First my apologies for not getting something of this nature out sooner to everyone. I thought I had indicated for a few of these go on the web, but perhaps not. Anyway, I owe out about ten, maybe more like fifteen emails and I will be getting on that as soon as I finish this list (getting my thoughts coherent in this list helps me proceed). It is a calendar in process by the way, so it has my notes about things included and is in no way official until published in official media as required by the SCA rules and regulations. And for those wondering about my hide away location since Gulf Wars (and to a large extent even leading up to that), well I am getting married this Saturday and have been busy. It takes some amount of time going back and forth to a 3rd world former Soviet Republic and importing a woman that will put up with me and all my craziness – oh, I am suppose to believe Kansas City is not part of the former Soviet block… Anyway, check the Midrealm Equestrian Page for more updates soon!
My apologies for not getting back to this theme of covering the events at the recent Gulf Wars XIX sooner. Life has indeed been busy. Anyway, my first full day on site was a busy one and entailed more work then anything else. Most of it is really not all that exciting, but it does merit mention here. It gives a good insight to the level of commitment involved in having horses on site at an event like this while so many other things are happening as well.
We quickly interrupt the ongoing series where I am summing up my Gulf Wars experience and reporting on it for a brief bit of medieval eccentric humor courtesy of the grand group called the Society of Creative Anachronism. For those curious, I got this bit from Malcom Mor on Facebook. Not sure if it is original or something he found, but it is darn funny… I can not help but think of the squires I know and have a good chuckle about it, until I realize one day I may be one of those too.
Sunday March 14, 2010 I awoke nice and early, somewhere between 4:30 and 5:00a.m. It was an easy awake given my excitement level for heading south to the event known as Gulf Wars. I call the day Zero Day coming from both my background in IT (related to patches) and even more especially the Zero Hour DC comic universe series. Bottom line is the time at which all projects have to be finished that are going to be, truck loaded, horses booted and in the trailer, and a VERY LONG drive.
I got this issue that I have continued to go back and forth on for the past several years. I am curious about what other folks think on the matter. Guess I should get to explaining. A long time ago, when searching for some books on how to do some of it, I found online authentic and verified by apparently somewhat reputable sources illuminated pages from medieval books, usually the most common come from Books of Hours and other prayer types of books, apparently having been really common during times that I am in particular most interested. They were for sale on eBay and after a little research they can be found in several other places as well.
