tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324659232024-03-07T20:41:06.239-07:00DuckfordThinkWell, SCA ideas and site announcementsSandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-12308726056568773532017-10-20T00:24:00.001-06:002017-10-20T00:24:56.796-06:00New access to some old issues of ThinkWellI'm in the process of uploading PDFs of seven issues of Thinkwell. Four are in already, this evening. The files are huge; it's taking a while. The PDFs were sent by Ivan Alexovich. <br />
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I found something worth quoting, that I wrote in 1993. It's on page 7 of TW #15:<br />
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"I'd rather see someone who stammers and mumbles truth than a great orator with simulated warmth who would sell the whole kingdom for a beer."<br />
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Here it is in greater context:<blockquote>What should be the balance of Truth and Theatre? What if a speech sounds good, but it isn't true? What if someone gives the appearance of being a sincere, caring, compassionate person but really is a lying, cheating conscience-free human substitute? Once when someone was formally accused of being extremely untruthful, that judgment came back 50/50 on the grounds that although the lying was indisputable, the physical and social appearances were good, and that was considered (by some, not all involved) to cancel out the problem.<br />
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Of course the ideal is someone whose honor is impeccable <i>and</i> who is Kenneth Branagh's drama coach, and some of you have memories of SCA royalty or nobility who come close to this model, but personally I'd rather see someone who stammers and mumbles truth than a great orator with simulated warmth who would sell the whole kingdom for a beer.</blockquote><br />
Reading through some of these issues I'm working with, I've found a typo and a misspelling I wish I had caught 25 years ago, and I used "which" when I wish I had used "that," and I nearly lull myself into wanting to spruce the whole thing up and schedule some philosophy discussions, but then I remember that lying is excused and people who work as hard as I did are abused, insulted, and not defended.<br />
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If I had three parallel lives, I might have stayed in the SCA with one of them, but I'm not going to use up my only life on it. Not all of it, anyway. I did invest more in the time I played than most people ever do, and I was able to have more fun than many get to have, too. It was good; it was enough.<br />
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<A HREF="https://archive.org/details/ThinkWell11July1992">Issue #11</a>, July 1992<br />
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<A HREF="http://archive.org/details/ThinkWell12Oct1992">Issue #12</a>, October 1992<br />
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<A HREF="https://archive.org/details/ThinkWell13Dec1992">Issue #13</a>, December 1992<br />
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<A HREF="https://archive.org/details/ThinkWell14Feb1993">Issue #14</a>, February 1993<br />
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Either search for Duckford at the archives there, or go to <a href="http://sandradodd.com/tw/">SandraDodd.com/tw</a> to find the other three (15, 18, 19). The first six are linkd at this /tw page, too. Someday maybe they'll all be somewhere. Some of the ideas are way old and not useful. Others are as good as new.<br />
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Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-53233250612133313012016-05-18T17:20:00.001-06:002016-05-18T17:20:54.512-06:00Article (re)published, May 2016<a HREF="http://myrtleholt.antir.sca.org/leaflettes/Leaflette%20Mayr16.pdf">The Leaflette</a>, of Myrtleholt, in An Tir, May 2016.<br />
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The chronicler, Lady Nim, found and liked <a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/duckford/sane">What Makes Normally Sane Adults Love the SCA So Much?</a>, and it's nicely ensconced in the newest edition of <a HREF="http://myrtleholt.antir.sca.org/leaflettes/Leaflette%20Mayr16.pdf">their beautiful online newsletter</a>.Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-56753413614712327922014-06-14T14:49:00.000-06:002014-06-14T14:49:12.917-06:00Robin Hood series<embed allowfullscreen="true" allownetworking="all" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fvid26.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc111%2FSandraDodd%2Fwheelbarrows%2FbarrowRobinHood.mp4&title=" height="361" src="http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="600" wmode="transparent"></embed><br />
