[Northkeep] A Reflection

[Catherine Lackey]

    I remember it well, and fondly.  We were so young and new.  I had my first 
meeting on March 30, 1980 so I am only a little older in the SCA as you.  Our 
hearts were full of hope and our minds were spinning around this great game we'd 
found and couldn't wait to play.  Thirty years down the road was something we 
couldn't possibly imagine yet here we are.  Holding on to the memories of those 
who could not stay with us but are they not still with us in a way?

                                                                                                 
 Catrin




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From: Jennifer Carlson <talana1 at hotmail.com>
To: northkeep lists.ansteorra.org <northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sat, January 22, 2011 8:09:15 PM
Subject: [Northkeep] A Reflection


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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