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luscious_purple | Holy moley, it's been a while!

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Here's what I posted to Dreamwidth last night:

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The subject line will make more sense once you read the entry.

This past Saturday, I went to the Lochmere event known as Night Under a Fae Moon. (Lochmere is one of the neighboring SCA baronies.) It was relaxing and productive at the same time. I didn't have any tasks to do, other than perform four carols/songs/motets/whatever with Laydes Fayre, an a-cappella women's group. And performing with them is fun, ( Read more... )

Stupid LJ, effectively owned by the Russian government, has decided for whatever reason to ban crossposting from DW. Not DW's fault, apparently. I'm sure you can read about it elsewhere on DW ( Read more... )

Hey, it's about time. Five things make a post.

1. Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of my dear mother's passing. I remember my parents' 25th wedding anniversary -- red roses, silver-colored gifts, firecrackers and Roman candles. There are no such general symbols for a death anniversary. I volunteered to light the chalice during yesterday's Sunday ( Read more... )

Been a long time, been a long time...

In fact, it took me a long time to actually start getting emails from the Golden Dolphins. It didn't help that the current Order principal had a parent who had just undergone open heart surgery (and believe me, I know what it's like to be the adult child of such a patient). Finally I whitelisted the email ( Read more... )

(Apologies for taking so long to write this up.)

Eventually Baroness Margaret Lad, the Kingdom Chatelaine, came over to Newcomers' Point to relieve me (and cheerfully organize the pile of free garb that people had been pawing through; she does everything cheerfully). That gave me a chance to wander around and greet people and even spend a few ( Read more... )

Storvik had quite the event on Saturday, September 25.

The weather was GORGEOUS, with clear blue skies and PERFECT temperatures. I arrived on site in plenty of time to set up my chair on the field in front of the Royal pavilion, where the morning courts would be held. Since the theme of the event was "Hannibal's Crossing," a.k.a. the Second Punic ( Read more... )