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The Birth of Damon
Years ago, I don't remember exactly when or why, I started coming up with alternate versions of my Dmitri Skomorochov persona, using the same alliterative pattern - D-M for the first name, S-K for the last name. In Italian, that was Dominico lo Sciocco, in Gaelis, it was Demman O'Scandlan, and in England, it was Damon of Scarborough. I didn't have ( Read more... ) -
Setting the Damon Free
I have lately been working like mad on all of my 14th Century English studies, first and foremost being my latest Canterbury Tale. I might mean that literally. In addition to studying specific details that apply to the current character portrait, I've also been getting more in-depth with the day-to-day details of life in Richard II's England ( Read more... ) -
Thought-Burst - Chevy Chase
Every now and then, I encounter some information that catches my interest, and when I start to follow it through, I encounter another four ideas, which each lead to another 7 ideas, which each lead to about 23 more. All in about three minutes. I call these thought-bursts, when I am suddenly overloaded with information and ideas more quickly than ( Read more... ) -
Once Upon a Time...
Once upon a time, or once upon several different times at once, a Russian man by the name of Dmitri Skomorochov was travelling around the world, looking for adventure, for love, and for treasure. Along his way, he hopped two steps to the left and visited London in the 14th century. While there, he noticed the fighting nobles, the diseases and ( Read more... ) -
What I Learned at Fall Coronation
I learned a few things at Fall Coronation this weekend ( Read more... ) -
Winter Art/Sci
Working on the same theory that worked for me last year: publicly announcing my project goals to force myself to meet them ( Read more... ) -
The Blue Fool SCA Webpage
After too much time ignoring it, I finally decided that I needed to update my SCA webpage with my latest projects, songs, poetry, and personal information. Since I took a slight vacation from the SCA, and am now getting back to full force, I thought I needed an online renaissance ( Read more... ) -
Pursevant and Squier Portraits - Draft
For anyone who is interested, here is the final draft of my latest Middle English piece, the "Squier and Pursevant Portraits", the second piece in my overall Canterbury Tales recreation "The New Road to Centerbury ( Read more... ) -
Fun with Middle English
After getting started on writing my new Middle English piece, I realized that I needed to re-title my current project, from "The Squire and Pursuivant's Tales" to "The Squier and Pursevants Tales ( Read more... ) -
New Treasures
As of a couple of days ago, my wife Ana is now a freshman in college, going to school for nursing. Pre-reqs for the first year, a year off (applications for the nursing school have to be submitted after all pre-reqs are done, months before the associated Nursing courses begin), then a year and 4 month (4 semesters) finishing the nursing program. ( Read more... )