Arontius of Bygelswade

.....Sometime over the weekend Anne Brynley deleted her Live Journal account. No warning was given. Part of me is curious as to why, but the larger portion is telling me to mind my own business and stay out of it. Sigh.

.....On Live Journal a month or so ago I subscribed to the blogs of a couple of authors that I read religiously. Barbara Hambly regularly updates her Journal with all of her mundane and ordinary life activities. If you thought an author's life was glamorous, reading her Journal will disavow that within days. I'm actually amazed at how, hmmm, normal, she is. :-) Which is really cool, and inspiration in many regards. As in you don't necessarily have to be an ARTIST to be an author. Good thing for me since I'm not one. :-)

.....Diana Paxson also maintains a Journal here on Live Journal. February 20th is her birthday. One of the original founders of the SCA, and definitely an author of note. She has translated many of the big Celtic Mythic stories into Fantasy Novels that follow the original intent rather closely. She is also rather big in some of the Pagan / Norse Mythos communities. She doesn't post nearly as often as Barbara Hambly, but it's still interesting to hear her take on things when she does post.

.....TBT has taken on the major task of tracking down the Baronial Charter signed and sealed by King Tjorkill and Queen Elowyn when we were made a Barony. She posted a couple of e-mails today asking to help track it and from all indications it really is in the possession of THL Maria. If I remember the Scroll correctly, it actually is addressed to her and Baron James, so she might have thought that it actually belonged to her as the 'Founding Baroness'. As I think of those of us who were around at that time, there are only one or two people I think Maria might respond to positively if asked for the Scroll. I'm certainly not one of them. But I think that TBT might be able to get away with it. We'll see.

.....That was one of my absolute favorite June Faire's. One of our last at Frank Raab Park in Poulsbo. I received my AoA on that same day. That first year as a Barony was rather magical. We had some major dreams of the things we would do as a group. That first class of Serjeantry was astounding in their willingness to work together. I still have pictures of them all wearing the uniform of the class. They all wore a red, late period, shirt in a show of solidarity. The Trials themselves took place at the Chico Way fields where the Kitsap County Native Tribes hold their annual PowWow's. What a year that was.

.....THL Renart has volunteered to produce a replacement scroll for the Baronial Charter. I'm sure it would end up looking even better than the original. But I'd still like to see if we could get our hands on the original. Nothing that is ever redone can hold the same sense of 'history' in your hands as holding the original.

.....Need to put together a working 'to-do' list for the next couple of weeks. There are a lot of things coming up on the horizon and if I don't get organized now, I'm never going to stay on top of things. There are a handfull of September Crown foundation pieces to finalize. Then a rather largish group of June Faire items to plan out, especially in the martiallate arena.

.....Then May Crown to fit into the mix. We've got to find someone willing to be the camping coordinator for Crown. It's a rather lengthy drive, so attendance will be on the smaller side. I'll have to ask around and see who is actually going to make the drive.

.....But first a three day weekend coming up. What am I going to do with all that free time. :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.