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This may be the best picture of Michael from Pennsic:

That’s right, Michael is dressed as Sir Titanius Anglesmith of Cornwood.
Courtesy of Jodi.

Trying to deal with all my technology impediments, that is.
My camera remains gone. I am down to using the video camera for shots, which, even at it’s highest setting, takes crappy stills, and it only works well with Micheal’s desk top. Micheal’s desktop, when it is on, is the only one that can be hooked [...]

Sock Monkey holding a message from K, inscribed in a wax tablet.
Another Boar’s Head gone by, with an in-persona write up here: http://merouda.blogspot.com/2009/12/on-ye-eue-of-ye-day-of-saint-nicholas-i.html
That would be all there really is to say about it; I went, I enjoyed visiting with people, I left. I had st00p1d amounts of trouble putting a winter outfit together, and eventually [...]

Part one of this year’s Post Pennsic Planner.
So, for the past couple of years, I have been working on refashioning some linen under dresses as my primary costume project. This is a wrap up entry that discusses what I have learned from the experience and what I plan to do going forward.
First, let me talk [...]

What a weekend. Week. Month. Year. Just outrageously busy. I thought I was going to have a quiet weekend puttering around the house. Clean a little. Cook a lot. Bake a little. Fix my arrows in preparation for Michaelmas. Work in my garden. Get projects together for future completion. That kind of thing.

But [...]

So, here’s the thing. As usual, much to say and little time to say it. Let’s start with something utterly innocuous: Projectland.

At last, I have finished the green linen refashion dress from last year’s Pennsic list; it’s currently accessortized as if it’s late 15th-early 16th c. Flemish working woman, but it’s more strongly based on [...]

Let’s see. Again, much time elapsed. Farg. Well, let me see how much of my recollection I can cram into this evening.
Activities in passing

* Sunday: Watched Kiernan in the morning. He was teh cute, as usual, but of course, I am prejudiced. I spent the afternoon at a Baronial SCA event, visiting with people [...]

Well, I sat down at the computer at about 11 AM to write a brief entry for Projectland and cobble together a second entry composed of all the 1 sentence to one paragraph entries I’ve started over the past month or so. It’s now 1830. Wow, the Internet is an interesting place. Let’s see, I [...]

Today would be the first day in several weeks that is without plans. I should do something besides lay on the couch with my happy laptop doing research on the directions this month’s WIP list has driven me.
Here’s the August WIP list:
1. make linen tunic
2.Make new tent
3.Work on carports look- improve
4.(Private)
5.Finish embroidery on silk [...]

Specifically, the Female Patterns subsection.
The site is decent, although many picture links are broken. It needs a good HTML/PHP cleaning.

Back from Pennsic since last Friday evening. Trip was smooth.
This is not the wrap up entry; rather, it’s some notes on one particular aspect.
There are some ::cough:: splendid ::cough:: pictures of me on Whiskey Cell Phone night doing Middle Eastern Desperation Garb (sports bra and poofy pants), which gave rise to the following musings.
Pennsic [...]