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Castman at 21:28, 6 August 2024

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	== Heraldry ==		== Heraldry ==
	<big>Vert, a chalice Or and in chief a fish haurient embowed argent. (A fish out of water.)</big>		<big>Vert, a chalice Or and in chief a fish haurient embowed argent. (A fish out of water.)</big>
			[[File:Kalara of Lochmere Heraldry.jpg\|thumb\|Vert, a chalice Or and in chief a fish haurient embowed argent.]]
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Castman: Editing my own work mercilessly.

2024-08-06T21:19:32Z

Editing my own work mercilessly.

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			[[File:Miniature Plaster Decorations.jpg\|thumb\|An Example of Plaster Decorations]]
	[[File:Kalara with Veil.jpg\|thumb\|Kalara with Veil]]		[[File:Kalara with Veil.jpg\|thumb\|Kalara with Veil]]
	<big>'''Kalara of Lochmere'''</big>		<big>'''Kalara of Lochmere'''</big>

	== Introduction ==		== Introduction ==
	<big>I joined the SCA around 2008 in the Kingdom of Atlantia as ~~one of the rare-as-unicorns female~~ heavy ~~fighters~~. I could not brew, or sew, or cook but I could not turn down an invitation to come out and try to learn anything, either. My persona is that of a ~~Slavic merchant~~ in northern Italy in the ~~15th~~ century or so. I became a bard, and a teacher, and though my heart is still with the heavy fighters my knees protest. Today I am a thorn in the side of evildoers.</big>		<big>I joined the SCA around 2008 in the Kingdom of Atlantia as a heavy fighter. I could not brew, or sew, or cook but I could not turn down an invitation to come out and try to learn anything, either. My persona is that of a noblewoman in northern Italy in the 12th century or so. I became a bard, and a teacher, and though my heart is still with the heavy fighters my knees protest. Today I am a thorn in the side of evildoers.</big>
	<BR>		<BR>

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	== Persona Backstory ==		== Persona Backstory ==
	<big> Kalara, who went by a different name then, grew up in the mountains of Lombardy in 1328. Her family was ~~quite~~ wealthy but also quite large. This led indirectly to Kalara being sent to a nunnery as a sort of trophy or hostage - it was complicated. In 1346 red crosses appeared on the bodies and the bread of those marked to die of the Black Death. Kalara was bricked in to a tower where she had a basket and a rope to lower down so that she might not starve to death, or be bitten by rats or attacked by wild dogs. In this way, and burning a great deal of anti-plague powder, Kalara waited out the plague for three years. At the end of the three years she escaped to find that she was the only survivor at the nunnery. Harvesting from the gardens at the nunnery, Kalara earned enough to buy good white flour and fresh butter. She made many apricot custard tarts (the nuns kept chickens and grew apricot trees) and fruit cakes, and traveled to her family's estate in the summer. There she was greeted with much rejoicing as the last surviving heir ~~of the family~~. After putting her estate in order she traveled south to Genoa, to Florence and Rome where she was ~~treated almost~~ as a saint due to her generosity. Just as she was about to accept the marriage proposal of a ~~very~~ nice young Venetian, Kalara was poisoned to death~~, probably~~ by a romantic rival, using a mixture of viper's venom, arsenic, and wolfsbane.</big>		<big> Kalara, who went by a different name then, grew up in the mountains of Lombardy in 1328. Her family was wealthy but also quite large. This led indirectly to Kalara being sent to a nunnery as a sort of trophy or hostage - it was complicated. In 1346 red crosses appeared on the bodies and the bread of those marked to die of the Black Death. Kalara was bricked in to a tower where she had a basket and a rope to lower down so that she might not starve to death, or be bitten by rats or attacked by wild dogs. In this way, and burning a great deal of anti-plague powder, Kalara waited out the plague for three years. At the end of the three years she escaped to find that she was the only survivor at the nunnery. Harvesting from the gardens at the nunnery, Kalara earned enough to buy good white flour and fresh butter. She made many apricot custard tarts (the nuns kept chickens and grew apricot trees) and fruit cakes. These she sold to earn enough money to purchase a horse and the services of two men at arms. Together they traveled to her family's estate in the summer. There she was greeted with much rejoicing as the last surviving heir. After putting her estate in order she traveled south to Genoa, to Florence and Rome where she was viewed as a saint due to her generosity. Just as she was about to accept the marriage proposal of a nice young Venetian, Kalara was poisoned to death by a romantic rival, using a mixture of viper's venom, arsenic, and wolfsbane.</big>


