[Ansteorra] Drawing in Members...

[Elizabeth Crouchet]

A lot of it is in inflection, but I will try to describe it:

I get home from college for a weekend:

Hey Mom, you remember that magazine I got in the 5th grade? The one that had
a center-fold of people in medival armor about to do a battle? (I said in a
leading and excited way)

Yes. (She said with caution)

You remember when you told me to try to find them when I got to college?
(still excited and proud; I followed Mom's advice and it payed off.)

Yes. (she said, again with caution)

I found them! (I said with triumph)

Oh. (She said with a touch of dejection and contempt, as if I had found the
slimy thing and it only showed my poor taste.)


Nuff said and that has been pretty much her opinion of the whole thing
since. But I am glad I am still here and glad my sister and her kids have
recently joined in. Glad that is where I met my husband, too.

A few years later a small group started in my home town. It is still very
small. I have not been back to play with them; I moved to Austin after
college.

Claire

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Fiona the Needleworker <
danab-steppes at tx.rr.com> wrote:

> Okay, I'm asking. what did your mom say/do when you told them you found the
> SCA? The people in the magazine?
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> Fiona
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