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Linked to my wheelbarrow blog: <a href="http://wheelbarrowthings.blogspot.com/2014/06/barrow-no-wheel_14.html">Wheelbarrow Things</a>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-83219188954586869632014-05-17T22:02:00.002-06:002023-07-19T16:02:12.629-06:00From little boy to baron<A HREF="https://sandradodd.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/SCA/1990s/SCAN0015.jpg"><img src="https://sandradodd.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/SCA/1990s/SCAN0015.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo SCAN0015.jpg"/></a><br />
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Bardolf (whose SCA name then was Jeffery Paul) and me on the front of al-Barran's flyer for newcomers, looks like 1991. You can click to get to a larger file. Feel free to save or print. There used to be hundreds of them.<br />
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They two-sided and folded in thirds with the image above on front and the map on the back. Our home phone number is still the same as it was then.<br />
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Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-86216685242271899132013-12-22T20:23:00.001-07:002013-12-22T20:23:34.223-07:00Pelican art in England On the market cross in Chichester, photographed 2013:<br />
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I saw others, and might add them later.Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-57523081838603841752013-08-21T08:32:00.001-06:002014-04-09T02:52:41.679-06:00-ford namesYears ago when I wanted to register "Duckford," some SCA heralds were a bit snooty about it, and I started collecting "-ford" names, for fun. Surprised at how many there were, I kept a list on my old computer. It was a Kaypro II and had a daisy-wheel printer. I found them in casual reading and in looking at maps or town names. 224 of these are from that list, and a few others were found later, or I'm adding from little pieces of paper I'm filing/trashing as I go through all my old files. <br />
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Abbotsford (British Columbia)<br />
Alford (Scotland)<br />
Alresford (England)<br />
Armingford (England)<br />
Arnford (surname)<br />
Ashelford, Jane (author)<br />
Ashford (England, Ireland)<br />
Aylesford (newfoundland, and in "The Ups and Downs," so probably once in England)<br />
Ballylongford (Ireland)<br />
Barford<br />
Basford<br />
Bassford<br />
Battleford, North Battleford (Saskatchewan)<br />
Bayford<br />
Bedford (MA, NH, OH, TX, Quebec)<br />
Bereford<br />
Beresford (New Brunswick)<br />
Benford<br />
Berford<br />
Biddeford (ME)<br />
Binford<br />
Bishops Stortford<br />
Blackford (Scotland, England)<br />
Blackfordby (England)<br />
Blandford Forum (England); Port Blandford (Newfoundland)<br />
Bottesford<br />
Boxford<br />
Braffords<br />
Bradford (England, PA Ontario)<br />
Branford (North Branford, CT)<br />
Brantford (Ontario)<br />
Brailsford<br />
Brelsford<br />
Bridgeford<br />
Bridgford (no "e"— West Bridgford, England)<br />
Broadford (Scotland, Ireland)<br />
Bruford<br />
Buford<br />
Burford [from Beorgford, (Battle of, 725 A.D.) also Ontario]<br />
Byford Tye (England)<br />
Campbellford (Ontario)<br />
Canford Magna (England)<br />
Carlingford (Ireland)<br />
Chalford<br />
Charford<br />
Chelmsford (England, Massachusetts)<br />
Chesterford<br />
Childford<br />
Chingford<br />
Christian Malford (Cristemaleford, 937)<br />
Churchingford<br />
Clifford (Ontario); Clifford Vale (New Brunswick)<br />
Coachford (Ireland)<br />
Conisford<br />
Crawford (England, Scotland); Crawfordsville (IL)<br />
Crockford's Clerical Dictionary<br />
Cullingford<br />
Danford<br />
Darlingford (Manitoba)<br />
Dartford<br />
Deanford<br />
Deptford; Deptford Township (NJ)<br />
Duxford<br />
Fafford<br />
Fordwich (Ontario)<br />
Foxford (Ireland)<br />
Frankford (Ireland, Ontario)<br />
Freshford (Ireland)<br />
Galford<br />
Gifford (Scotland)<br />
Glandford<br />
Glanford Brigg<br />
Glemsford<br />
Gifford<br />
Glenford<br />
Gratorford (PA)<br />
Guessford (surname)<br />
Guilford<br />
Guildford<br />
Guliford (surname)<br />
Gulliford (surname)<br />
Hafford (Saskatchewan)<br />
Hannaford<br />
Hallford<br />
Hanford (CA)<br />
Harford<br />
Hartford<br />
Hasford (surname)<br />
Hastingford<br />
Haerford<br />
Haverfordwest (not West Haverford; Wales)<br />
Headford (Ireland)<br />
Helford<br />
Hemmingford (Quebec)<br />
Hepford<br />
Hereford (Texas)<br />
Hertford<br />
Hilford<br />
