This past weekend was Norrskensfesten, Frostheim's annual big event, and it was the second annual Norrskensbard competition. I was the autocrat again this year, and again used the format inspired by the Mists Bardic Competition event, with an all day feast interspersed with bardic competition rounds and other entertainment ( Read more... )

I just replied to a post looking for "Drachenwald Songs" for a songbook. I sent her the pfd I did for my entries in the Norrskensbard competition last November. Of course, before doing so I looked in the document, and was surprised to discover that I still like my "Three Words out of a Hat" entry. I don't recall if I ever shared it here, but since ( Read more... )

This evening, after putting lord_kjar on a train to Göteborg, I sat down to play with the new loom and see if I would have any better luck weaving the northern lights than I had yesterday, when I determined several approaches I didn't like ( Read more... )

I think I have mentioned that I am the person running the Norrskensfest event in November. I decided early on that I wanted to run it much like Mist Bardic is run--with the feast during the day. Then, after so enjoying all of the singing at the Umamedeltids event earlier this month, I decided why not go all out and run a Bardic competition as ( Read more... )