Kenosha, 4 March: Dycon, Danelle, me. Felt out of sync and it showed: sloppy feet and dead arm. Poor focus (not helped by non-fighting distractions). No real learnings, but still better than not going at all ( Read more... )

Nine fencers: Maire, Ix, Alexander de Seton, Alexander of Dark River, Tyberious, Zachary, Stephanie, Ulfr of Calontir ( Read more... )

Pack light, expect to park in Savings Bank lot on Milwaukee, gym is at top of narrow winding stair and is very warm. Good traffic made the drive just under an hour from work, total drive home just over an hour.

First outing for new sword. Definitely feeling the different point of balance (more in the hand than in front of it) - significant ( Read more... )

I was recently invited to participate in a survey for an upcoming edition of "Tournaments Illuminated" that will focus on the Order of the Pelican. These were my responses.
( Questions, answers, and points to ponder... )

Went out to Blackhawk yesterday for their monthly fighter practice. It was as much a social visit for me as an actual practice, since the group hasn't held an event since I took RegSen and doesn't have one on the calendar before I'm scheduled to step down. It was a good time, about a dozen people from all over ( Read more... )

My goal:

Fight at least 75 qualifying passes at each of 12 events, which (with the 168 I’ve already recorded) will allow me to complete 1000 at All Souls’ - the last fighting event I plan to attend before my 50th birthday.

My planned events:

• Rogues’ Day, Swordcliff
• Rites of Spring, Illiton
• Armoured Egg Hunt, Baile
• Chaos Caravan, Greyhope
• Ragnarok ( Read more... )

Gentle winds and good sailing, Andrea Dubnick, Baroness Sonja of Prague. A light goes from our lives with you.

I did not know you as well as I should have, nor nearly as well as I would have liked.

'Cause things seem to be overflowing... Random-access babbling under the cut.

( blah-de-dah-de-da... )

..."When this person is around, no rapier field goes without a list person or a marshal. No bard is without an audience. No traveller to this person's barony's events need go without a meal, a place to lay their head, a cup of coffee in the wee hours, or a brisk walk about the campsite.

"In short, should I ever have to grow up, this is the person I ( Read more... )

Val Day was a lot of fun this year. The not-new-but-improved venue is, truly, improved. I was impressed.

•  Managed to avoid the majority of the weather en route to site Friday afternoon, getting into K-zoo early enough to finish sewing the demi-chemise I wanted to wear on Saturday. (Someday I really want to take that particular drive in the summer or ( Read more... )