Tag: arts & sciences
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Missives from Maestra (07/11/2025)
Greetings to the Shirefolk, At our previous gathering on Thursday 06/26, our Webminister Fenneke Jans came by to assist in tracing out patterns onto the cut fabric for the making of Her Majesty Indrakshi II’s favors for the upcoming Pennsic War and other events as the reign’s days begin to wane. It was my plan…
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Missives from Maestra (06/25/2025)
Greetings to the Shire, The last gathering on 06/09/2025 at the Lakeland Unitarian Universalist Fellowship hall saw our intrepid Seneschale Sapphira the Navigator help trace out patterns for the Queen’s favors and take some home with her. I have plenty more blank cuttings of fabric if anyone wishes to show up on Thursday 06/26 from…
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Missives from Maestra (06/04/2025)
Greetings to the Shire, Spring is giving way to summer, and plans for the Pennsic War grow apace. At the Arts & Sciences gathering on Thursday 05/22/2025, two yards of black fabric were cut into 40 pieces (though five may be discarded for edges that may be too rough and uneven) that would eventually become…
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Missives from Maestra (05/20/2025)
Greetings to the Shire, Ethereal tag had been played in the days leading up to the last A&S gathering on 05/12/2025. So I wish to extend both apologies and thanks to the noble lady Lillian Hutchinson for braving the highways between Settmour Swamp and this Shire last Monday 05/12 to come speak on the Evolution…
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Missives from Maestra (5/04/2025)
Greetings to the Shire, It had been a while since my last post. I offer apologies because at about the time we were wrapping up the last Arts & Sciences gathering, I was in the process of interviewing for, and eventually accepting an offer of, gainful mundane employment. The April gathering, during the week when…
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Missives from Maestra (03/12/2025)
Greetings to the Shire, The noble Valentine Ambrose of our Shire displayed the paper on the proper feeding of mushrooms to pigs, along with the wood-burned image of the proper care of said pigs, first seen at 100 Minutes’ War last November, at the East Kingdom Arts & Sciences Champions event. Midland Vale’s own Ana…
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Missives from Maestra (02/23/2025)
Greetings to the Shire, Again, my thanks to the good gentles Valentine Ambrose and Ana de Roma for teaching Hand-Sewing Stitches and Technique on February 10th. Eight gentles in all were present to benefit from learning the basics of this skill. The lady Ana concentrated on teaching the basic stitches to the majority of the…
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Missives from Maestra (02/04/2025)
Greetings to the Shire, Our first in-person gathering at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship hall in Wayne was a success. Twelve gentles (including the two intrepid instructors) attended to learn the basics of taking measurements to draft patterns for basic t-tunics. The instructors also provided useful handouts for applying those measurements to construct a variety of basic…
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Missives from Maestra (1/12/25)
Greetings to the Shire, I hope the Christmas, Hannukah, Yule and New Year holidays have been happy, and that the upcoming Lailat al-Miraj and the Lunar New Year of the Wood Snake are also days well spent. The darkest days of winter are behind us, but the time spent indoors can be put to use…
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Missives from Maestra 11/25/2024
Greetings, Shirefolk, We are all catching our collective breath now that the 100 Minutes War has come and gone. First I wish to thank those who participated in the Arts and Sciences display for their patience. I had deliberately made this a display and not a competition to take the pressure off the participants during…