Paula's birthday is Sat. Oct 30th. She will be at the KC Renfest, so if you see here there, wish her a Happy Birthday please. She is not performing this year, but she has played Bess the Bard and done the Pirates for Dummies shows with Cornelius the Jester for the last 3 years.

She is not on LJ, but you can send birthday wishes to her at Leave a comment

This as been a good year so far. I love being with all my friends, and making new ones. Last weekend a girl walked up to me and asked "Are you Mike... Mike Strange? I was one of your bridesmaids!!!" Well, that was amazing that she recognized me after 23 years. We spent the afternoon together getting caught up and watching her daughter ride the swan ( Read more... )

The photo gallery for the 2006 Renaissance festival is now online. Click Here to view the pictures, and check back often, as I will be updating the gallery after each weekend of faire ( Read more... )

Nick started High School this year. I'm very proud of him for making the JV Soccer team.


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The Kansas City Star has posted my pictures from the KC Renfest Media Party in the Community Faces section of www.kansascity.com.

Community Faces

The first time I went to the Kansas City Renaissance Festival has to have been over 25 years ago. I began taking pictures for performers at the festival several years ago. Usually, it was people wanting good pictures of their costumes that they had invested a great deal of time and money in. I sold them pictures for $1 per shot. It helped, a little ( Read more... )

Pictures from the Kansas City Renaissance Festivals Queen's coronation and Feast are now online.


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My bike was delivered today. Yeah!


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The plumbing is still getting the better of me. The shower leaked. I tried to fix it. The water pressure messed up. I tried to fix it. The toilet quit flushing... I'm still trying to fix it. I can't get the thing in the place to keep the water from leaking out of the toilet. All my towels are wet.