And so she navigated to our shore, Fair winds had brought her safely to the East, She’d carried brushes, paints and clever lore, With Winston, truest friend and feline beast. Then once she’d found a land with opened doors, She made, for friends and Kings, her art into a feast. This is the land for which she’d ever longed; The sweetness of a home where she belonged. Thus, at the Sixth Ethereal Court of the Eastern Consuls of the East, Tindal and Alberic, do induct Cezilia Raposa into our Order of the Silver Brooch. ---------- This is a scroll text for one of my dearest friends, Cezillia Raposa. The scroll was illuminated by Mistress Nataliia and the caligraphy was by Baroness Faeillin, who has since become the Signet of all the Eastern Scribes (a kingdom level job). This was a fun scroll for us to collaborate on, because Cezillia, Nataliia and I have worked together for other ...er... victims.. in the past, and Nataliia also used to be the Signet, so there was a lovely symmetry in
If you are reading this, without reading Part 1: A Value Map for SCA Membership, I want you to stop, click on this link, and read Part1 . Part 2 assumes you have watched and digested the first post. If you have not done that, Part 2 will be more confusing than helpful. Assuming you have read Part 1, please read on. So now you are asking: Meggie? What does this all mean? What are the implications of what you wrote? And what do we do about it? Ok, let’s pretend that we have 3 SCAdians. Svenna: A Heavy List/Chivalric Fighter intent on winning crown. Svenna has two kids who sometimes go with her to events, but her wife does not play in the SCA. Svenna has a single membership. Fredrich: A Thrown Weapons Marshal, who is active in his local chapter. Fredrich has a single membership. Alysone and Alphonse: A Middle Eastern Dancer and their partner, a musician. Neither of them are active in their local chapter. They have a family membership. Let’s look at the value of a p