[Steppes] Re-introduction

[Richard Culver]

Hi all!  [This will be rather redundant to the Glaslyn folk]
 
  I am going to reintroduce myself as it appears I am going to be able to
play again starting soon.  After talking with my dear wife, while we cannot
go jump into the deep end, we will come back in as a family.  Hopefully our
schedules will allow us to meet everyone.
 
   First about me,  go by Rich normally.  I was a part of Glaslyn, being its
herald at one time, a while back.  I stopped playing just about 7 years ago
when we found out my daughter was due that year and our time would be taking
up with other things kid related.  Then I went by Cyniric Cyniwarding, but
as my wife pointed out, I did kill him off in a freak wagon accident, so I
will probably come back with some other name that will take people/voice
heralds months not to mangle. :)  Back then my primary heraldic skill was
with names from pre-1066 Germanic Europe.  Linguistics is a passion of mine.
I work in Denton as a school bus driver.  Enjoy heraldry as well and while I
cannot commit on a warrant level, I can help form ideas for those
interested.
 
   I played an early Migratory/Vendel age Angle fresh from Continent to
early England with a heritage of my persona being Angle and Southern Swedish
of the time.  it allows me to play with some of the archeology of East Angle
and Northumbria a few generations later.
 
  My dear wife is named Jennifer.  She has no persona as of yet.  However in
real-life, my wife is very smart, except for the marrying me part by what
can I say, I snooker well.  My wife holds a Masters in Literature with a
focus on Anglo-Saxon lit.  Her Master's thesis was on the valkyrie image in
the Exeter Book of poems.  She is also attending UT-Dallas for her PhD in
History of Ideas, with an interest in how the medieval era get redone and
addressed in modern times and our current media.  My wife has spoken at the
International Medieval Conference in Kalamazoo, MI every year for the last
four I think.  My wife attend the NEH Tolkien summer seminar about 5 years
ago and has written on various aspects of LOTR, which she used until
recently as the summer reading for her 12 graders to tie in British
Literature from Beowulf to the Modern.  She now is also entering her second
year as department had of her English dept. in Lewisville ISD.  She does
have an interest in calligraphy.
 
  Combined we make a good team for knowledge on Anglo-Saxon studies, though
of the two I am the real dunce compared to her, especially in Lit where I
tend to do better with the language and history.  Jennifer has studied on
her own A-S charms, talismans, and so forth.
 
   We have three kids (mine, hers, and ours): Ric - 13 in SD with his
mother, Raven - 11; and our dear princess Catharine/Falka (she uses the
latter in school by we usually still use the former around the house; Falka
is her legal second name).

  [I forgot to mention this on the Glaslyn list]  We live in The Colony.
 
  Again we hope to meet everyone but it might be sparse for a while as we
ease in.  In addition to all of Jennifer's work, our middle child does
gymnastics in Southlake 3x's a week.  Jennifer goes to school 2 nights and I
a hope to take a class or two the other days.
 
   What else... Oh, I received my AoA in January of 2001 under now-Jarl
Timotheus at Steppes 12th Night.
 
 
Sincerely,
Rich
considering Wihtric hlafard Wihtmunding...yeah everyone will just call me
Ric for short. :)