Hinckford<br />
Horsford<br />
Hosford<br />
Hufford<br />
Hungerford<br />
Huntingford; Hunting Ford<br />
Hurford<br />
Hurlford (Scotland)<br />
Ilford<br />
Kemsford<br />
Kingsford (Michigan)<br />
Knutsford (England)<br />
Langford<br />
Lankford<br />
Latchford (Ontario<br />
Ledford<br />
Lifford (Ireland)<br />
Lintzford<br />
Lipford<br />
Longford (County, Ireland)<br />
Lunsfordds (double d—not a typo, so might translate "forths"?)<br />
Luxford<br />
Lyford<br />
Lynford (fem. given name)<br />
Madginford<br />
Mangersford<br />
Manningford Abbots<br />
Meaford (Ontario)<br />
Medford (MA, OR, NY, surname)<br />
Millford; Milford (NH, OH); Milford Mill (MD); New Milford (NJ); Milford Haven (Wales)<br />
Mogford<br />
Moundford<br />
Mugford<br />
Mumford <br />
Nafford<br />
Orford<br />
Oxford<br />
Pafford<br />
Paxford<br />
Peachford (hospital in Atlanta)<br />
Pettiford<br />
Pigford<br />
Pitchford<br />
Pitsford<br />
Plaitford<br />
Playford<br />
Plumford<br />
Plyford<br />
Poundisford<br />
Radford (VA)<br />
Ratchford<br />
Ratford<br />
Retford (England)<br />
Relaford<br />
Rickford<br />
Riddiford<br />
Rixford<br />
Rochford<br />
Rockford (Illinois)<br />
Rockyford (Alberta)<br />
Romford<br />
Rossford (Ohio)<br />
Rumford (Maine); Rumford Compact (Maine)<br />
East Rutherford (New Jersey)<br />
Salford (England)<br />
Salterford<br />
Saltisford<br />
Sampford; Sampford Courtney<br />
Sandford: not alone, but "Woodley and Sandford" (England and Sir Sandford (a mountain in British Columbia)<br />
Sanford<br />
Santford<br />
Scalford<br />
Seaford (Deleware, England)<br />
Sleighford<br />
Shackleford (county, Texas)<br />
Shalford<br />
Shefford (Quebec)<br />
Shellingford<br />
Sleaford (England)<br />
Slickford (Kentucky)<br />
Spalford<br />
Springford (Ontario)<br />
Stableford<br />
Stafford<br />
Stamford<br />
Stanford<br />
Stepford (wives)<br />
Standiford<br />
Strafford (county, New Hampshire); Straffordville (Ontario)<br />
Strangford (Northern Ireland)<br />
Stratford (CT, NJ, and -on-Avon, Ontario)<br />
Stratford Toney<br />
Stretford<br />
Swinford (Ireland)<br />
Swofford<br />
Tarrant Crawford<br />
Tedford (surname)<br />
Telford<br />
Tetford<br />
Thedford (Ontario)Telford<br />
Tetford<br />
Thedford (Ontario)<br />
Thenford<br />
Thetford; Thetford Mines (Quebec)<br />
Thrusford<br />
Tiddingford<br />
Trafford Park<br />
Turtleford (Saskatchewan)<br />
Tuxford (Saskatchewan)<br />
Ufford<br />
Urlingford (Ireland)<br />
Vanderford<br />
Vansanford<br />
Wakeford<br />
Walford<br />
Walfords<br />
Wallingford<br />
Watford (Ontario)<br />
Waterford (Michigan, Ireland)<br />
Weatherford (Texas)<br />
Weeford<br />
Welsford (New Brunswick)<br />
Westford (Massachusetts)<br />
Wexford (county, Ireland)<br />
Whichford<br />
Whitford<br />
Wichenford<br />
Whitford<br />
Wichenford<br />
Wigford<br />
Wilford<br />
Willeford<br />
Williford<br />
Willowford (given name)<br />
Winsford (England)<br />
Wodford<br />
Wofford<br />
Wolford<br />
Wolford Farm<br />
Woodford<br />
Yarnaford <br />
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Animal names:<br />
crawford<br />
foxford<br />
hartford<br />
horsford<br />
oxford<br />
pigford<br />
swinford<br />
ratford<br />
wolford (wolf, if, maybe)<br />
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Renforth (New Brunswick)—might it be a ford? someday, look...<br />
Seaforth (Ontario)<br />
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Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-12740553051473142632013-03-01T19:33:00.002-07:002013-03-01T19:33:36.134-07:00Sir Bardolf GunwaldtssonBardolf was knighted at Estrella this evening. Because of Facebook, I had a reminder an hour before. Because of cellphones, Viscountess Lore de Lorraine called and told me she cried, and others cried, and it was beautiful. Bardolf spoke from his heart, she said, and the ceremony was great.<br /><br>
Here's the helm Artan got Sir Richard of Wolfwood to make. Here's the helm (with a Ganesha t-shirt) before anyone had touched it with a weapon or a sticker from a war, and before any dust or rain had touched it.
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Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-43901199078896529222012-08-14T09:55:00.000-06:002012-08-14T09:55:08.918-06:00Outlandish Tales, part 1Ulrich von Matanuska (Ray Morgan) has put up a new edition of Outlandish Tales, which some of us had on VHS from the 1980's. Gunwaldt still has and uses that banner. Kirby was an infant, and neither Gunwaldt nor I was in, but our banners and props were; that's why we're in the credits.
This is part 1. It has some outtakes, right in with the rest, which is fun.
<iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mNdfj0vRN6w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-33102048276543873182011-11-21T11:42:00.000-07:002011-11-21T11:42:24.758-07:00AwardsKeith/Gunwaldt and I are in Texas visiting our oldest (Kirby/Magnus). I heard from Bardolf (Marty) last night that he and Kendrick (Brett Henry) were named companions of the Order of the Heart of the Scorpion of al-Barran at al-Barran's Toys for Tots event. And Bella (Ashlee) was made a member of the Order of the Scorpion. Those are good awards both Gunwaldt and I have received, and I think it's very sweet that one of our children is still that involved in the SCA.<br />
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Bella also got the baroness's prize for arts and sciences (?official name?) for a banner she made.<br />
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I don't have any photos from yesterday, but here's something from our garage not so long ago. :-)<br />
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<a HREF="http://www.sandradodd.com">www.sandradodd.com</a></blockquote><br />
Rob Hotch-r <blockquote>I mean the best way possible, but you need to hit yourself with something heavy until you forget everything yoil read. Once people read that book they are never the same. I've seen it ruin people, primarily because it does make a lot of sense. Do what you want but you've been warned.</blockquote><br />
David Peters<blockquote>Rob ~ Are there specifics you have in mind? Feel free to reply privately if you wish.</blockquote><br />
Sandra Dodd <blockquote>Perhaps he means that people who have high ideals and principles can become disappointed with the realities of the SCA. I've seen that some with my students and associates. They thought they wanted to know lots, but the more they knew, the more they saw reality fall short of ideals. (If it's not that, Rob, reply privately because I probably don't want to know. :-) )</blockquote><br />
Rob Hotch-r <blockquote>I mean that every person I've known who's read that book was one person before they read it and then different after (usually feeling that they need to tell people that they've read it-almost an instinctual "hey I've been baptized" response). I don't know if there are spores ala' Invasion of the Body Snatchers somehow hidden in the physical pages or if there's a hypnotique trance induced by repeating words, phrases, etc. (I don't really think any of these things) but it literally changes people and, I personally feel, not usually in a good way. Maybe, which has been a suspicion, there is no fault with the actual tome necessarily, but the content is interpreted by the reader as to give some sort of permission (not necessarily intended) to those who've got a latent arrogant streak or secret egotistical urges, to let those respective flags fly proudly. I've only glimpsed pages and veiwed small sections (as I've intentionally avoided an actual full reading-specifically because of this.) and though there is a lot of what I know about it that I agree with, it's just not going to happen and I will never advise anyone to read it. Write me off as a cook, or as jaded former society, whatever flavor you please. I realize that you're proud of your work Sandra and have every right to be. There's just bad ju-ju in there.</blockquote><br />
Sandra Dodd <blockquote>#1, it's not "a book." It's ten e-mails. So if you don't even know what it is, and you haven't read it, it seems odd that you would appoint yourself a guardian or even reviewer. "Bad ju-ju"? "Tome"? <br />
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#2, What do you mean,"Write me off as a cook"...? A kook, did you mean? There's nothing in there that should bother cooks.</blockquote><br />
Rob Hotch-r <blockquote>#1 Bleh #2 Bleh Bleh I'm doing this little email geek dance with you. You created poison and that's it.</blockquote><br />
Oh. Then I guess he deleted that one (which I had cut and pasted) and put this: <blockquote>#1 Bleh #2 Bleh Bleh I'm not doing this little email geek dance with you. You created poison and that's it.</blockquote></blockquote><br />
Doing this, <b>not</b> doing this. It didn't seem like a "geek dance" to me. It seemed like someone attempting to seem knowledgable and important in the absence of any real knowledge or weight. It seemed like someone flinging poo on someone else's happiness. Monkey poo.Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-38639321150251416542011-10-16T07:11:00.003-06:002011-10-16T07:31:44.715-06:00Wallet, Scrip, Satchel, Shoulder Bag (but not purse)New page on the site, blast from the past, about the fairly recent past (A.S. XXV and thereabout), <img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/Europe/Sandra2011/June%2025%20LondonCarolyn/DSC06341.jpg" width=350 align=left hspace=12 vspace=6>the medieval past (naturally), and documenting with dictionaries (again).<br />
<a HREF="http://sandradodd.com/duckford/bag">http://sandradodd.com/duckford/bag</a>, and my abiding joy in connecting dots.<br />
