[Ansteorra] St Valentine day lovers or love

[Quill]

Concerning myths/history of the holiday, this afternoon I'll be sitting in
on a "Valentine Tea" and listening to two professors - one the director of
Medieval Studies, the other was my medieval history instructor last semester
- discourse/discuss/debate the origins of the holidays and the traditions
attributed to them. These people are absolute experts in their field, so it
should be incredibly enlightening. I've never heard, or at least paid
attention to, any of these stories before, so I'll let you know what I
learn.

As for what I personally do... this particular holiday was never of any
major importance to me. I've always resented the extreme materialism; as far
as I'm concerned, if you need the government to assign one specific day to
remember to tell your loved ones they're important to you, you might wan to
examine your relationships. (Also, I don't really eat chocolate and flowers
make me asphyxiate...) However, this year I have a girlfriend... So I'm at
least going to give Foicite's philosophy a turn:
*http://bash.org/?151227  *POTATO
FOR THE WIN!!!

/|\ Quill




> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Susan McMahill <sueorintx at hotmail.com>
> To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:46:58 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] St Valentine day lovers or love
> Wrong, wrong, WRONG!!!!
>
> Sorry, having spent a lot of years in singlehood, I can tell you from
> experience, this is the wrong way to spend this day. Treat yourself like the
> princess you are! Get a spa treatment if you can (take a lovely bubble bath
> or something like that if you can't), go to a movie or museum or something
> else that you would like to see....preferably NOT a romantic comedy, and
> take yourself out to, or prepare for yourself a sumptuous decadent dinner
> and/or dessert. Have a good wine to go with it and celebrate yourself.
> Unless you love yourself first....it's very hard or impossible to love
> anyone else.
>
> When I lived in Oregon, it was a day that I would typically go walking on
> the beach, have a nice lunch out, and then go to the store and get the best
> steak I could afford and a good wine and fix myself a special dinner. It was
> a small town and didn't have much for entertainment options.
>
> When love found me, I was no longer looking or even expecting to find it
> anymore, but I was comfortable with the idea of spending time in my own
> company. As it is, I am spending a second Valentine's day with my special
> Valentine.
>
> BTW, the St Valentine's Day Massacre occurred in the 20th century.
> http://www.infoplease.com/spot/valmassacre1.html
>
> Love to all my SCA friends and family,
>
> Lyneya
>
> Well-behaved women Seldom make history - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
>
>
>
> > Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:15:45 -0600> From: eblackthorne at gmail.com> To:
> ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] St Valentine day
> lovers or love> > I have no legends about this day. I have always thought it
> was a day of> romantic love, however I remember hearing something about a>
> massacre...anyway since I am single, I will spend today griping about all>
> men being scum and stuffing myself with a box of good chocolates I bought>
> for myself, watching romantic movies that make me cry and feel incomplete>
> without a man, guess I am a martyr too.> > Elizabeth> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2008
> at 10:38 PM, willowdewisp at juno.com <> willowdewisp at juno.com> wrote:> > > I
> was wondering what legends of St Valentine day each one of you hold by.> > I
> was told the story by my priest when I was a little girl that St.> >
> Valentine was a martyr that wrote notes of christian love on leaves and> >
> passed them through his cell window. I was told it really was a day to> >
> celebrate our love for our fellow man.> > In keeping with that spirit I wish
> you all a wonderful day surrounded by> > family and Friends.> > willow de
> wisp> >> >
>



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In service to The Dream and Dreamers all,
Cuillioc /|\ "Quill"
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"It is said that the Devil never crossed the Tamar into Cornwall on account
of the well-known habit of Cornish women of putting everything into a pasty,
and that he was not sufficiently courageous to risk such a fate!"

-From the cookbook _Cornish Recipes Ancient and Modern_