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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…

  • Hew New People, Over Here!

    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…

  • The Ambition: an overview of the goal

    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…

  • Welcome to the East, Wanna Help?

    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…

  • Smash the Shell

    If a chick cannot break its egg’s shell, it will die without ever being born.