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	<big><ul>'''2024'''</ul></big>		<big><ul>'''2024'''</ul></big>
	<big>		<big>
	<li>Medieval Icy Treats, TBD~~, SUMMER 2024~~		<li>Medieval Icy Treats, TBD
	</big>		</big>

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	==Miscellaneous Doings==		==Miscellaneous Doings==

	<big>Began bardic circle in Highland Foorde circa 2010. First meetings were in a museum called Schifferstadt. Bardic included a ~~very~~ fine wassail for Yule. This bardic was later hosted by an underground secret nerd club and got quite large. ~~It may have split by 2020~~.		<big>Began bardic circle in [https://highlandfoorde.atlantia.sca.org/ Highland Foorde] circa 2010. First meetings were in a museum called Schifferstadt. Bardic included a fine wassail for Yule. This bardic was later hosted by an underground secret nerd club and got quite large.

			Sponsored bardic challenges.

	~~Sponsored several bardic challenges~~.		Played an inter-baronial prank at Highland Foorde's Feast and Foolishness that involved stealing the ancient Log of [https://pontealto.atlantia.sca.org/ Ponte Alto] and dressing it in landsknecht garb to honor [https://pontealto.atlantia.sca.org/ Ponte Alto]'s Baron and Baroness at the time. You had to be there.

	~~Played an inter-baronial prank at Highland Foorde's Feast and Foolishness that involved stealing the ancient Log of Ponte Alto~~ and ~~dressing it in landsknecht garb to honor Ponte Alto's Baron~~ and ~~Baroness at the time. You had to be there.~~		Makes parcel gilt boxes. Mostly with dragons and leaf and vine designs

	~~Makes plaster-decorated boxes~~.		[https://karfg.atlantia.sca.org/ Forestry Guild]

	~~Forestry Guild~~		Briefly Youth Officer in [https://lochmere.atlantia.sca.org/ Lochmere].

	~~Briefly Youth Officer in Lochmere~~.		Revenge of the Stitch and Harvest Wars.

	~~Washer of Dishes with Milord Raven and other noble souls at Revenge of the Stitch and Harvest Wars~~.		Attended Coronation in [https://www.duncarraig.net/ Dun Carraig].

	~~Attended Coronation in Dun Carraig~~.		Other events, I forget. Not [https://www.pennsicwar.org/ Pennsic] since 2007. It's very hot and very expensive.


	</big>		</big>

Castman: Adding a persona backstory. Taking out an extra bullet point under Classes Taught

2023-10-31T19:12:52Z

Adding a persona backstory. Taking out an extra bullet point under Classes Taught

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			== Persona Backstory ==
			<big> Kalara, who went by a different name then, grew up in the mountains of Lombardy in 1328. Her family was quite wealthy but also quite large. This led indirectly to Kalara being sent to a nunnery as a sort of trophy or hostage - it was complicated. In 1346 red crosses appeared on the bodies and the bread of those marked to die of the Black Death. Kalara was bricked in to a tower where she had a basket and a rope to lower down so that she might not starve to death, or be bitten by rats or attacked by wild dogs. In this way, and burning a great deal of anti-plague powder, Kalara waited out the plague for three years. At the end of the three years she escaped to find that she was the only survivor at the nunnery. Harvesting from the gardens at the nunnery, Kalara earned enough to buy good white flour and fresh butter. She made many apricot custard tarts (the nuns kept chickens and grew apricot trees) and fruit cakes, and traveled to her family's estate in the summer. There she was greeted with much rejoicing as the last surviving heir of the family. After putting her estate in order she traveled south to Genoa, to Florence and Rome where she was treated almost as a saint due to her generosity. Just as she was about to accept the marriage proposal of a very nice young Venetian, Kalara was poisoned to death, probably by a romantic rival, using a mixture of viper's venom, arsenic, and wolfsbane.</big>


