SC - Brag

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

Well, everyone else is doing it...

I went to an event on Saturday.  As it was a RP, there was an A&S 
Exhibition, at Their Majesties' request.  Since works-in-progress 
are acceptable as entries, I brought a printout of my translation, 
along with a facsimile of the Spanish text.  I didn't expect anything 
except a chance for people to look at it, and maybe to get some 
feedback.  (There were comment forms next to all of the entries.)

Because it was an exhibition, not a competition, there was no 
formal judging and no "winners".  However, Her Majesty, who is a 
great supporter of A&S, has been handing out favors to those 
entries which particularly please her.  It is a golden lyre 
embroidered on blue cloth (raw silk, I think), and it is meant to 
honor those who, in the Queen's judgment, "exemplify the fire and 
passion of East Kingdom Arts and Sciences".

After the Queen had passed through the exhibit, I went over to see 
which works had merited her favor.  I was not surprised to see a 
Golden Lyre draped beside a really spectacular piece of bobbin 
lace, and another beside a display of jewelry.  But I was absolutely 
stunned to see one, neatly folded, on top of my black looseleaf 
notebook.

I gaped, I stared, and I babbled like an idiot at a certain Laurel who 
was passing by and mistook my shock for distress.  For a 
moment, I couldn't remember what that blue thing was called.  So I 
pointed at the Golden Lyre hanging from her belt.  "There's a... on 
my... thing!"  When I finally managed to communicate in something 
resembling English, she said, "Oh, are you Brighid?  Her Majesty 
was really blown away by your work."

I was actually grateful that they didn't call the recipients into Royal 
Court, because I was still shaking, but they did have us all stand 
up and be acknowledged.

No longer shaking, but still stunned,
Brighid


Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
now at a new address: rcmann4 at earthlink.net