For some reason, right now  I am exceptionally proud to be a Navy Veteran.

The mission of the U.S. Navy is to "Maintain, train and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas."

Today, that last part happened!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36131357/ns/world_news-africa/

With all that ( Read more... )

No talking yet, but...Ziva took her first steps over the weekend.  She took three little steps all by herself.  Then she did it again.  Then she refused to do it while we were trying to take video.  Aunt Thea was there to witness and testify.

More progress to be made.  But, this is a great start.

I know that this is seven months away, but a lot of people need to make plans that far out ( Read more... )

This is mostly for the An Tir folks who are planning to attend Uprising this year.  Firstly, I am very pleased to hear that so many of you are planning to attend.  If there is anything I can do, please let me know.

It seems that enough An Tiri are coming to Uprising that it would make sense to allocate an An Tir encampment.  My plan is to coordinate ( Read more... )

A very good friend of mine is getting Knighted at Gulf Wars this year.  Many of you know Sean of the Chipendales.  I have been working with him for nearly five years now and could not miss his Knighting ( Read more... )

Here's the formula I have come up with to describe the war this year:

Estrella XXVI = Epic Win

I couldn't tell you any one thing that made this year so great. It was an unusual, unexpected, almost magical combination of circumstances that culminated in a great week in the desert.

However, I will say that the one thing that most often causes that ( Read more... )

Being a sitting King I have limited time at Estrella to do one of the things I truly enjoy most within the SCA: Teaching. So, before everyone gets to Estrella, before my schedule gets unbearable, I am planning to teach a class on footwork ( Read more... )

It has been a long time since I made with the bloggity blog. It seems I’ve been short on time, but I think that is an excuse ( Read more... )

Apparently resistance is futile indeed. I don't usually do this kind of thing. But, I was dreadfully curious about what sirjade would ask. So, here's the deal ( Read more... )

Ok, not so much news for the Kingdoms. Just news about us going ( Read more... )