Back on 4/28/09, I posted about the concept of not poisoning the well. Today, in class my teacher mentioned the Judaic concept of tikkun olam, which is in a nutshell, healing the world around you. But he described it as healing the WOUND, which really resonated with me. One of the things that brings me a lot of joy is trying to make the world ( Read more... )

( Not sure where I was going with this, but wanted to put it down somewhere )

Our stepping down was made of so much win, I fear I won't do it justice. I was so worried about everything going well...I think I was more nervous than I was when we stepped up, smile. Suddenly, polishing the coronets to pass time was my all-consuming obsession...they're probably significantly thinner now, hahahaha

After stepping down, I was at a ( Read more... )

Nothing I could say would express the coolness that was Kitty (if you count her being an uber-geeky, funny, party buddy with a wicked sense of humor as "cool" in your book) or the loss that will be felt by her passing. For my military friends, I sum it up in the infamous- "That sucks"...and you all know what I mean.
Like Grant...another one leaves ( Read more... )

I could not help myself. If I had to hear one more person describe taking his (or her) own leg during SCA combat as "chivalrous" on the MR, I was going to SCREAM. My excuse is that they were just waving these ideas and theories around, like, like catnip...just TRYING to tempt me to jump in into the middle...catnip, I say!! So I waded into the ( Read more... )

I want to be a Superhero for Halloween, but am plumb out of ideas and inspiration. If you were to make me a Superhero, what would my superpowers be? (And for God's sake...whatever will I wear ( Read more... )

A little over a year ago, my darling commissioned me for a knighting towel for Sir Theron's vigil. I finished the basic design in time for the vigil, but asked for it's return so that I could finish embellishing it. Now, I'm not going to go into exactly WHAT the payment entailed (go ahead and splash in the gutter...I'll wait), but I should have ( Read more... )

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> Whatever will a poor Baroness do without proper supervision (insert evil grin here)?!
>
> Molly

The same thing a poor Baroness does *with* supervision, of
course---cause trouble. I just won't be there to get the quotes, and
Lore won't be there to hold your coronet.

Adriana

I just received the sad news of the passing of Dame Elinor Windemere of the Moors. I didn't know her well as a person, only as an ideal. I'm sure there would be people to line up to tell me her flaws, but death at least allows her to be thought of in a better light. I only know her kindnesses to a new girl just starting in the SCA, and sensing for ( Read more... )

I wish I could say I've been having some exotic or earth shattering adventure, but I've pretty much been picking 'em up & puttin' 'em down ( Read more... )