	== A&S Philosophy ==		== A&S Philosophy ==
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	<li>Medieval Icy Treats, TBD, SUMMER 2024		<li>Medieval Icy Treats, TBD, SUMMER 2024
	</big>		</big>
	~~<li>~~

	<big><ul>'''2023'''</ul></big>		<big><ul>'''2023'''</ul></big>

Castman at 16:16, 3 September 2023

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	==Classes Taught==		==Classes Taught==
	'''2023'''		<big><ul>'''2024'''</ul></big>
	<ul>		<big>
			<li>Medieval Icy Treats, TBD, SUMMER 2024
			</big>
			<li>

			<big><ul>'''2023'''</ul></big>
			<big>
	<li>Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen, Atlantian University, February 4, 2023		<li>Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen, Atlantian University, February 4, 2023
	<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aLyHXoa66kvAlk_O9qvhdO1x0yvA1lbZolXzPnJQ0sE/edit?usp=share_link Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen Slides]		<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aLyHXoa66kvAlk_O9qvhdO1x0yvA1lbZolXzPnJQ0sE/edit?usp=share_link Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen Slides]
	</ul>		</big>

	'''2022'''		<big><ul>'''2022'''</ul></big>
	<ul>		<big>
	<li>Poisons Found Along the Silk Road, Atlantian University, February 5, 2022		<li>Poisons Found Along the Silk Road, Atlantian University, February 5, 2022
	<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Nm7XVh1CM0XeqlU4jMgpIxFRshQ_hpAxAQq25tPNEKY/edit?usp=sharing Poisons Found Along the Silk Road Slides]		<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Nm7XVh1CM0XeqlU4jMgpIxFRshQ_hpAxAQq25tPNEKY/edit?usp=sharing Poisons Found Along the Silk Road Slides]
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	<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1da2Yi9m_4TY2waIrXEO4T88x_lo_GixH8ukSyAmYJEY/edit?usp=share_link Ports and Poisons of Medieval Africa Slides]		<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1da2Yi9m_4TY2waIrXEO4T88x_lo_GixH8ukSyAmYJEY/edit?usp=share_link Ports and Poisons of Medieval Africa Slides]
	<li>[https://youtu.be/WZ-0UQA6lBs Ports and Poisons of Medieval Africa Video on YouTube]		<li>[https://youtu.be/WZ-0UQA6lBs Ports and Poisons of Medieval Africa Video on YouTube]
	</ul>		</big>

	'''2021'''		<big><ul>'''2021'''</ul></big>
	<ul>		<big>
	<li>Poisons Found Along the Silk Road, Pan Asian University, Aethelmearc, October 1, 2021		<li>Poisons Found Along the Silk Road, Pan Asian University, Aethelmearc, October 1, 2021
	<li>So You Have Enemies: Poisons in Period, Atlantian University, June 12th, 2021		<li>So You Have Enemies: Poisons in Period, Atlantian University, June 12th, 2021
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	<li>Attended Battle on the Bay in Storvik and taught "So You Have Enemies: Poisons in Period." Even gave a copy of the handout to the Queen when she was stopping by!		<li>Attended Battle on the Bay in Storvik and taught "So You Have Enemies: Poisons in Period." Even gave a copy of the handout to the Queen when she was stopping by!

	</ul>		</big>

	'''2020'''		<big><ul>'''2020'''</ul></big>
	<ul>		<big>
	<li>Heron of Alexandria: Fountains and Other Machines, Historic Haven		<li>Heron of Alexandria: Fountains and Other Machines, Historic Haven
	<li>Heron of Alexandria: Fountains and Other Machines, Barony of Bright Hills Weekly Gathering		<li>Heron of Alexandria: Fountains and Other Machines, Barony of Bright Hills Weekly Gathering
	</ul>		</big>

	'''~~2017~~'''		<big><ul>'''2027'''</ul></big>
	<ul>		<big>
	<li>How to Make Butter and the Significance of St. Brigid in Ireland, Lochmere, as the youth officer		<li>How to Make Butter and the Significance of St. Brigid in Ireland, Lochmere, as the youth officer
	</ul>		</big>

