[Sca-cooks] Coronation Laurels

[AEllin Olafs dotter]

WooHoo!  Err... um... Vivant!

I was *SO* aggravated - I had to work... bad enough that I was missing 
the one, and then I started getting vibes about the other... *G*

My heartiest congratulations to Mistress Jadwiga  *and* Mistress Brighid!

AEllin
(also proud of Ostgardr's own Lady Judith... *G*)

marilyn traber 011221 wrote:
> Well, one and all, it is my great pleasure to announce that not only is
> Jadwiga safely Laurelled and Official, here at EK Coronation today, but in a
> surprise move (at least to the Lady) Brighid ni Chiarain recieved her
> well-deserved Laurel today ;-)
> 
> I'm only going to give a brief summation now- when I get home tomorrow I will
> share more of a very exciting day with you in greater detail.
> 
> This morning, at Last Court, unbeknownst to Brighid, the first bit of business
> was to be her Writ for the Laurel, in order that we had as much time as
> possible for the Peers to attend her Vigil through the afternoon, before
> Closing Court, when she was elevated into the Order of the Laurel. She made
> time, too, to escape her Vigil, in order to see Jadwiga's Elevation.
> 
> Lady Judith the Uncertain, a poet of uncommon skill, wrote the following for
> Brighid.
> 
> *AHEM*
> 
> Attend to me and never fidget
> As I speak of Mistress Brighid.
> This Lady is a Cook and Bard
> And though translation can be hard,
> For recipes she took great pain
> And manuals from the land of Spain.
> Her skill in words is without end.
> Observe the scrolls of Peer and Friend.
> Her wise and generous hand at feast
> Is well-reknowned throughout the East.
> And as I listen, from low and high,
>>From Easterners all arise a cry
> As Laurel leaves they now bestow-
> "We thought she'd got them long ago!"
> 
> I'll close now, with my heartfelt congratulations to two dear friends and
> excellent Cooks.
> 
> Vivant,
>    Vivant,
>       Vivant,
> 
> HOOBAH!!!!!!!
> 
> Saint Phlip
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