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King and Queen of Trimaris: Thorstenn the Wronghand and Zephyrine de la Mairge

There are still a few events left this month, so you’ve got a chance to make some Monday Memories of your own. Here they are, in reverse alphabetical order, broken down by kingdom, date, event and locality. Four more kingdoms to appear tomorrow.

WEST
29 – Darkwood A&S – Darkwood
29 – Warlord Tourney – St. Katherine’s
29 – Champion – Rivenoak
29-30 – Fall Equestrian Event – West

TRIMARIS
28-30 – Harvest Festival — Oldenfeld

OUTLANDS
28-30 – Nock on Wood – Barony of al-Barran
28-30 – War of the Staked Plains XIII – Shire of Blackwater Keep
29 – Estrella War Treaty Negotiations – Kingdom of Atenveldt
29 – Newcomer’s Revel – Barony of Unser Hafen

NORTHSHIELD
29 - 30th Baronial Birthday Celebration – Windhaven
29 - Event cancelled. – Rockhaven

Oh, and if you’re headed to the Estrella War Treaty Negotiations, here’s a glimpse of what war can be like… when viewed through womens’ eyes. O_O

For more information on why I have not been posting regularly, read this. Happily, you can once more expect consistent posting.

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I recently ran across a copy of From Clermont to Jerusalem: Crusades and Crusader Society (International Medieval Research) by A.V. Murray in a used book store. It’s a bit dry, but an entertaining and fact-filled read. If you are interested, it can be purchased at either of the following two links.

Amazon

Target

Finally, I wish all of my readers a happy, if thoughtful, September 11. Never forget. I won’t.

Apparently this is a picture of sheep at a 2002 SCA event. What the event is, I know not. And, here’s the catch, SCA does not stand for Society for Creative Anachronism in this instance. Does anyone out there in my audience know of a sheep organization that calls itself the SCA???

Anyway, when I saw this, I just had to share it. Too bad I didn’t see it before I posted my own sheep story. J

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13 Things I Plan to Research for My SCA Persona

1) The Saxon laws regarding property
2) The Saxon laws regarding inheritance
3) Saxon Clothing circa 1000
4) Arabic Clothing circa 1000
5) Musical instruments available in England circa 1000
6) Tattoos during the Saxon dominance of England
7) Saxon hairstyles
Period Saxon Vocabulary
9) Period Saxon feasts
10) Period Saxon breakfasts
11) Saxon makeup? Not sure if this is real
12) The rights of Saxon women
13) The early crusades

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Here is fun song provided to me by a Horde Friend, in other words someone who is a good (or in this case a relative) of a member of the Great Dark Horde. For those who don’t know, the Horde is among you. Members of this mercenary clan can be found throughout the Known World.

Joy to the World
Tune: Joy to the World
Words: By Sir Steven MacEanruig and Sir William the Lucky

Joy to the world, for war has come,
And we can fight again.
Let every foe know fear and woe,
And swords and axes swing,
And swords and axes swing,
And swords and swords and axes swing.

We’ll rule the world with axe and mace,
And Heaven up above.
Let battle cry ring fierce and high,
For war is what we love,
For war is what we love,
For war, for war, is what we love.

Joy to the world, for war has come,
With sword, and arrows’ flight.
We’ll maim and slay, all through the day,
And rape and loot at night,
And rape and loot at night,
And rape, and rape, and loot at night.

Hark the Heralds Loudly Cry
by Sir Steven MacEanruig

Hark! The heralds loudly cry
Who will live and who will die?
Tourney time is here once more
Kingdom’s crown we’re fighting for.

Join us on this tourney day,
Joyously we’ll maim and slay,
Hark! The heralds loudly sing,
Sword on helm is heard to ring;
Hark! The heralds loudly sing,
One of us will soon be King.

What Knight is This?
by Sir William the Lucky

What knight is this, who, laid to rest
In cold dark ground is sleeping?
The Western King destruction brings,
And Eastern men are weeping.
This, this ? Cariadoc!
Who came to scoff and died of shock.
Haste, haste to lay the sod
O’er faded hopes of glory.

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Sometimes, one can be too careful…

Once upon a time, long, long ago, I worked as a newspaper reporter. The paper I wrote for was a small town biweekly. I made very little money, and that meant that I had to be very careful about how much money I spent on the SCA. Garb, in particular was limited. I bought the cheapest broadcloth at wholesale or closeout stores and made the best of it. But I seriously wanted something nicer to wear to Fettburg’s midwinter feast.

Now, as a fairly poor member of the SCA, I haunted thrift stores watching for useable items. One day, at the local Catholic thrift store, I ran across a bolt of rust colored velvet. I immediately saw that fabric’s potential. That dusty bolt of velvet meant that there was a feast gown in my future. It was great! Except for two little problems…

Firstly, I am an indifferent seamstress. Sewing with velvet was way beyond my ability and still is. Secondly, I was going through a time period when my weight was fluctuating a great deal. The result? I lived in fear that the dress, which I would have to pay to have made would quickly become too small for, possibly even before the midwinter feast had arrived.

Then good news came. Rebecca, a friend of mine in the SCA was willing to make the dress for me. Naturally, I expressed my paranoia about the fit to her. She said she could make the dress a little loose. I was thrilled.

When the first fitting came, using a cheap broadcloth mock-up, I pestered my friendly seamstress to make the dress looser and looser. She told me I was making a mistake, but she did as I wished. And so, a few days later, I was the proud owner of a rust velvet bog dress, similar to teh dress in the picture above. And I wore it to the next feast!

But all was not well.

The end result was predictable, if pitiable. The dress was big enough to hold three of me! More than ten years later, I still have the dress. And it’s still big enough to hold at least two of me. When I wear it, I look like a child playing dress up, specifically a flat chested little girl. What was I thinking?????

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