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Health/Disability Changes
The last year has been a tough one for me. I had some major health issues pop up or intensify, and I also started a new FT job (which I love). My ability to travel and craft has shrunk to…
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Hew New People, Over Here!
Recruitment and retention are always key issues for the SCA, and Chatelaines tend to be particularly focused on increasing them. When you have a large event where everyone from the host group is volunteering for a time-consuming job, it can…
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The Ambition: an overview of the goal
Obviously, the best way to plan is to start with a huge, time-consuming goal that will require years of research and practicing techniques and subsequent construction and maintenance. Then you can work backwards from there to plan your intermediate projects…
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Welcome to the East, Wanna Help?
STARTING OUT My first SCA meeting was in 2001, in Atlantia’s Canton of Buckston-on-Eno in the Barony of Windmaster’s Hill. Shortly afterward they took me to my first Event, where I got to wander around and see all of the…
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Smash the Shell
If a chick cannot break its egg’s shell, it will die without ever being born.