	'''2011'''		<big><ul>'''2011'''</ul></big>
	<ul>		<big>
	<li>Roses and What Can Be Made With Them, Atlantian University, June 2011		<li>Roses and What Can Be Made With Them, Atlantian University, June 2011
	</ul>		</big>

	==Miscellaneous Doings==		==Miscellaneous Doings==

Castman at 16:06, 3 September 2023

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	== Introduction ==		== Introduction ==
	<big>I joined the SCA around 2008 in the Kingdom of Atlantia as one of the rare-as-unicorns female heavy fighters. I could not brew, or sew, or cook but I could not turn down an invitation to come out and try to learn anything, either. My persona is that of a Slavic merchant in northern Italy in the 15th century or so. I became a bard, and a teacher, and though my heart is still with the heavy fighters my knees protest. Today I am ~~primarily~~ a thorn in the side of ~~evil-doers~~.</big>		<big>I joined the SCA around 2008 in the Kingdom of Atlantia as one of the rare-as-unicorns female heavy fighters. I could not brew, or sew, or cook but I could not turn down an invitation to come out and try to learn anything, either. My persona is that of a Slavic merchant in northern Italy in the 15th century or so. I became a bard, and a teacher, and though my heart is still with the heavy fighters my knees protest. Today I am a thorn in the side of evildoers.</big>
	<BR>		<BR>

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	==Classes Taught==		==Classes Taught==
	'''2023'''		'''2023'''
	<ul~~><big~~>		<ul>
	<li>Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen, Atlantian University, February 4, 2023		<li>Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen, Atlantian University, February 4, 2023
	<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aLyHXoa66kvAlk_O9qvhdO1x0yvA1lbZolXzPnJQ0sE/edit?usp=share_link Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen Slides]		<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aLyHXoa66kvAlk_O9qvhdO1x0yvA1lbZolXzPnJQ0sE/edit?usp=share_link Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen Slides]
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	<ul>		<ul>
	<li>Roses and What Can Be Made With Them, Atlantian University, June 2011		<li>Roses and What Can Be Made With Them, Atlantian University, June 2011
	~~</big>~~</ul>		</ul>

	==Miscellaneous Doings==		==Miscellaneous Doings==

Castman: Trying to change the font so all the fonts are the same

2023-02-17T16:47:35Z

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	==Classes Taught==		==Classes Taught==
	'''2023'''		'''2023'''
	<ul>		<ul><big>
	<li>Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen, Atlantian University, February 4, 2023		<li>Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen, Atlantian University, February 4, 2023
	<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aLyHXoa66kvAlk_O9qvhdO1x0yvA1lbZolXzPnJQ0sE/edit?usp=share_link Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen Slides]		<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aLyHXoa66kvAlk_O9qvhdO1x0yvA1lbZolXzPnJQ0sE/edit?usp=share_link Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen Slides]
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	<li>Roses and What Can Be Made With Them, Atlantian University, June 2011		<li>Roses and What Can Be Made With Them, Atlantian University, June 2011
	</ul>		</big></ul>

	==Miscellaneous Doings==		==Miscellaneous Doings==

Castman: Deleting some things and adding a new date.

2023-02-17T16:36:07Z

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	==Classes Taught==		==Classes Taught==
			'''2023'''
			<ul>
			<li>Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen, Atlantian University, February 4, 2023
			<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aLyHXoa66kvAlk_O9qvhdO1x0yvA1lbZolXzPnJQ0sE/edit?usp=share_link Trade Between Ethiopia and Yemen Slides]
			</ul>

