[Northkeep] A Reflection

Jennifer Carlson talana1 at hotmail.com
Sat Jan 22 18:09:15 PST 2011


Thirty years ago on the third weekend of January, I attended my first fighter practice.  I as yet had no costumes, so I put on a Chinese-ish shirt I had made in Home Ec class, on the theory it didn't look excessively modern, hoped everyone would ignore that I was wearing blue jeans and cowboy boots, and drove to McClure Park.  I was not yet eighteen, and a senior at Memorial High School.
That day I met a couple of guys named Finn and Blackfox, some fellows my own age (one of whom at that time was going by Bjorlic auf Graumausser), and several ladies, including Caitrin, Roselynde, and Alanna.
It was A.S. 14, and Jan w Orzeldom and Kemreth Danil reigned as the third King and Queen of Ansteorra.  I would not attend my first "real" event for six months, when I would see Sir Finn Kelly O'Donnell win Crown Tournament and crown Elzasif Ironhand as his Princess.  
College took me first to Bryn Gwlad, then Mooneschadowe.  Northkeep, however, has always been my home.  It's been a grand thirty years, and I'm looking forward to thirty more -- and then some.
 
In humilitate,
 
 
Talana
 
  		 	   		  


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