I'm glad that you're a newbie groom, and hope that you never get to be an old hand at it. 8)

Well, it does look like it would be appropriate for weaving with naturally colored fibers....

Mead!

There was indeed a time when Estrella war was held at Estrella Mountain Park. But it's been at its current location and dropping attendees for the last several years. There's talk that if they...

The war happens in Florence. If something happened, that's pretty far from Phoenix's west side. My cardiologist says no, so... there's always next year.

I'm thinking about hitting the Az Ren...

I would be... pre-reg'ged and all... but I had a heart attack, so now I'm not going that far from a hospital.

Björn the Navigator
Black Boar Herald
Barony of Tir Ysgithr

I have rarely desired to see North Carolina again (my ex-wife got the whole state in the divorce), but it usually happens right after considering pictures / articles / information about the museum or...

Sorry about that. I meant to come, but by 8, I had hit the wall. Since the heart attack, I just don't have energy... and that's a sad thing to say at my age!

Congrats, fellas... them's a lot'a pixels exercised!

Yes, but that's annular, which is to say a spike on a full circle, not penannular, which would be a spike on an interrupted circle. The two styles happened at very different points in history, and...

You probably, from the description, had an incident of arythmia, where your heart beat changes from its normal 1, 2, 3, 4 (yes, there are four events, which can sometimes be heard separately, but...

I've had my eye on these lads for a while, hoping their long-promised Jacobite line will materialize. I'm glad to hear that their work remains respectable.

Is this a different horde than the Staffordshire horde? It's pretty cool that so much is coming to light.

In fact, Campbell / Blackwatch tartan is universal precisely because it was used by the military. During the Highland Proscriptions, the only tartans woven were those of military regiments, and the...

Thanks to all for your kind words. But really, I just wanted to say that heart attacks do present with atypical symptoms, so don't refrain from seeing a doc just because "this isn't what a heart...

It's true that the kilt I find myself reaching for most often is my Service tartan, but I find associations more of a guide to choosing "what next" than anything else.

Everything I know about this, I learned from the BBC.

I had a heart attack early Sunday morning. And I almost didn't go to the hospital, because my symptoms were atypical... instead of feeling like I had "bands around my chest" or "an elephant sitting...

Apparently, in the UK, there's a law which lays out severe penalties for not selling archaeological materials to the crown. I kind of wish we had such a law here in the states.

The farmer whose...

I just got out of the hospital this morning, so I doubt I'll be up for much crawling... but I'd be happy to meet y'all at the beginning of the evening an lift a pint.

Ron, one doesn't get to be our age and single by learning that lesson. ~.^

Anyway, I agree whole-heartedly with your praise of USAK. I only have one of Rocky's semi-trads, but when I have more...

You know, if I had that kind of disposable income, I might buy a bottle and share it with my friends, to see if it really was worth it... and to have the experience of having shared a 50 year old...

In the Society for Creative Anachronism, supporters are allowed anyone with an Award of Arms, but are not registered with the College of Heralds, unlike the device itself.

Life happens. I've been through flush times and tight times before, and no doubt will again.

Anyway, anyone else who isn't attending the SASS evening want to get together, maybe at the Auld...

It's perfectly reasonable for what it is. Saddly, at the moment, it's beyond my reach, which, to me, makes it kind of steep. It's less a comment on their pricing structure, and more on my limited...