A wonderful weekend
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kellan_the_tabbyI've been all week recovering from it, alas, but I really did have a great weekend.
It involved an SCA event up in Nebraska. Yes, I hear you say, Nebraska is at the end of the world and is filled with naught but corn and corn farmers, but at the same time I tell you, it is awesome.
I almost didn't go. I had a long and stressful week, was tired and feeling a little ill as I packed up the car. I knew this was going to be a small event and I could only hope that I made enough money to cover my expenses -- not inconsiderable with the price of gas as high as it is. I also knew that I'd get there well after dark, despite all of my efforts to the contrary, and I find setting up after dark to be extremely stressful.
But I went anyway. And after a half hour or so on the road, I found myself in a pretty good mood. Kitten asleep on my lap, good music on the radio, driving fast through beautiful country. And northern Colorado is beautiful.
Western Nebraska, I thought, not so much. I mean, Nebraska is flat, right?
Actually, no, it's not.
This is where we camped. It was gorgeous. I indeed got there after dark, but got offers of help with setting up and with holding Loiosh. Camp took about ten minutes and I left the booth for Saturday. My helpers went back to bed and I took Mr Wiggly Pants for a walk.
I have not seen so many stars in years. And years. The sky was bright and crowded with them.
We walked about on the plain, Loiosh hunting bugs and God knows what else, me watching the stars, until the moon rose, and then we went to bed.
Up far too early the next morning -- these folks get up with the sun! Farming community, I suppose, though I don't think any of them actually farm. I got the booth up in good order and settled in for the day.
I spent some time watching the fencing -- on a wooden bridge so narrow it bounced as you walked on it -- and quite a bit of time hanging out with folks. The merchants next to me had a bored teenager who channeled her boredom into artwork (of which, alas, I got no pictures) and allowed me a piece of foam stuff to make a bit of wearable art of my own.
He wore them pretty much the rest of the day.
Sleeping angel.
His first set of garb -- I'm so proud *wipes tear*.
Of course, then he became horrible.
Yes, that's taken from inside my tent. No, he didn't actually rip the mesh.
But it was a close thing. Amazing thing is he made it up there with his wings still on!
He wasn't entirely sure about the whole thing, so I rescued him.
I wound up having an amazing time -- the folks there were so welcoming! Even though I hadn't paid for feast (I love feasting, but money is tight) they invited me to eat with them anyway. I was also invited to the autocrat's camp for both Saturday morning breakfast and Saturday night dice. By the end of the event we were teasing each other as if we'd all known each other forever.
And I made more than enough money to cover expenses.
I highly recommend events in the Shire of Hinterland to anyone who might be close enough to attend. I had a wonderful, wonderful time.
It involved an SCA event up in Nebraska. Yes, I hear you say, Nebraska is at the end of the world and is filled with naught but corn and corn farmers, but at the same time I tell you, it is awesome.
I almost didn't go. I had a long and stressful week, was tired and feeling a little ill as I packed up the car. I knew this was going to be a small event and I could only hope that I made enough money to cover my expenses -- not inconsiderable with the price of gas as high as it is. I also knew that I'd get there well after dark, despite all of my efforts to the contrary, and I find setting up after dark to be extremely stressful.
But I went anyway. And after a half hour or so on the road, I found myself in a pretty good mood. Kitten asleep on my lap, good music on the radio, driving fast through beautiful country. And northern Colorado is beautiful.
Western Nebraska, I thought, not so much. I mean, Nebraska is flat, right?
Actually, no, it's not.
This is where we camped. It was gorgeous. I indeed got there after dark, but got offers of help with setting up and with holding Loiosh. Camp took about ten minutes and I left the booth for Saturday. My helpers went back to bed and I took Mr Wiggly Pants for a walk.
I have not seen so many stars in years. And years. The sky was bright and crowded with them.
We walked about on the plain, Loiosh hunting bugs and God knows what else, me watching the stars, until the moon rose, and then we went to bed.
Up far too early the next morning -- these folks get up with the sun! Farming community, I suppose, though I don't think any of them actually farm. I got the booth up in good order and settled in for the day.
I spent some time watching the fencing -- on a wooden bridge so narrow it bounced as you walked on it -- and quite a bit of time hanging out with folks. The merchants next to me had a bored teenager who channeled her boredom into artwork (of which, alas, I got no pictures) and allowed me a piece of foam stuff to make a bit of wearable art of my own.
He wore them pretty much the rest of the day.
Sleeping angel.
His first set of garb -- I'm so proud *wipes tear*.
Of course, then he became horrible.
Yes, that's taken from inside my tent. No, he didn't actually rip the mesh.
But it was a close thing. Amazing thing is he made it up there with his wings still on!
He wasn't entirely sure about the whole thing, so I rescued him.
I wound up having an amazing time -- the folks there were so welcoming! Even though I hadn't paid for feast (I love feasting, but money is tight) they invited me to eat with them anyway. I was also invited to the autocrat's camp for both Saturday morning breakfast and Saturday night dice. By the end of the event we were teasing each other as if we'd all known each other forever.
And I made more than enough money to cover expenses.
I highly recommend events in the Shire of Hinterland to anyone who might be close enough to attend. I had a wonderful, wonderful time.
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Date: 2008-08-28 08:36 pm (UTC)Ursula LeGuin.
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Date: 2008-08-29 04:49 pm (UTC)How I survive living with him is an open question.
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Date: 2008-08-29 04:50 pm (UTC)Because relatively speaking, they really were.
I'm realizing that everywhere is beautiful, as long as humans haven't crapped it up.
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Date: 2008-08-29 12:29 am (UTC)I nudged you to find out about the mullein. How's it going?
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Date: 2008-08-29 04:56 pm (UTC)It's going pretty well. I'm down to about a third of my former inhaler use, and my lungs are definitely _healing_; the stuff obviously doesn't just treat the symptoms like the modern meds do. I still have hope I'll be able to mostly dispense with the modern stuff in time.
The last couple days have been tough, though; there's a fire in the western Rockies and we're getting a fair amount of smoke here, so I've been wheezy and awful. Still not near as bad as I would have been pre-mullein, though.
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