As some of you may remember, my mother lives in Seattle with my sister, her husband, and their two daughters. This year my sister and her family had decided that it was time to spend the holidays in Oaxaca, Mexico, with his family, but my mother opted not to join them on that trip (mom can handle very basic Spanish, but can't follow a conversation ( Read more... )

Today (Thursday) is a holiday in Sweden, so we have had a productive day ( Read more... )

The following is a copy of what I just sent in to be Posted to the West Kingdom Memoriam page

My First SCA sister. Well, technically, Alicianne would count as my second, since on the day I adopted my SCA mother, Jenyvr of Squalid Manor, Jenyvr already had a babe in arms, but since Terah couldn't yet communicate at that point, in my heart ( Read more... )

I keep meaning to post, but have been busy, so by the time I catch up on reading what others have posted here, on email, in FB, and on blogs I don't seem to have energy left to type. How different this is from when I spent all day, every day on the computer. I am enjoying not being on the computer much, but it has gotten at least one person to ( Read more... )