[Northkeep] A Reflection

[Susan O'Neal]

What a delightful reflection.  I always remember with great joy that you
were the first to talk to us at our first populace meeting a mere 12 years
ago.
Susan

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Jennifer Carlson <talana1 at hotmail.com>wrote:

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> 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,
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> Talana
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