Okay, so maybe it takes me a month to sew a simple apron-dress that doesn't even fit very well, maybe my attempts at fabric dyeing wind up with candy-colored chemises that I'm halfway embarrassed to wear, maybe I screwed up a friggin' frozen pizza tonight by forgetting to take the cardboard backing off ( Read more... )

Today's YouTube performance, The Tale of Reprobus, is an actual period story, and a popular one. It tells the tale of a man so blinded by his own pride that he leaves the service of a king to follow the devil, and only later does he realize the error of his ways. Be sure to watch all the way to the end to find out Reprobus' secret superhero ( Read more... )

Today's YouTube performance is another piece for Casa Bardicci, entitled A New Home (lyrics here). It commemorates the Casa's 2008 move (Pennsic 37) from it's native Bologna to Venice. In other words, the Casa's campsite was moved from its traditional spot to one a little further around the lake, that happened to have a river running through it. ( Read more... )

Today's YouTube upload is a poem called The Clash of Three Armies (lyrics here). It tells the story of the regicide field battle at Pennsic 37 (2008), in which Calontir led an army of Eastern and Midrealm ex-allies against their former compatriots... and got soundly smashed. And then what happened after. This piece was commissioned by Countess ( Read more... )

Today's Pocket Bard original performance is The Sign of the Duck. (Lyrics here.) It's a fable-like piece describing the creation of Dione Sidhe's kitchen house at Pennsic. The poem was commissioned by Mistress Brid, co-head of Dione Sidhe, and features Lord Geoffrey, the other co-head. For those who are interested, you can see a picture of the ( Read more... )

As a result of a marathon recording session yesterday, I've got five of my original poems recorded and ready to share with the world. I'll be posting one a day, every day this week. Today's poem is A Warning to Thieves (lyrics here). It's an absolutely true (mostly) story from Pennsic, in which Domenico learns that it's best not to steal from Casa ( Read more... )

I'm thinking of doing another round of posting on my YouTube channel. Just not sure which songs or poems I want to record yet. If anyone has any particular requests, could you let me know? A full list of my original works can be found here.

It's not often I get to say I was part of something epic, but this weekend, my friends, I was part of something epic.

( The long version )

The event yesterday was a lot of fun. And for an event where I walked in with nothing official to do, I wound up actually doing quite a lot. Moreover, I got to see a bunch of friends I've sorely missed, both local and from out-of-town.

( Detailed report behind here )

There aren't many people who will get me to do a 3-hour drive on unlit highways at night, but Heather Dale is one of them. So it was that Jeanne and I hit the road at about 7:45 on Saturday morning to drive to Caldrithing's practicum event. The drive was thankfully uneventful, with dry highways the whole way down, and we arrived with plenty of time ( Read more... )