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The image here isn't part of that other page, but is a bonus image. I was at the Victoria and Albert museum this summer with the once <a HREF="http://wimble.outlandsheralds.org/individual_record.php?PersonID=21">Lady Adelicia sans Coeur of Gloucester</a> (now Carolyn Pihl, living in the UK and Sweden, alternately). There was a display of art salvaged from churches that were no longer standing for one reason or another. Other photos from that day can be seen here: <a HREF="http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/Europe/Sandra2011/June%2025%20LondonCarolyn/">http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/Europe/Sandra2011/June%2025%20LondonCarolyn/</a>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-33119141360237311712011-09-08T06:47:00.000-06:002011-09-08T06:47:09.812-06:00Recipe site<A HREF="http://cookit.e2bn.org/historycookbook/861-salmon-cakes.html">Recipes with photos</a>, from various periods of history. The one I clicked right too is something my mom used to make and I didn't like when I was a kid, but if it were made with better salmon than canned (which wasn't so easily available or affordable when I was a kid), it could be good. :-) I do feel bad, in retrospect, that I said "yuck!" and then went on to really care about Saxon recipes. So it goes. And she used corn meal instead of oatmeal, and I made corn bread just yesterday, so the connections just keep rolling on.<br />
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When I was in Hampton Court last summer there was a good fire-building demo in the kitchen, starting with flint and tinder and moving on to an all-day sustainable serious-business fire the likes of which I had never seen. And they have a website with Tudor recipes:<br />
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<A HREF="http://www.hrp.org.uk/hamptoncourtpalace/WhatsOn/tudorcookery">http://www.hrp.org.uk/hamptoncourtpalace/WhatsOn/tudorcookery</a>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-32196102194113398562011-08-29T06:57:00.000-06:002011-08-29T06:57:14.243-06:00"Clusters of Ash Keys"<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvH3dgjeNTgF14FklqFgYowEjspgZjcICTv5eMSifmEqdPAakekfzPg7RMkEeJiqOwSphioYvFClYOKB95JwxVP3nNYMMAKRJxCoAvTlXbyEYnqhcFJxHR3zPZvChLCRjN8vPrA/s400/MariassaAshgrove.jpg" height="400" width="333" align=left hspace=10> That is the registered device of someone who won't be using it. Lady Mariassa Ashgrove of the Marche of Norborough in the Middle Kingdom. I've just put an obituary up for her. I should have done it sooner, but other things kept jumping ahead of it on the list. <br />
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I feel very at peace keeping this page. Mariassa's device is beautiful. <i>Per bend invected Or and vert, two clusters of ash keys counterchanged.</i> When I put up a new note, I think of creating and tending a grave in a peaceful cemetery. This summer I got to stay in 'the manse' (the minister's house) in the Yarrow Valley in the Scottish Borders. The house had once had servants, and there were service bells in the kitchen, mostly disconnected. There was a wall along the back of the house, separating the garden of the manse from the church and cemetery behind. I went out and walked and took photos felt the quiet peace.<br />
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That was a home education connection ("home ed" they call it in the UK; homeschooling in the US), and I might return there. One morning very early I went to the unlocked church and played the organ. <br />
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When I add the notification of another passing, I think of my own friends who have passed from life or maybe just from my own life, as I have passed from being a physical presence in some people's lives to being a memory, and I feel rich in remembrance.<br />
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Because this project was contributed to the war effort (A&S, to glorify the Outlands and all that good stuff), there is documentation, and the PDF (words and the best of the images) is here:<br />
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Give it a few seconds to load.Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-84516276458740131222011-05-19T14:33:00.001-06:002011-05-19T16:51:35.559-06:00Ye Headless House Handbook...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Ah, the things you stumble across when you try to procrastinate on work by surfing the web!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">In this case, I came across a note in <a href="http://sandradodd.com/tw/6">ThinkWell#6</a> on your website regarding Ye Headlesse House Fighters' Handbook and Training Manual. Yes, it is still available in hard copy. (Some day I may get it scanned in so electronic copies are available. Who knows, I might even put up a website and post it!) The price is unchanged. <i> [</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><i>US$8.00 each, plus $US2.00 postage (US$4.00 for Canadian addresses)]</i><br />
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I was just at the An Tir Crown Tournament in Fort McLeod, Alberta and I was interviewed by a reporter from the local paper. He was curious about the Society and what had held my interest for so many years.<br />
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I love playing in the Current Middle Ages. I like the pageantry, the costumes, the comraderie, the creativity. I realized, though, that the most important things about the Society for me are things you can't see, thing not apparent to a reporter walking through an event for the first time.<br />
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The SCA is a place where people can come and be the person they really want to be. It is outside of normal time and normal concerns. No matter what you do to make a living or what your social status is, here the playing field is equal. Here you can be your ideal self.<br />