	'''2022'''		'''2022'''
	<ul>		<ul>
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	<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Nm7XVh1CM0XeqlU4jMgpIxFRshQ_hpAxAQq25tPNEKY/edit?usp=sharing Poisons Found Along the Silk Road Slides]		<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Nm7XVh1CM0XeqlU4jMgpIxFRshQ_hpAxAQq25tPNEKY/edit?usp=sharing Poisons Found Along the Silk Road Slides]
	<li> Also gave out a page with links to long ''Materia Medica'' texts available online. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jqY3927U2KzTqy9dxsHRGTljpQx--niTHkRyDZg_UWs/edit?usp=sharing Links to Long Texts for Students' Amusement]		<li> Also gave out a page with links to long ''Materia Medica'' texts available online. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jqY3927U2KzTqy9dxsHRGTljpQx--niTHkRyDZg_UWs/edit?usp=sharing Links to Long Texts for Students' Amusement]
			<li>
			<li>Ports and Poisons of Medieval Africa, Atlantian University, June 2022
			<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1da2Yi9m_4TY2waIrXEO4T88x_lo_GixH8ukSyAmYJEY/edit?usp=share_link Ports and Poisons of Medieval Africa Slides]
			<li>[https://youtu.be/WZ-0UQA6lBs Ports and Poisons of Medieval Africa Video on YouTube]
	</ul>		</ul>

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	Played an inter-baronial prank at Highland Foorde's Feast and Foolishness that involved stealing the ancient Log of Ponte Alto and dressing it in landsknecht garb to honor Ponte Alto's Baron and Baroness at the time. You had to be there.		Played an inter-baronial prank at Highland Foorde's Feast and Foolishness that involved stealing the ancient Log of Ponte Alto and dressing it in landsknecht garb to honor Ponte Alto's Baron and Baroness at the time. You had to be there.

	One of the loudmouths complaining that every kingdom but Atlantia had a female knight or two in 2020. Initiator of Great Cheapside Tavern Fight where almost no one, not even other female fighters, thought that Atlantia ought to have female knights. (10 years after I had quit fighting for health reasons, so there was no chance of me becoming one of those female knights.) I thought I was going in with an army at my back when it was only the cold winds blowing.

	Certain denizens* of the Shire Roxbury Mills did not like that I was reading books about politics and making snarky remarks on my own Facebook page, so they tried to have me Restricted and Denied from the entire SCA. Fortunately they couldn't find worse charges than, "She's showing up uninvited!" and even more fortunately, I had screenshots of every invitation to get-togethers that I'd gone to in the Shire. I suppose there's something on me in a Kingdom file that says I lurk in the bushes still, as the Shire's own boogie-woman, but it's all in their heads. They ordered me to stop telling my side of the story and I agreed that I would do so as long as I was not harassed by anyone from Roxbury Mills. Sadly the harassment continued and so I've been telling the story again, sometimes including the proper names of those involved, which is quite uncommon in the SCA since "plausible deniability" is part of the culture. One has to stand up to bullies, no matter the cost.

	*Not Lord Carlyle, who I have known for over ten years. I only mention him because he came close to winning Crown Tourney in 2021. Really there are only five or so of the eighty members of the Shire involved in the story. I still wrote a song mocking them.

	Makes plaster-decorated boxes.		Makes plaster-decorated boxes.

Castman: /* Miscellaneous Doings */

2022-02-07T20:05:11Z

Miscellaneous Doings

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	==Miscellaneous Doings==		==Miscellaneous Doings==

	<big>Began bardic circle in Highland Foorde ~~cica~~ 2010. First meetings were in a museum called Schifferstadt. Bardic included a very fine wassail for Yule. This bardic was later hosted by an underground secret nerd club and got quite large. It may have split by 2020.		<big>Began bardic circle in Highland Foorde circa 2010. First meetings were in a museum called Schifferstadt. Bardic included a very fine wassail for Yule. This bardic was later hosted by an underground secret nerd club and got quite large. It may have split by 2020.

	Sponsored several bardic challenges.		Sponsored several bardic challenges.

