Mary Ostler

Baroness’ Birthday tourney took place yesterday. It was a smallish event, but still covered all the basics. Rapier, and Heavy fighting, A&S contests, dancing, feasting, drinking, court, and merchant row. I ran a small merchanting booth selling wooden goodes (turned stuff and furniture). Since I spent most of my time merchanting, and hanging out with [...]

This is my halloween post. It has nothing to do with the SCA, but it is my favorite day all year, so I need to share. I went to two different Sci-Fi theme halloween parties this year. The second one was a Classic Scifi Party, so I decided to do a homage to 1920-40 sci-fi [...]

Tir Righ A&S Championship is over for this year. We had three full competitors, and three single entry entrants. I was a varied lot of items to judge this year. Polychrome leather work to Astronomical Navigation, to bone carving. It takes a lot of gumption to enter these contest and I appauld them all… I know what its like [...]

A couple of weekends ago at the Tir Righ Fall Tourney, Misress Agnes Cresewyke arranged to have a last minute A&S display. We had 7 people drop off items ranging from bone carved earspoons to Japanese tamari balls. Much discussion was had, and I would call it a success. Mistress Agnes, Uilliam mac Fearchar mhic Gille Aindrias, [...]

Tir Righ Fall Coronet Tourney has come and gone. Overall I got to give the event two big thumbs up.  I talked to alot of people about possible machinations for future builds. I love my deviously  inventive and creative friends and acquaintances. <insert evil laugh here> Many pictures after the link

Investiture has came and went yet again. I made the trip with my fellow Apprentices Alienor Sanz-Argent and Maeda no Kiku Mariko and much fun was had.

When to SYGC on Saturday. I was introducing my two pod casting cohorts into just what was this weird SCA thing I did. Opening court, where Baroness Caitrin informed us that she was the autocrat (as the real autocrat was rushed to the hospital the night before). Wielding even more power in her iron grasp. [...]

The Non-war went ahead as per normal. Maybe a bit smaller, and a whole heck of a lot drier. This is going to be an image heavy post, so if your interested in a boat load of images from the event, please click on “Read More”.

In 2005 I taught a Pole Lathe class up at Cinton war. It was only possible to teach this class up at Clinton due to the multi-day event left enough time to set it up, and the property owners permission to cut down multiple poplar trees for the spring poles. I never took images of [...]

This last weekend was the second annual AT War (Avacal/Tir Righ). Approx 400 people gathered in Clearwater BC to party with the buffalo. two words = Awesome Event. We had a large contingent of royals from kingdom, and principalities. The streets were lined with a large amount of period pavilions. THUA (Their Highness University of [...]