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The SCA is based on the code of honor and chivalry. We say it is not the Middle Ages as they were, but as they might have been in the best of all possible worlds. It is a historically based fantasy, a Utopian society. Everyone starts out equal and rank is earned through your own effort. It is a place where you can take risks, because it is, when all is said and done, a game.<br />
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I am something of a recluse, but in the SCA I am social. I am an ordinary craftsman, but in the SCA I am respected as a Master of the Laurel. I don't have much of a singing voice, but in the SCA I became a bard. I am a pacifist, but I took up the rapier and became a passable fencer. I shot archery and always came in last, but I had fun.<br />
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I have seen troubled young men enter the Society and be taken on as squires by knights. They found an acceptable outlet for their aggression, and in the process they were taught to be honorable and chivalrous. They learned self control and they were taught this by a man they admired and respected.<br />
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Yes, when all is said and done, the SCA is a game. But there is a lot to be learned in the playing. I know I am a better man for the years I have spent in the Current Middle Ages.<br />
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I am Master Ark of Ringholden, O.L.<br />
<hr>That is from this page: <a HREF="http://masterark.com/SCA.aspx">http://masterark.com/SCA.aspx</a><br />
and he's also just come to facebook, in case anyone who comes by this wants to communicate with him there. <a HREF="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002410205798">http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002410205798</a> <br />
The photo below is part of one at masterark.com:<br />
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The part about knighthood made me think to link this, too:<br />
<A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/Knighthood">http://sandradodd.com/Knighthood</a>, something I wrote fifteen years ago, when I was very active in the Society.Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-13759831367110419272011-04-29T19:33:00.005-06:002011-04-29T19:48:36.155-06:00Atenveldt Reunion Songbook (1983)Mistress Kate Holford created a PDF of "The Special Edition 25¢ throwaya Atenveldt Reunion Songbook," March A.S. XVII (1983).<br /><br /><a href="http://sandradodd.com/sca/AtenveldReunionSongbook83.pdf">http://sandradodd.com/sca/AtenveldReunionSongbook83.pdf</a><br /><br />My favorite parts are the advertisement for Honest AElflaed's Used Treasures on the back, and this part of the intro: <blockquote>"The Keeper" doesn't really fit this category [drinking songs], or rather it wouldn't in a proper big book, but as it's neither a round nor a ballad, here it falls. It's a cheerful and innocuous little thing, and I dedicate it to a world which could use more cheerful and innocuous little things."</blockquote><br />Kate also scanned the cover of an Outlandish Herald. I'll link that near its proper month in the history notes, fall of 1982.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTzMHWZvmA6dhYad6j-l5pETIPzdO855G6_e1MZD5VItv_8vPqsft80gFjPYljP75LhNspvq18cs7hNNU14xeRPEeaaUcqf-dg9YCiZHlgvqbYCLHzpQ3bctdtNLOnsEL7yTz/s1600/GallowglassElaineOutlands.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTzMHWZvmA6dhYad6j-l5pETIPzdO855G6_e1MZD5VItv_8vPqsft80gFjPYljP75LhNspvq18cs7hNNU14xeRPEeaaUcqf-dg9YCiZHlgvqbYCLHzpQ3bctdtNLOnsEL7yTz/s400/GallowglassElaineOutlands.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601186486106205922" /></a><br /><center><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/sca/GallowglassElaineOutlands.pdf">Kate's PDF</a></center>AElflaed of Duckfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15287405407681665833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-24789693008006747672011-01-28T14:35:00.001-07:002011-01-28T14:35:35.595-07:00Nice quote about leaving the SCA"I miss all the good parts. I tend to view the SCA like the Princess Bride or Moby Dick. With just the good parts it’s really wonderful but with the whole unabridged version it can get to you. (Chapter two --- the Whale.) Still, even though I don’t do much with it. I’m grateful for all it did for me… I would be missing such a large part of my life without it."<p align=right>Clare RosMuir St. John, Ansteorra</p><br />
We were chatting by e-mail, and she said she's not angry about anything, she just outgrew the need and interest and some other things, like cleaning her house, are more interesting now. <br />
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I think that's true of many people. For various reasons another interest or focus takes more of one's life until the SCA is smaller. <br />
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Comments, ideas, theories and disputations are welcome. :-)javascript:void(0)Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-8752308714064758042010-09-16T13:53:00.006-06:002010-09-16T14:19:51.078-06:00Art, contrast and anachronism for sure!<font size=+2><A HREF="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129852912&sc=fb&cc=fp">Gather Ye Olde Suburban Knights</a></font><br />September 15, 2010<br />by CLAIRE O'NEILL<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVNIfNgrXxXRCLgKPWhspkBJDNJnBVkx1DIpj5iGLJpBnxGJCvygpwh9ZpKX4TZN4pwLYXP5mogHdHiSSyL7gluzsaZrQMTFuJzEArQfyvB1oybUrfs8reESF_-TIbxY_woqn/s1600/knights_custom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVNIfNgrXxXRCLgKPWhspkBJDNJnBVkx1DIpj5iGLJpBnxGJCvygpwh9ZpKX4TZN4pwLYXP5mogHdHiSSyL7gluzsaZrQMTFuJzEArQfyvB1oybUrfs8reESF_-TIbxY_woqn/s400/knights_custom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517603051269642178" /></a><br /><br />That is from an <A HREF="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129852912&sc=fb&cc=fp">NPR blog article</a> by Claire o'Neill, interviewing <A HREF="http://suburbanknightsbook.com/ef-kitchen.html">E. F. Kitchen</a>, the photographer and author of <A HREF="http://suburbanknightsbook.com/buy-the-book.html">Suburban Knights</a>.