the lesson disusses the Picts. :)
Additional excellent resources about Old English and related topics are at:
http://pages.towson.edu/duncan/475home.html
Enjoy!