72nd King and Queen of Calontir’s Coronation
Photos from Anton IV and Yseult's coronation event. Calontir's 72nd King and Queen.
Kris Kinder Market in Calontir
Well, this didn’t go well. I’m a delinquent blogger. So many pictures for your viewing, so little time during the holidays. Earlier this month I went to Calontir’s Kris Kinder Market event, again. It’s my favorite indoor event. Who doesn’t like to shop and visit with friends? Here are a few of the many photos I snapped while browsing the wares […]
Surviving The Event Black Hole
The Calontir RUSH Book Arts Seminar is only three days away. I am now in a black hole of confusion. As Event Steward, I am in the uncomfortable spot in an event timeline that is often chaos. Have you ever been there? Pulling your hair out chaos. While I think I’ve organized everything into oblivion, the preparation steps are not quite complete. There is […]
The Only RUSH Book Arts Seminar
And the Barony of the Lonely Tower Welcomes You Calontir Book Arts RUSH Location: Grace United Methodist Church 112 North Walnut, Glenwood, Iowa 51534 (712) 527-4607 November 3, 2018 Site opens at 9:00 AM Site closes at 10:00 PM Book Arts RUSH Flyer Whether you’re curious, have an interest or an unquenchable passion for Medieval book arts you need look […]
The Arts And Crafts Jewel of Calontir: Queen’s Prize Tournament
2016 Queen’s Prize Tournament I’m bummed. Calontir’s Queen’s Prize Tournament is just around the corner, a month away, on September 15th. And I won’t be able to go. Queen’s Prize is Calontir’s Medieval arts and crafts treasure. An event you don’t want to miss even if you aren’t entering. A competition that’s inspiring for us all, whether you’re a mentor or searching […]
Why I’m Organizing The RUSH Book Arts Seminar
You may have noticed I’ve stepped up my local SCA participation. It’s difficult for me to get away from the Barony so I’ve decided to do more here, taking on more event and local jobs. Book Arts RUSH Flyer I coordinated crash space at Bardic Bedlam, Arts & Sciences competitions at Coronation, and now I’m the Barony’s Social Media Officer. But my bigger project […]
Bardic Bedlam’s Telling Photos
What do you do when you feel blah? When you want to do something different or challenging? I go to a different SCA event. This time I went to Bardic Bedlam. Bardic Bedlam is a long day, bardic sharing event held each year. It is named after the book series with a similar name. Entertainers from all over the kingdom came to the Lonely Tower for this […]
Crafty–Kingdom Arts and Sciences Competitions 2018
Finally…Here’s my Calontir Kingdom Arts and Sciences event post for you. The Bardic Bedlam event slowed my writing. You’ll see my timing is later than my usual delay, but I wanted to do more than post photos. The Shire of Lost Moor hosted the event at a site we hadn’t seen before. It had space by the ton and a maze of smaller rooms. A […]
Winging It–Crash Space Coordination
Bardic Bedlam is here, in the Barony of the Lonely Tower. It’s a bardic sharing event named after the book series with a similar name. This year I had a different job for it. My friend Lady Zafara Baabur asked me to be the crash-space coordinator, a new-to-me task. So I did my usual and winged it. Common On Site Sleeper […]
Calontir’s Winter War Maneuvers 2018
You won’t believe where I went last Saturday. I attended the Kingdom of Calontir Barony of Mag Mor event, Winter War Maneuvers. This is the ultimate winter practice for the SCA‘s coming Gulf War‘s event, “A War With No Enemies”. Gulf War is an annual war and week-long camping event hosted by the Kingdoms of Gleann Abhann and Meridies. It is all-out battles between the […]
Jump Starting 2018: Lonely Tower’s 12th Night Event Photos
12th Night, a way to jump start the new year. As always you’ll find diverse regaling activities. Here are your event photos showing them from gate to feast and in between. Early gate check-in. Morning court, showing Baroness Giulia Isabella de Venezia pictured to the right of Their Majesties in Lonely Tower’s chairs. Aleit de la Thomme and Augustin le […]
The 7 Most Popular Calontir Photo Posts of 2017
Although you are interested in history, don’t you still love photos? Especially photos of events? Through the year I spent days enjoying and photographing Calontir’s events. Its sights and adventures. These 2017 popular photo posts share those memories. M. Nesscia at 12th Night Photos from Lonely Tower’s 12th Night 2017 posted Sunday, January 8, 2017 Kingdom of Calontir’s Arts and Sciences Competitions 2017 posted […]
A Golden Day: Shopping At Calontir’s Kris Kinder Market
Shoppers’ Paradise It’s Kris Kinder time again. That wonderful Calontir shopping event put on by the Barony of Forgotten Sea. While it’s always jam-packed with merchants and their things for you to buy, there are also meetings for you to attend. This year Their Majesties Damien and Issabell also packed it with Laurel ceremonies. Four of them. Processing in to court. […]
Vertigo Photo Array
I don’t often get to go to an SCA event two weekends in a row, but recently I did. The weekend after Calontir’s Crown Tournament I went to Vertigo. Vertigo is a yearly Shire of Lost Moor weekend camping event offering classes, many relating to fiber. It got its name because a person with vertigo has the symptoms of spinning and […]
Calontir’s 2017 Fall Crown Tournament Photos
Saturday I went to Calontir’s 2017 Fall Crown Tournament event. These are the photographs I took. I missed photo ops but this is about the beauty and fun that I and my friends have and create in the Society for Creative Anachronism. The lineup waiting to process in to Crown Tournament. The combat. \ Heraldic arms tell us who’s fighting […]
Cattle Raids Photo Array
Cattle Raids is the Barony of Mag Mor‘s predominant camping event. For the last several years it’s been held at Nebraska’s Cass County Fairgrounds, a site closer to my Baronial home than theirs. I missed it last year due to family activities, so I was excited to attend this one. Cattle Raids is always enjoyable for me. This year’s flyer showed it […]
Kingdom of Calontir’s Arts and Sciences Competitions 2017
Saturday Calontir held it’s annual Kingdom Arts and Sciences’ Competitions in my local group, Barony of the Lonely Tower. After greeting people at the gate and signing them in I had time in the afternoon to view entries and take pictures. You can see the room’s one-third here. With Easter the next day, we had more attend than expected. A […]
Photos from Lonely Tower’s 12th Night 2017
Ladies Christine and Aleit checking in people. Yesterday, I joined with many others to celebrate 12th Night in the Barony of the Lonely Tower. These winter festivities extend my New Year’s celebrations a week and enliven my dreary winter. This annual event jump starts Calontir’s event calendar, with its striking armored combat and steel fighting challenges. Populace watching the two fighting list […]
Calontir’s 2016 Queen’s Prize Tournament
I was delighted this year’s Queen’s Prize Tournament finally happened. I had free dog sitters and it was only two hours away. I could easily and gladly attend. Queen’s Prize, as I’ve written about before, is an annual novice artisan event, with a massive number of handmade entries. There’s oddles to do even if you don’t have an entry. I take […]
Throwback Thursday Photos of Lonely Tower’s 12th Night
These were taken at Lonely Tower’s Twelfth Night event, January, 2006. The event was held at Omaha’s Masonic Center which has been outside our budget recently.
An Itinerant Scribe 