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<DIV>This is a post of what is printed in the "Quoth" this month.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Greetings from the Autocrat
of</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>A day at The Stones of Raven’s Fort :</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">March will be a very busy month
for the Barony.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We have a very
specific list of things to do at The Stones for our upcoming event the first
weekend of the following month.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We
have two work weekends planned.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>They are March 6<SUP>th</SUP>, 7<SUP>th</SUP> & 8<SUP>th</SUP> and
March 27<SUP>th</SUP>, 28<SUP>th</SUP> & 29<SUP>th</SUP>, the weekend before
the event.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I am hoping for a good
turn out at the first incase something comes up for the second.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Both will be CAMPING weekends so come
early, stay late, work hard and have fun.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The funds to build eight
Equestrian stalls have been released and we will be starting work on that first
thing on the first weekend.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Alaric
and Brian are looking into renting a gas powered posthole digger as there will
be twenty-two holes to dig.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We will
drill rope holes in the landscape timbers at the second work weekend after the
concrete is set.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Another project for the first
weekend will be changing out the hinge swing on the “mouse trap” doors on the
kitchen and storeroom.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This should
be a very quick job.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The funds to replace the shower
walls have also been released.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>There is a work day scheduled for March 21<SUP>st</SUP>, but I am hoping
that Brian will have the materials available at our first work weekend so we can
get started as soon as possible.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A
job like this could run longer than expected.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">We will need to mow the List
Field, the Archery Range, the Equestrian Field, the Feast Area, the Parking Lot,
around the Showers, around the Bonfire and of course The Stones.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I am not really concerned with anything
else.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is something really
beautiful about the lush green of an Ansteorra early spring.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>With any luck we will have a few wild
flowers as well.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Pasquale Pace has
promised to have his brush-hog available the last weekend of the month so the
cut will be fresh.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">There are a few major players for
this event that will need recruits to help with their work.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>VOLUNTEER.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Alaric needs trolls !<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When you see the Troll signup sheet…,
please signup.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Pasquale will need
feast servers and cleaners.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Kitsune
will need kitchen help.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Those that
work with Pasquale and Kitsune will eat for free.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Other than the above there is
little else to do.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A small amount
of windfall branches will need to be cleared from high traffic areas and water
barrels will need to be filled the weekend before the event.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If I have left something out, please
someone remind me.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">I would like to say Kudos to the
work crew that showed up for the work days at The Stones last month.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have been involved with work days at
that site for almost twenty years and I have NEVER seen so much accomplished in
one day.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When we arrived on site
for the first time this year it was a little disheartening to see that the
Equestrian area we had worked so hard on before our postponed event was filled
with branches and topped trees from the logging activity.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You could not walk from the stables to
the kitchen without zigzagging around the scattered fall.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In some places you couldn’t even do
that, you had to go over.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When we
left, everything was cleared.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I am
amazed.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Everyone seemed to find
their niche and didn’t stop work till it was done.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That was several hours.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some used chains to pull the big stuff
to the pile.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Others chain-sawed it
into bite size pieces.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Others threw
the pieces on the pile.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Others
collected the smaller stuff.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It was
a very smooth operation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I would be
remiss if I did not mention the individuals involved : Plachoya, Saint David,
Michelle, Jalali, Latham, Runa the Ever Present, Shannahan, Tareija, that Marius
person, Amy the Unnamed, Kaitlyn, Magan (Raven’s Guild women rule), Lemoine and
Logan</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The weather was clear and cool
and the moon was near full.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A fog
crept across the low areas in the wee hours of the morning completing the
effect.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What a beautiful
evening.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The local cowboy color
that had taken over Sweincamp provided entertainment in the form of firearms
demonstrations and night time dare-devil spinout driving.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Oh, they’s just good ol’ boys lettin’
off a bit a steam.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yep, full
moon.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No doubt.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Hopefully we will have more
weekends of cool evenings and clear days.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Thanks so much to everyone that has worked so hard over the last
year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Your efforts have once again
created a family here in Raven’s Fort and made it a better place to be.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Peace,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Vlod
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