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AElflaed the Anchoress: To have another profile, I needed a new blog
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To have another profile, I needed a new blog. For the Outlands History project. I've just set up, I wanted another profile. To have another profile, I needed a new blog. It's not a bad idea, though. Each of the blogs I have has a stated purpose and audience. This one can be for me, my friends, my students, and anyone else who's interested. It might seem busy to others, but compared to my own busiest seasons, I'm living a very quiet life. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Leaflette, of Myrtleholt...
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AElflaed the Anchoress: the ugly side
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The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. James Arthur Baldwin (1924-87). James Baldwin wasn't a medievalist, but no matter. It's not about that. I did share some very happy memories, and things I'd learned and people I wouldn't have met otherwise who were mentors to me. The negative things, though, maybe should've have been shared with them. Without extremes (theoretical extremes; contrasts), how can there be exceptionality? I found that knowing...
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AElflaed the Anchoress: May 2008
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The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. James Arthur Baldwin (1924-87). James Baldwin wasn't a medievalist, but no matter. It's not about that. I did share some very happy memories, and things I'd learned and people I wouldn't have met otherwise who were mentors to me. The negative things, though, maybe should've have been shared with them. Without extremes (theoretical extremes; contrasts), how can there be exceptionality? Links to this post.
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AElflaed the Anchoress: People I miss
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Mark Lasie of Westminster. Elinor Aurora of Rosewood (though I see her mundanely sometimes). Aldred Colson (I see him too, and it's always nice). Simonetta d'Ambrosini (I rarely, but always gladly, see her). Richard the Strange (who talked and thought faster than I ever have and was overflowing with music). Ferelith, Rhonwen and Jerilyn, when they were a team and a set. What I really miss is our youth and exuberance when the world as we knew it was newer. The landscape changed when they were gone. The Le...
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AElflaed the Anchoress: Duke Finnvarr's 50th Anniversary project
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Duke Finnvarr's 50th Anniversary project. The Society will be fifty years old in 2016. Duke Finnvarr has been asked to do a history. He wants to write about changes and perceptions, and asked me to help. There is a facebook page set up now called 50-Yr SCA Thoughts. Finnvarr wrote:]-=-I call the shadow SCA all those people – hey, you're one of them – who once belonged to the SCA and no longer do-=- [I responded:]. I feel like a supply officer, back at the base, not going out into the field, not even goin...
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AElflaed the Anchoress: January 2008
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Mark Lasie of Westminster. Elinor Aurora of Rosewood (though I see her mundanely sometimes). Aldred Colson (I see him too, and it's always nice). Simonetta d'Ambrosini (I rarely, but always gladly, see her). Richard the Strange (who talked and thought faster than I ever have and was overflowing with music). Ferelith, Rhonwen and Jerilyn, when they were a team and a set. What I really miss is our youth and exuberance when the world as we knew it was newer. The landscape changed when they were gone. I've b...
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AElflaed the Anchoress: Martino and Artan
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I had a dream that Martino came by casually and hung out (in my dream situation, which was not my regular surroundings) and it was a comfort for him to just be there. The matter of the conversations and doings wasn't what the dream was about. The substance of the dream was emotion, not narrative, and his presence was warm. Our son Marty/Bardolf is Artan's squire (as Martino once was). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Article (re)published, May 2016. Other Projects and Pages. Site news and announcements.
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AElflaed the Anchoress: Segregation and other wrongs
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Segregation and other wrongs. Our youth activities coordinators put on many, many educational activities these last few years, that are almost all period-related.". The SCA itself is one huge educational activity. Removing children from it has always seemed wrong to me, for many reasons. It's not about the officers. It's about the segregation by age, and the perpetration of the idea that learning happens in classroom-style settings. Workshops should be provided, or run, or organized, but not "taught.".
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AElflaed the Anchoress: Thoughts on History
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I have a house filled with newsletters, scrolls, letters, files, originals and copies of various SCA art projects, tickets to feasts (originals and copies), site tokens. I have made good progress on a project to list my awards and show the scrolls and medallions or other symbols, and that's indexed here: SandraDodd.com/duckford/awards. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Article (re)published, May 2016. Other Projects and Pages. AElflaed of Duckford, main site. Site news and announcements. Bright Ideas a...
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AElflaed the Anchoress: Sometimes it's just food
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Sometimes it's just food. On Wednesday nights in the winter, for the second year, I'm meeting with a small group each week for a discussion. Last year the theme was virtues, and we usually met in a restaurant meeting room. By the time everyone bought food and I bought food for two of my kids and maybe another guest and me, and tipped the set-up team for the meeting room, it was expensive. It was distracting. Sometimes it's not just food. And thanks for the mention ;-). February 6, 2008 at 3:35 PM. The Ki...