Wow, what a great day! We had some things we had to get done in the morning, but then off to the event, arriving in time to catch up with a few folks and have some scrumptious lunch. Then off to teach two classes on finger-loop braiding (Lyle did most of the talking this time -- I prepped the materials and assisted here and there). Almost went to a ( Read more... )

Posted elsewhere and forgot to post here. The Bergental Novice Schola event was rescheduled from its original February date owing to the entire state of Massachusetts being shut down for snowstorm Nemo. It is now scheduled for March 16.

This morning I packed up a box of SCA stuff I won't be using this year, and likely will be packing some more later on -- we'll still have choices for events but it's nice to have some space in the apartment. Packing books has been the hardest, since we're always going to different ones for reference, but again, space is precious. If we can get ( Read more... )

Well, that was an interesting exercise.... been looking for photos of Bergental's early days and did find some -- found some pre-barony pics even. But if I didn't have some of Jolanna's photos here, I wouldn't have even one from Bergental's first investiture. One of one of the coronets on its cushion, one of Etienne, one of Dmitri walking with his ( Read more... )

Bergenthalers past and present, and friends of Bergental too: we'd love to see you at Bergental's 21st celebration of becoming a barony on February 25! Please do contact the registration person and make reservations, to ensure sharing in the wonderful feast we'll be having ( Read more... )

As announced at the business meeting last night and now on the Bergental discussion list, pending finding our successors Lyle and I will be stepping down as Baron and Baroness of Bergental ( Read more... )

Well, that was an interesting day, yesterday. The valley got the brunt of the damage. I think we were lucky to have only four human fatalities overall. Of course, our tornadoes were a lot smaller than the ones down south, but had they come earlier in the day, things could have been different. Lot of property damage and a LOT of trees gone, ( Read more... )

Going through some of the wardrobe and seeing about maybe giving a few medieval items away to some folks... and realizing that if I make anything new for SCA wear for this winter, it won't be late period ( Read more... )

BBM/Bergental Yule is this Saturday ( Read more... )

Friday ( Read more... )