<br /><br />The web page and the project are fascinating. Click on the other shields at those links for other details, images and information. the book isn't ordered directly from the author, but sources are listed in North America, Germany and the UK.<br /><br />My favorite detail is the 19th century technology for photographing 21st century medieval knights. It reminds me of the images of the <A HREF="http://www.georgeglazer.com/archives/prints/genre/eglingtonjoust.html">Eglinton Tournament</a> of 1839. Photography was starting to happen, but not of such things as that yet.<br /><br /><center><i>Thanks to Christine Sanders for send me the initial link!</i></center>AElflaed of Duckfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15287405407681665833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-45741005529916460502010-08-02T14:22:00.004-06:002010-08-04T07:53:25.866-06:00Chronicle of Aten Coronation, Outlands Investiture 1977A few days ago I scanned a couple of photos of when I got my Award of Arms on December 17, 1977 (A.S. XII).<br /><br />This morning in an entirely unrelated situation, someone asked me to check whether Einrich Armpittsbane was knighted by Ton or Koris. "Probably Koris," I said, but said I would check. I called Gunwaldt. "Probably Koris," he said. I said I would check. <br /><br />From the January issue of Southwind, which was published in Caerthe in those days, and please note that Meridies was still part of Atenveldt. Atenveldt was the fourth of four kingdoms. Meridies was soon to become the fifth. I left that part of the page to place it more clearly on the timeline.<br /><br /><center><img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/SCA/scans/korisCoronation77a.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/SCA/scans/korisCoronation77b.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/SCA/scans/korisCoronation77c.jpg"><br /><br /></center><br /><br />Here's my during and after award of arms photos. "Lady AElflaed" sounds much prettier than any title I've ever had.<br /><center><a href="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/SCA/scans/AEAoA2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/SCA/scans/AEAoA2.jpg" width=580 ></a><br /><img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/SCA/scans/AEAoA.jpg"></center>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-81003820811883979422010-07-17T17:57:00.004-06:002010-07-17T18:07:24.835-06:00The Stag and ChaliceAwarded to Gunwaldt in March 13, 2010 by Bela and Anna.<br /><br /><img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/SCA/scans/StagandChalice.jpg"><br /><br /> The scroll was made by Rosslin Katrin Von Hohenzollern. The notes from the back are here:<br /><br /><img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/SCA/scans/StagandChalice2.jpg">Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-23472465990794178712010-07-17T17:32:00.002-06:002010-07-17T17:43:40.921-06:00The passing of Leif IvarsonBeing old, my memories of Leif Ivarson are most vivid from when he was a young man, not yet a squire, not a knight. I knew him through those stages. I knew him as he served as king, and grew older, but he moved and I took refuge within walls.<br /><br />On Tuesday, July 13, he died in an accident at work. One memorial page is here, and if anyone who reads this knows of others, please leave a note below. <br /><br /><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/people/leifivarson">http://sandradodd.com/people/leifivarson</a><br /><br />This photo was taken just over a week before his death, at Battlemore, by Gabrielle Angel Dee Lilly:<br /><br /><center><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/SCA/people/obituaries/leifIvarson-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 540px; height: 720px;" src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/SCA/people/obituaries/leifIvarson-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></center>Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-11589870020566111012010-02-02T14:06:00.002-07:002010-02-02T14:10:12.293-07:00Trivia or history or biography?I was invited to do a list of things about me on facebook today, and when I went to see whether I had already done it, I found this. It's probably more likely to be of interest to people who come by here than on facebook. <br /><br />SCA MemeShare<br /> Friday, May 15, 2009 at 5:52pm | Edit Note | Delete<br /><br /><br /><br />GENERAL SCA<br />- Been an officer? (Local, Regional, Kingdom, Society?) – All those levels, shire, barony, principality, kingdom and Society<br />- Do you have an SCA name? – AElflaed of Duckford<br />- Do you have an SCA persona? – Saxon, father's a stonemason and wood carver... some stuff like that.<br />- Changed persona because of different garb? – There used to be "Come as you aren't" revels...<br />- Been adopted by a person, household or clan? – Founded households and adopted others, I suppose.<br />- Had a name and/or device accepted by the SCA College of Arms? – Yes<br />- Had a name and/or device rejected by the SCA College of Arms? – No.<br />- Been taken or taken as an apprentice, protege or squire? – It wasn't the thing in those days.