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Game of the Goose
For the past week or so I’ve been foolishly obsessed with an early-modern pastime called The Game of the Goose. It’s a silly game, dependent entirely on dice rolls, and requires no skill whatsoever. It can be played as a race game or as a gambling game. Fortunately hunting down period game boards and making printable versions is much easier when ( Read more... ) -
Oook?
One of my favorite authors, Sir Terry Pratchett has died. Quietly, in his own bed with his cat, says the BBC.
Small Gods was the first book of his I read. I think I picked it up at music practice one Monday, Greatsword had left it lying around. I was entranced and chewed through Greatsword's entire Pratchett library in a couple of weeks ( Read more... ) -
two new fruit trencher webpages!
While I've been slacking off on this project due to work and stuff, there's been two new trencher-related articles put on the web.
1) A printmaker wants to recreate a set of trenchers. Like Ivan Day, she's chosen the Griffith set ( see previous post) to reproduce, even though the originals were not made with prints. A follow-up post: Read more... ) -
almost time for the Crosston Ball!
The Crosston ball is scheduled for the 28th, the last Saturday of February. It's going to be held at the Los Gatos History Club . Link to event and potluck-dinner information: https://www.westkingdom.org/as49/feb/crosston-dance-ballRead more... ) -
time off work
November and December at work were terrible this year, so I've been really grateful for the company shutdown this year. I had a day off before GM and I flew to Iowa to visit my parents at their new house. Their seven-month old puppy is still quite rambunctious, but I have some hope she will settle down. We had a few days of nothing much to do ( Read more... ) -
SCA Dance practice this Wednesday
Howdy everybody ( Read more... ) -
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This weekend is the last weekend ofthe Cupertino run of The Taming of the Shrew, put on by Shakespeare in the Park (http://www.sfshakes.org/park/). I'm hoping to go on Saturday. It's a "bring a picnic" venue, but I'm back on my crazystupiddiet, so please don't feed me.
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plum time!
Gormflaith helped me harvest all the plums last night, so now I’ve got about a gallon of washed, pitted plums in the freezer. I might try making a pie later this fall, or just save them to make Bolas (15th century plum goo) when the weather is more amenable to standing over a hot stove. -
a new roundel in the Cuming Museum, London
The curator at the St Alban’s museum just alerted me to a single roundel (banqueting trencher) at the Cuming Museum in London. It is one of the Persian-edges, center-motif and posy trenchers, similar to the Set of Tudor Roundels at St. Albans, or another single survivor at the Norfolk museum. This particular trencher is interesting as the 4-line ( Read more... ) -
just a link
Sometimes I read other people's friends lists. Madbaker is friends with someone named Ursulav, and she posts amazing things. Today's offering is Toad Words: http://ursulav.livejournal.com/1590177.html