It happens at least every other year.   My plans for Pennsic are set.  I visit the nieces and nephews in South Bend (Oh, and Mom, Brother, and Sister-in-Law, as well).   Then there is a realestate emergency, delaying my departure.  Two years ago it was a busted pipe in a rental unit I had a tenant moving into on the Sunday of Land Grab.  Of course ( Read more... )

It has been a month, so there have been some changes ( Read more... )

I just got word that I am wait-listed for Birka.  #3 of 27, but I have a fairly large and specific space requirement ( Read more... )

Sept 17 Coronation Calontir Des Moines
Sept 24 Coronation Midrealm Bowling Green, OH
home
Oct 1   Crown  Artemisia Pocatello
Oct 5-9 Great Western War Caid  Taft, CA with guest appearance by protege alasdairfyrd
home
Oct 15 River Wars  East Manalpan, NJ
Oct 18-25 week in NYC and Philly with snailstichr
Oct 22  Agincourt Aethelmaerc Pittsburg area (Tenative)
Oct 29 either Silver ( Read more... )

This spring there has been some speculation regarding the change in schedule for Estrella War and the cascading impact that this will have on Calontir's schedule.

As has been announced, in 2012, Estrella will move to an old site and a new date.  http://www.estrellawar.org/

It will be held March 27-April 2.  This means, assuming that the schedule ( Read more... )

This weekend we went up to Kansas City for Kingdom Arts and Sciences Championship.
snailstichr had Friday off as a result of oral surgery on Thursday, so we could have left any time we wanted.
I was a lazy bum, dealing with other things so we left around 5.  Dinner was spent going over the reseach papers
that we still needed to finish evaluating at St Louis/ ( Read more... )

My mom and I were going to check out of the motel and tour Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty tomorrow, driving halfway through Pennsylvania Monday night and then on to Indiana on Tuesday, but...

There is a big storm, ice-laden, planning to march across the upper Midwest, hitting Indiana and points eastward late Monday night and through Tuesday ( Read more... )

Remember to bring your fabric swatches to Magna Faire.

I will be there.

Yeah, it would have been smarter if I had done this a day or two earlier.

This past weekend at Cattle Raids it was announced that HL Marie Suzanne von Westphalia and I will be serving as the Stewards of Lilies War 25, a Celebration of Lilies.  Let the fun begin.

Well, it seems that I have come up with a solution to the malaise that I hinted at being afflicted with in my "Halflife of devotion" post from a few months ago ( Read more... )