Castman at 20:04, 7 February 2022

2022-02-07T20:04:11Z

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	'''2022'''		'''2022'''
	<ul>		<ul>
	<li>Poisons Found Along the Silk Road, Atlantian University, ~~(scheduled)~~ February 5, 2022		<li>Poisons Found Along the Silk Road, Atlantian University, February 5, 2022
			<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Nm7XVh1CM0XeqlU4jMgpIxFRshQ_hpAxAQq25tPNEKY/edit?usp=sharing Poisons Found Along the Silk Road Slides]
			<li> Also gave out a page with links to long ''Materia Medica'' texts available online. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jqY3927U2KzTqy9dxsHRGTljpQx--niTHkRyDZg_UWs/edit?usp=sharing Links to Long Texts for Students' Amusement]
	</ul>		</ul>

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	<li>Poisons Found Along the Silk Road, Pan Asian University, Aethelmearc, October 1, 2021		<li>Poisons Found Along the Silk Road, Pan Asian University, Aethelmearc, October 1, 2021
	<li>So You Have Enemies: Poisons in Period, Atlantian University, June 12th, 2021		<li>So You Have Enemies: Poisons in Period, Atlantian University, June 12th, 2021
			<li>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wsUs_pf0UAgM3ZkVVztFpNAKcdoH9DcrK1q49TqL8wA/edit?usp=sharing So You Have Enemies: Poisons in Period Slides]
	<li>Attended Battle on the Bay in Storvik and taught "So You Have Enemies: Poisons in Period." Even gave a copy of the handout to the Queen when she was stopping by!		<li>Attended Battle on the Bay in Storvik and taught "So You Have Enemies: Poisons in Period." Even gave a copy of the handout to the Queen when she was stopping by!

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	One of the loudmouths complaining that every kingdom but Atlantia had a female knight or two in 2020. Initiator of Great Cheapside Tavern Fight where almost no one, not even other female fighters, thought that Atlantia ought to have female knights. (10 years after I had quit fighting for health reasons, so there was no chance of me becoming one of those female knights.) I thought I was going in with an army at my back when it was only the cold winds blowing.		One of the loudmouths complaining that every kingdom but Atlantia had a female knight or two in 2020. Initiator of Great Cheapside Tavern Fight where almost no one, not even other female fighters, thought that Atlantia ought to have female knights. (10 years after I had quit fighting for health reasons, so there was no chance of me becoming one of those female knights.) I thought I was going in with an army at my back when it was only the cold winds blowing.

	Certain denizens* of the Shire Roxbury Mills did not like that I was reading books about politics and making snarky remarks on my own Facebook page, so they tried to have me Restricted and Denied from the entire SCA. Fortunately they couldn't find worse charges than, "She's showing up uninvited!" and even more fortunately, I had screenshots of every invitation to get-togethers that I'd gone to in the Shire. I suppose there's something on me in a Kingdom file that says I lurk in the bushes still, as the Shire's own ~~boogeyman~~, but it's all in their heads. They ordered me to stop telling my side of the story and I agreed that I would do so as long as I was not harassed by anyone from Roxbury Mills. Sadly the harassment continued and so I've been telling the story again, sometimes including the proper names of those involved, which is quite uncommon in the SCA since "plausible deniability" is part of the culture. One has to stand up to bullies, no matter the cost.		Certain denizens* of the Shire Roxbury Mills did not like that I was reading books about politics and making snarky remarks on my own Facebook page, so they tried to have me Restricted and Denied from the entire SCA. Fortunately they couldn't find worse charges than, "She's showing up uninvited!" and even more fortunately, I had screenshots of every invitation to get-togethers that I'd gone to in the Shire. I suppose there's something on me in a Kingdom file that says I lurk in the bushes still, as the Shire's own boogie-woman, but it's all in their heads. They ordered me to stop telling my side of the story and I agreed that I would do so as long as I was not harassed by anyone from Roxbury Mills. Sadly the harassment continued and so I've been telling the story again, sometimes including the proper names of those involved, which is quite uncommon in the SCA since "plausible deniability" is part of the culture. One has to stand up to bullies, no matter the cost.

	*Not Lord Carlyle, who I have known for over ten years. I only mention him because he came close to winning Crown Tourney in 2021. Really there are only five or so of the eighty members of the Shire involved in the story.		*Not Lord Carlyle, who I have known for over ten years. I only mention him because he came close to winning Crown Tourney in 2021. Really there are only five or so of the eighty members of the Shire involved in the story. I still wrote a song mocking them.

	Makes ~~pastiglia~~-decorated boxes.		Makes plaster-decorated boxes.

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