<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Antoine,</span></div><div><span> You're welcome to come down any time. I'm glad we were able to help. The imperial stout you liked so much was brewed by Vasili. </span></div><div><span> Gaston</span></div><div><br></div><div>My blog which includes some shots from open armour shops: http://burgundianhours.blogspot.com/</div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 14pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Randy Shipp <randyshipp@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Barony of Bryn Gwlad
<bryn-gwlad@lists.ansteorra.org>; steppes@lists.ansteorra.org; Barony of Elfsea <elfsea@lists.ansteorra.org>; "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 6, 2011 10:57 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Ansteorra] A heartfelt thanks<br></font><br>
This weekend I traveled three and a half hours to the Barony of Bryn Gwlad<br>from the Barony of the Steppes to seek assistance with a few armoring<br>projects that are keeping me from getting my fighting kit ready. I<br>accomplished a lot of things on my list, but I also learned a great deal:<br>about armoring, brewing, history, and the SCA...but also about the generous<br>spirit that makes the Society special.<br><br><br><br>Sir Gaston de Clermont welcomed me into his home and his workshop – it was<br>one of his “open armoring shop nights” – and was very generous with his time<br>and experience. I watched as he moved smoothly from one person to the next,<br>helping with a variety of projects, teaching and explaining in cramped<br>quarters and with tremendous patience. It is not hard to see how the<br>efforts and enthusiasm of one man can greatly affect the richness of the<br>Dream for many people around him. I am
grateful for his generosity with his<br>time, his expertise, his tools, and his materials...oh, and the really nice<br>mulberry mead was a nice touch, too! (As was the delicious Imperial stout<br>shared by the gentleman whose name I’ve sadly forgotten.)<br><br><br><br>Master Peter of the Golden Isles then showed me tremendous hospitality in<br>taking me into his home and spending many hours in the shop with me pounding<br>out armor projects. He proved to be a skilled teacher, managing to impart a<br>few skills to even a novice like me! And he did so with great patience and<br>his unique sense of humor. My conversations with him about persona, armor,<br>and common SCA acquaintances were warm and fascinating. I am deeply<br>grateful to him and his wife for their kindness, and I feel honored to have<br>been tutored by so skilled a master armorer.<br><br><br><br>Every day, all across the Known World, kindnesses like these are
done by the<br>good folks of the SCA. Lady Viviana, Her Excellency Amalia, and others have<br>been so generous here nearer home. I just wanted to spread the word about<br>these two men and express my deep gratitude to them.<br><br><br><br>Yours in Service,<br><br><br>Antoine D’Aubernoun<br><br>Barony of the Steppes<br>_______________________________________________<br>Ansteorra mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org" href="mailto:Ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org">Ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org</a><br>In order to make changes and manage your account please go to:<br>http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org<br><br><br></div></div></div></body></html>