[Sca-cooks] Lenten ideas for non Christians...

[Mark Hendershott]

At 09:12 PM 2/18/2006, you wrote:
>At 08:53 PM 2/18/2006, you wrote:
>>On 2/18/06 8:32 PM, "Radei Drchevich" <radei at moscowmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Lent for non-Christians?  Isn't that like Oxegen for Methane-breathers?
>> >
>> > joy
>> > radei
>>
>>That does sound counter-intuitive, doesn't it?
>
>Nahhh... ;-)
>
>>  But [1] Maire is putting
>>some real effort into her SCA persona and that's worthy of praise.  I'm one
>>of the very few Caidans that even seems to notice Lent, far less incorporate
>>it into food planning for events - and I didn't grow up Christian in any
>>way, Jewish family and all.
>
>I grew up in various fundamentalist churches- no Lenten observation, 
>other than the little kids waving construction-paper palms on Palm 
>Sunday. My parents thought Catholics were idolatrous, so most of 
>medieval Christian practice was completely off the map.
>
>>   It's all about really trying to look through
>>Medieval eyes.
>
>YES! And I think that this sort of thing could be SO eye-opening for 
>so many SCAdians, to actually get a bit of a feel for something that 
>was so big a part of daily life! I've simply been trying to get a 
>grip on what daily sort of observances Elaine might have made in 
>1406- Lenten observance is over and above that. But 40 days is more 
>than a tenth of the year- a pretty important chunk of it. Can we 
>really understand medieval life without it?
>
>>  [2] The winter sleep before the stirring of springtime is a
>>good time for meditation on the cycle of life... Um, come to think of it,
>>isn't Maire in Australia though?
>
>Nope! She's in Artemisia! (Montana)
>
>Interesting thought though- the opposition of Lent and Easter and 
>the autumn Down Under...
>
>Frankly, I'm really ready for spring to come...
>
>'Lainie, tired of winter

You mean you are not enjoying Portland's current low temps?

Simon Sinneghe
Briaroak, Summits, An Tir