07:28 Tuesday 24 August 2021

Someone was looking at my Known-World Choir tag on LiveJournal at 06:49.
I was thinking it was strange that it's not loading recent photos from my webserver, until it clicked that with Pennsic cancelled for 2 years, the KWC hasn't been active.
I'm still wondering why the KWC postings instead of recent entries, and why ( Read more... )

Mon May 25 20:47:14 EDT 2020

I've just used Zoom (the video-conferencing platform; I have another Zoom in my life) for the first time. It took most of half an hour to download the app, install, connect, and log in. My laptop does not have a camera, but the Bluetooth headset worked fine. My network connection was marginal, and the meeting dropped ( Read more... )

Today's Classes:TimeSubjectInstructorDescription
09:00Messenger of the Gods: History of Bees and BeekeepingLord Dunstan BrambletteA history of bees and the history of beekeeping from big bang to present day. What I have found in following the times and travels of the bee.
10:00Before Béchamel & HollandaiseMistress Euriol of LothianSauces are a ( Read more... )

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Today's Classes:TimeSubjectInstructorDescription
09:00Anglo-Saxon HousingHlafdige Arastorm the GoldenHow did they live? What were their buildings like? What do we know about the furniture and architecture of the Anglo-Saxons? How do we know (archeology and inference from written material)? What kind of tents did they use?
10:00History of Feltmaking ( Read more... )

Today's Classes:TimeSubjectInstructorDescription
09:00Pipe and Tabor - The Renaissance One Man BandMaster Remus FletcherAn introduction to the Pipe and Tabor. A pair of instruments played by a single player. A three-holed whistle that is played with one hand and a small drum with the other. Typically played for dance.
10:00Mother Goose: The Stories ( Read more... )

Today's (um, yesterday's) Classes:TimeSubjectInstructorDescription
09:00Circa 1200Her ladyship Katherine von Schlosservald, Gavin White of WestburghA glimpse of life in the 13th century of the "average person". View the personal effects of a peasant freeman's household in rural Yorkshire.
10:00Bodhran BeginnersMaster Phillip the PilgrimHands-on ( Read more... )

Today's Classes:TimeSubjectInstructorDescription
13:00Glass Drinking VesselsAlexander YoungerAvailability and common types of glass drinking vessels from Roman to Renaissance. Who had glass and of what type? (2 hr.)
15:00Pennsic ChoirMistress Arianna of WynthropeThe Known Worlds' Choir meets daily to rehearse period choral music, culminating in a ( Read more... )

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