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Super Bowl Sunday
I don't follow football all year, and rarely know who is playing when the Superbowl rolls around. But I always enjoy a Sunday Superbowl party at my friends John's and Allene's. Our pastor is a football fan so my friends host the party for him and church friends. It's a blast. We even... GAMBLE. At 25 cents a play, big stakes! We also eat ourselves ( Read more... ) -
And Speaking of Beowulf...
My last entry on the glorious and near-eternal Beowulf was... SOCKS. And they are pretty great socks. But I am also thinking in terms of performance. Some performers from the East (I think, correct me if I am wrong) have put on a full reading of Beowulf in home territory, in a mead hall set -- how cool is that? AND they took 2/3 of it on the road ( Read more... ) -
Work Ups and Downs
I'm going to NYC EARLY tomorrow morning (leave the house at 4am for Ontario Airport). Traveling on business to attend a conference where I landed several good projects in 2009 and 2010 -- and none in 2011. (I'm a writer and business consultant for technology clients.) So I'm hoping that 2011 was mere setback and the clients will shoot back out of ( Read more... ) -
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I'm taking notes from my friends hroar and usqueba who share stuff about their lives in LJ -- oftentimes small, sometimes big. I really enjoy reading their posts and keeping up that way. So here I am, back on LJ. I still mirror my SCA blog entries to LJ but don't always update that blog.
So here goes: I have a cold. Again. Sheesh. Amazingly enough I have not ( Read more... ) -
Catching Up
WOW, it has been a busy month! I feel the need to write about it -- not that anyone actually needs to read it ( Read more... ) -
New Medieval Music CD
I am delighted to report that the Cliar cu Buidhe musical troupe has released a new CD: “Cliar cu Buidhe. Period.” As you might have guessed it’s a wonderful collection of purely period voice and instrumental music. Some of the songs are “The Three Ravens,” “Lullay, lullay,” Sumer is icumen in,” “Salve Splendor,” and many more.
If you are ( Read more... ) -
"The Walking Dead" at the Door
Oh super. I'm watching AMC's "The Walking Dead" and it's a little bit scary. So just now the dog decides to get down from the couch, stalk towards the front door, bark sharply and stare fixedly at it.
AARGGHHH!!!
Thanks a lot, Sunny. I swear I'm on Scare Tactics. -
"Recipes against Melancholy"
Sidney Smith was a 19th century English writer and Anglican cleric. He wrote "I once gave a lady two and twenty recipes against melancholy; one was a bright fire; another, to remember all the pleasant things said to her; another, to keep a box of sugar-plums on the chimney-piece, and a kettle simmering on the hob. I thought this mere trifling at ( Read more... ) -
Garb, sigh
Costuming is NOT my art. When I give myself time I can turn out some nice clothes, but because I’m bored I don’t give it the time it needs. And then I’m always thinking about what doesn’t fit quite right, and how I would do it differently, and how I’ve worn this dress into the GROUND and it’s pretty well time to replace it! *sigh*
Sometimes I think ( Read more... )
