[Sca-cooks] Mikie, was: Sad news from Atlantia

[Wanda Pease]

This illustrates one of the sayings of the sayings of the SCA. "This is
someone's 'Golden Age'" and "Your first King will be how you judge all other
Kings."

I happen to have warm, fuzzy feelings for Michael of Bedford because he was
the first King I ever saw, and he gave me my very first award.  Michael came
over for Drachenwald 12th Night.  This was held before he stepped down as
King of the East and up as King of Atlantia.  He stayed in our guest room
for a week and helped with the preparations for food (he turned out to be
the only one who knew how to butcher a deer), went castle hopping and was
generally a fine figure of a King, and a good guest.  That's the impression
I will probably always carry of him.  Evidently I was quite fortunate that I
didn't have to live under him as King for long so he didn't have time to
tarnish that first impression.

Right now we have what I consider the best King and Queen pairs I have ever
seen in the SCA.  It has been a joy to work with them and a joy to see their
courts.  They can choose to be the Royally dignified, or the "This is FUN
and Everyone else is going to have fun too!  The Queen looks the part, but
has a wicked sense of humor which hurts no one but causes much amusement.
They make up for all the ones you choose to stay quietly on your lands and
wait until they go away, unless you are a Baron/ness or one of the Great
Officers of State.

Kiri, and Many other people have very different feelings about, and memories
of Michael, for good reason.

Viscountess Regina Romsey
OL, OP, Drachenwald/East, Now Proud Resident of the Laurel Kingdom of AnTir
and the Pacific NorthWet
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