I’ve written up minutes for the biz meeting we had at Ryan’s Sunday night. I’m posting them to the Yahoo!Group, but I can also post them here, so the links will be more convenient. Is that a good idea? Remember, the whole wide world can read messages here, so maybe not. But perhaps that doesn’t matter – as I think the Group is pretty public, too. Continue reading Minutes for Jan 2007 posted
Just started flats of: BEET – Detroit Dark Red, American Seed BROCCOLI – Di Cicco, Bountiful Gardens BROCCOLI – Early Purple Sprouting, Bountiful Gardens BROCCOLI – Nine Star Perennial PSB, white florets, from Jamie CARROT – Chantenay, American Seed CARROT – Danvers Half Long, American Seed CARROT – Nantes Half Long, Sean Conway Heirloom CHARD – Pertpetual Spinach, Bountiful Gardens CORN MACHE – Sean Conway Heirloom LETTUCE – Black Seeded Simpson, American Seed LETTUCE – Grand Rapids, American Seed ONION – White Lisbon Bunching, American Seed SPINACH – Bloomsdale, Walmart brand TURNIP – Purple Top White Globe, American Seed TURNIP … Continue reading Winter Planting
OPENING – SENESCHALLiz/Gabrielle said that since Thomas had a bunch of organized ideas, she was going to let him run with the meeting. Thomas took the floor. OFFICER REPORTS-A&S – Elspeth absent, but sending in 2006’s last quarterly report.-HERALD – Edwin absent, but current on reports.-HOSPITALLER – Geoffrey: New participant Melissa Duncan came to G&G last week, but got deterred by weather today. We expect to see her again, however.-MARSHALL – Peg absent, but current on reports.-REEVE – Juliana: New bank account established tomorrow, with approx. $500 in it.-HISTORIAN – Greet: Volunteering for position, also volunteering to accumulate comprehensive member … Continue reading Biz meeting minutes, Jan 2007
Detail of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, by Ranulf Higden, 1350. That’s well into the Crusades – how on earth did they get there and back? Must learn more about this cartography stuff. Courtesy of Anachronista, I present links for Medieval Mapping. As she says: Want more images of period Maps? Clicketh, I say! Maps of the Early Medieval Period (400-1300 A.D.)Maps of the Late Medieval Period (1300 – 1500 A.D.) Clicketh, indeed. Excellent co-reading with my Realm of St. Stephen, which so far, is mostly about how Hungary as a region, didn’t keep very good records before Stephen … Continue reading Medieval Maps
Okay, I’m getting a little bored with All-Minor-All-The-Time, Ye Olde Medieval Sad Ballades, so I’ve been messing about with happier tunes. "A Lusty Young Smith" is not minor, musically speaking. It’s certainly upbeat, and there’s only three chords to it, so I can play it up to tempo. Trouble is, it’s not minor in a social sense either, and though it doesn’t say anything inappropriate explicitly, relying on puns and innuendo, I have NO IDEA when I might play it in a place where other people might actually hear me. At least without giggling. We’ll all have to accept that … Continue reading Non-minor songs?
It works! It works! I’d overthunk the driveband, and used a leather thong, which turned out to be too much friction. Substituting a piece of string makes the wheel functional. I have Franklin Habit and his blog, the Panopticon, to thank for this reminder of Engineering Rule No. 1: Use the least possible object that will carry the force. EG: If you only need tensile strength, use a skinny wire. If you need tensile strength+friction, as in my wheel scenario, use a mid-sized piece of cotton yarn. Don’t jump ahead to preconceived ideas of what "ought" to be used – … Continue reading Wheel update
Medieval music mystery solved! Here we go a wassailing, among the leaves so green… Why, if wassailing is caroling from door to door in a CITY, are the leaves green? Can’t just mean holly decorations, can it? Wikipedia is wrong!! Wassailing is (rurally) the practice of maintaining and celebrating an apple orchard, traditionally performed on either Jan 6, Old Christmas Eve (Julian calendar) or Jan 17, Old 12th Nite Eve. Which was yesterday. I learned about it first from Wiggly Wiggler’s Xmas 2006 podcast that I reccommend heartily, anyway. Heather and Phil Gorringe live in rural Herefordshire, on Lower Blakemere … Continue reading A Wassailing
I’ve pretty well got this one down now, if the music is in front of me. So far I can do: Auld Lang SyneGreensleevesMary HamiltonGeordieScarborough FaireThe Trees They Grow High I have quite a bit of music, thanks to Alicia and Elspeth, and my uncle lavished cd’s on me that I haven’t yet had a chance to listen to! They are: Shakespeare in Song: Charles Bruffy and Phoenix Bach ChoirNutmeg and Ginger: Spicy Ballads from Shakespeare’s LondonElizabeth’s MusicThe Lady and the Unicorn: John Renbourn Sorry, I couldn’t find an Amazon link for the Elizabeth’s Music. It’s by Dorian Recordings. Continue reading Greensleeves
Okay, okay, I’m way late on posting these, but I gave my camera to someone else to take pics, and she went a bit nuts. I had so many to go through, it got put off, and fine, I’ll just post the pics. Of course we felt a little silly.That’s me, Liz, Elspeth, and Angel. We attracted a bit of interest. Look beyond Edwin, there.We’ll practice this at odd moments, like in the grocery line. Hips we got. You can see Alicia, our teacher, here. And here I try to shoulder roll out of my chemise, while Deb looks on. … Continue reading Bellydancing!
Will everyone who is interested in homestead gardening, worms, sustainable agriculture, rural Britticisms, good-hearted silliness, and chocolate ratings* please go listen to Wiggly Wiggler’s podcasts? I give them a Milka. *Chocolate ratings1 (low) = Hershey’s2 = Nestle3 = Cadbury’s4 = Galaxy5 = Milka. Continue reading Wiggly Wigglers