Teaching Cooking by Doing Cooking

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-9
I teach a class at Strawberry Raid (and indeed, have taught it at other camping events) most years. It’s about how to cook a meal in a camp kitchen, including lighting the fire, managing the fire, selecting a recipe from a text, interpreting it read more

The Medieval Poetic Forms Project

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-5
This is a new meta-project, provoked in equal part by the difficulty I had in composing verse in the Welsh cywydd form, and by the Laurel Sponsored Prize Display at Strawberry Raid V in which I talked about that and other poetic forms.The plan is to read more

A Deibhidhe

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-5
A DeibhidheI’ve written up the rules of the deibhidhe form. It’s not an easy one to write in; the first couple of lines are easy, but the constraints increase as you go. For the first line, you just need seven syllables and some alliteration. By the read more

Irish Medieval Poetry Forms: Deibhidhe

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-4
As part of what will become the The Medieval Poetic Forms Project, I’m digging into Irish Medieval Poetry Forms. There are many; a lot of the surviving texts are poetry, or at least poetic. I’ve poked triads before, too.The form I’m currently read more

Strawberry Raid Sestina

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-3
Strawberry Raid SestinaFor the Laurel Sponsored Prize Display at Cudgel Wars last year, I wrote a set of triads. For the same at Strawberry Raid this year, I wrote a sestina. Sestinas are a slight step away from my usual sonnets, but still use read more

Strawberry Raid V, 2026

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-3
This isn’t so much an event report as an index post, from which I can link more posts as I make them. You can expect posts on:Thoughts on Camp CoordinationTeaching Cooking by Doing CookingThe Medieval Poetic Forms ProjectSestinas, with one I wrote read more

The herb corner

The Irish Ages on 2026-5-25
For years my one interest in gardening Is herbs and edible flowers. I have some success and some almighty failures, the majority of herbs are grown in pots, all requiring attention one pot at a time. In full bloom This morning in the heat I moved read more

the 15th century Italian gown

Eva's historical costuming blog on 2026-5-23
Before the horrible tragedy of Alfhild's death, I had a good time at Double Wars. And on Saturday I got to wear my new 15th century Italian. One of two days when it wasn't too cold and/or wet to wear a dress from brushed cotton with some read more

an incredible loss

Eva's historical costuming blog on 2026-5-16
I am quoting from the social media accounts of my SCA kingdom, Drachenwald, because I don't have words in my grief."It is with profound sadness that we share the news that Baroness Alfhild de Foxley has passed away unexpectedly last night while read more

The Claim of Passau

SCA Osterreich - Schwertkampf on 2026-5-10
Schwertkampf-Veranstaltung am 5. September 2026 Historische Dokumente im Besitz des Shires Ad Flumen Caerulum beweisen, dass die Stadt Passau zwischen Donau und Inn dereinst ein Teil Österreichs war. Um diesen […] Der Beitrag The Claim of Passau read more

New 15th century Italian dress

Eva's historical costuming blog on 2026-5-5
Since I don't need to make new clothes to go to events, except for shifts and hose occasionally, I only make new outfits because I want to.Like this late 15th century Italian outfit made from brushed cotton.Ever since I started reading about cotton read more

I am here- sometimes!

Handcrafted History on 2026-5-3
Welcome to my blog! Right now, my life is very busy, and I don’t have much time for the blog. This will change come autumn, when lots of nice content will appear here. For the same reason, new comments will … Continue reading → read more

 

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