<br />- Have rank higher than an Award of Arms? – yes<br /><br />EVENTS<br />- Been an Event Steward/Autocrat? – Yes. <br />- Kingdom level or local level? – shire, baronial, principality, kingdom<br />- Cooked an Event? – Dishes for a feast but not whole feast; smaller period meals for formal camping and household, sure.<br />- Taught a class at an event? - yes<br />- Run an activity at an event? - yes<br /><br />FIGHTING/MARTIAL ARTS<br />- Ever fought at an event? - nope<br /><br />ARTS & SCIENCES<br />- Have you ever entered an A&S contest? -Yes<br />- Have you ever won an A&S contest? - Yes (categories and bardics, but not championships)<br />- Ever run an A&S contest? - Bardics, speed calligraphy, never a whole event<br />- Ever judge/critique items in an A&S contest? - Yes<br />- Ever Wordsmithed a scroll? - Often<br />- Illuminated a scroll? – Yes<br />- Done the Calligraphy for a scroll? – Yes<br />- Made your own paper? - No.<br />- Made a book? - Yes<br />- Make someone's order medallion? - No.<br />- Write someone in for an award? – Yes<br />- Have you ever sewn your own garb? - Yes.<br />- Sewn Garb for others? - Yes.<br />- Ever been sewing on the way to an event? - Yes<br />- Ever finished an outfit before an event? - Yes<br />- Researched and completed an outfit from said research? – I guess a "have you ever researched an outfit?" question is missing. Yes. And made one. Yes.<br />- Ever taught a class on sewing? - T-tunics and faced facings<br />- Finished a hat? – yes<br />- Do you know how to spin? – Have tried for learning purposes but not produced.<br />- Ever woven your own fabric? - No.<br />- Do you know how to knit? - No.<br />- Do you know how to do njalbinding or fingerloop braiding? – No.<br />- Have you ever dyed your own yarn or fabric? - Yes<br />- Embroidered a garment? - Yes<br />- Beaded a garment? – No.<br />- Ever entertained at a feast? - Yes<br />- Ever ran a bardic circle? - Yes<br />- Ever performed in a bardic circle? - Yes.<br />- Had songs requested from you at such? - Yes<br />- Ever competed in a formal bardic? - Yes<br />- Know any period songs? - Yes<br />- Been banned from a bardic circle for a song/performance, or have a piece you perform banned/controlled? – No.<br /><br />COURT IN THE SCA<br />- Ran a court as Royalty (King/Queen or Baron/Baroness)? – Yes<br />- Ran a court as Herald? - No.<br />- Heralded at Court? - No.<br />- Been an Attendant, Guard or Champion at court? - Yes (in coronations)<br />- Been called to court to receive an award, if so which one/s?- Yes http://sandradodd.com/duckford/awards"><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/duckford/awards</a><br />- Been called to court to present something, if so what? - Yes. Prizes, roses, regalia.<br />- Been called to court for punishment? or other redress of grievances? - YES! Some of us were banished once! <br />- Been part of a court 'shtick?' - Sure.<br />- Done something while watching court, e.g. embroider, if so what? – Usually.<br />- Had a royal comment on what you're doing? Yes. I was sitting with Duke Johann vonB and Stefan of the Wanderers trying to to laugh (failing) and the king (Cameron) got up off the throne, walked over where we were (before we noticed him coming) and asked us to be quiet. And took some of our food back with him. It was embarrassing, but funny.<br />- Have awards from more than one Kingdom? Yes, but not because I moved, because Atenveldt kept getting smaller.<br /><br />PENNSIC<br />- Have you ever gone to Pennsic? - Three times.<br />TRAVEL IN THE SCA<br />- Ever traveled more than 8 hours each way for a one day event? – Yes.<br />- Gone to a different Kingdom for an event? - Yes. Eight different kingdoms. (Never counted before; good question.)<br />- Lived in a different Kingdom? – Well, I didn't move, but the Outlands was part of Atenveldt and I was kingdom seneschal.<br />- Have trailer hitch and trailer, mainly because of the SCA? – Yes.<br />- What ridiculous lengths you've gone to get to an event? – Slept at the side of the road near Pietown and still limped the truck on in to Phoenix the next day, just in time for the end of court. Ate pizza with Richard the Strange and some folks, and drove back to ABQ.<br /><br />THE MUNDANE OF THE SCA<br />- Run out of closet space because of garb/gear? – Yes<br />- Ever crammed more than 4 people into a hotel room? – No, but tents we have.<br />- Met your future spouse at an SCA event? – Madrigal practice.<br />- Met most past significant others in an SCA setting? - No.<br />- Have better research books than your library? – Perhaps a couple of specialty items.<br />- Is your tent bigger than your first apartment? – Have had tents bigger than my dorm room, but not apartment.Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32465923.post-87009455819275518572010-01-24T17:40:00.005-07:002010-01-24T17:46:00.658-07:00Duchess Carol of Bellatrix has passed away<a href="http://sandradodd.com/people/obituaries/carolofbellatrix" target="_blank"><IMG SRC="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/SandraDodd/SCA/Devices/obituaries/th_carol_bellatrix.gif" align=right></a> Today have I learned of the passing of a gentle lady, Duchess Carol of Bellatrix. <p><br /><br />More details are available here:<blockquote><A HREF="http://sandradodd.com/people/obituaries/sca">http://sandradodd.com/people/obituaries/sca</a></blockquote><br /><br />If any have other details, photos, comments or links for this or any other of those souls who are remembered there, or details of those who are not but should be, please write to me at AElflaed at Sandra Dodd.com, or leave a note below and I will contact you.Sandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com0