Category Archives: writing

2017 SCA Resolutions, revisited. . .

Posted on January 5, 2018 by

Looking back at my SCA resolutions from last year, and I got none of them done. Sigh.  Not.  A.  One.  Now, to be fair, my modern work life was in a crap-ton of flux, but I’m hoping for much smoother … Continue reading →

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Brigida’s Pelican Text

Posted on November 23, 2017 by

My friend Brigida had the boon begged to be admitted to the Order of the Pelican back in August.  She asked me to write her scroll text, of which I was pleased to do so.  Brigida’s persona is from 1200s … Continue reading →

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Elspeth of Stonehaven’s Calon Lily

Posted on April 15, 2017 by

One of the first people I ever met in the SCA was given her Calon Lily this weekend for embroidery, and lucky me, I was given the privilege to not only write her scroll text, but also do the calligraphy … Continue reading →

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Rufus Tenstone’s Silver Hammer

Posted on January 21, 2017 by

I was asked to write a scroll text for my friend Rufus, who received his Silver Hammer (Grant-level, Sciences, Calontir) for his pottery at Coronation.  Rufus’ persona is a Saxon/ Viking orphan, found by the red painted old Roman 10 mile marker … Continue reading →

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Scroll Text – Calon Lily – Melisent McAffee

Posted on September 14, 2014 by

I got a request to write yet another scroll text for one of Calontir’s embroiderers, who just happens to have a later-period persona.  After a bit of digging, I found the Paston letters, which date from between the years of … Continue reading →

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Scroll Text – Thomas Fleishacker

Posted on September 10, 2014 by

Writing scroll texts is a bit of a treasure hunt – some legal texts are perfect for the Grants and Patents of Arms that the Society so loves.  Other texts, well, not so much. I was asked to write a … Continue reading →

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