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Five Questions (late response)
Jan. 8th, 2016 03:32 amFrom Kareina;
1) Why do you refer to him as "Bossman"?
Years ago when I met him, we were both in the US Navy. He outranked me but we didn't work in the same areas... so once we began living together and he'd bark some order at me (out of habit), I'd reply with a snappy, "Yes Sir, Bossman! Right away Sir!" and he'd roll his eyes and relax back into "normal human" mode rather than Bossy Navy Dude mode. Over the years the order-barking has abated and the sassy title has mutated into a loving nickname. Which no one other than me gets to use.
2) How and when did you find the SCA?
I'd read about it around 1974 in an article in the back of the book "Warlock In Spite of Himself" and was intrigued. A few years later I was stationed just outside of Berkeley, CA, so I called various departments of UC-B to see if any of them could point me towards the organization. The folks I talked to claimed to have never heard of it. We married, moved to Japan, then Hawaii, then Colorado - it had gone out of my thoughts. I assumed it was one of those organisations that had quickly blossomed and faded. Then almost 25 years after reading that book a member of my Coven mentioned a fun 'event' she was planning on attending but bemoaned the fact that she had no suitable clothing to wear. It was an SCA event. I sewed clothing for her, my youngest son, and myself and went. We had a marvelous time camping in the woods and singing around the fire, and there was no looking back after that.
3) If you were able to go back in time who would you choose for your guide, and where would they take you through? (Ok, so I liked the question, even if I didn't have a good answer)
Palestine during the time of Christ, guided by the centurion stationed in Capernaum who'd had the dying servant. As a Roman, he'd have the authority and wherewithal to take me nearly everywhere we'd want to go, and since he was compassionate I'd have no fear of injury. And I could finally see, and understand perhaps, the culture which produced Jesus.
4) You once posted about the hassles of changing which types of food you log. Are you still logging food and has the food log triggered any changes in your life?
I am still logging my daily food intake. It has become much easier than it was during the first few years, probably because as consumers have begun demanding healthier foods, they are easier to inexpensively acquire. I have found that my tastes have changed - some things I once craved or considered 'comfort foods' now taste more like dusted cardboard than anything else, or are so greasy that I no longer enjoy them. Many of my daily 'go to' foods have become habit to the point that in these last two months of coping with the withdrawal symptoms I had from the botched prescription, I almost ached for those and resented having to eat the high-carb starchy things which would stay down. Eating that many carbs made me feel unhappy and uncomfortable. Food logging has definitely improved my health and my taste (in a gourmet sense).
5) What is the furthest you have ever traveled to attend an SCA event/what event was it/any good stories from that event?
The furthest I've travelled has been from Norfolk, Virginia to San Antonio, Texas for a Known World Heralds and Scribes Symposium. At the end of a meeting we found that merchants had set up in the hallway. Standing in front of one of them was a woman dressed in a beautiful gold cyclas and tall headpiece with veils. My first thought when I saw her was one of sadness, as a couple we knew had quit the SCA to dedicate themselves to their large family and I'd missed her so much... even after the years which had passed I recognized the gown worn by that shopper as one my friend had worn during her reign in Atlantia. I thought that it must have ended up in Gold Key and I was seeing whoever it was who'd borrowed it for the event. Yet when the woman moved it was with the same grace as Niobe had always exhibited. So I pretended to shop, hoping that somehow it was indeed Niobe after all but knowing it probably would not be.
I bent nearly double over those darned wares in order to see who it was - those veils were FULL! - and couldn't contain my gasp of surprise when it turned out to actually be her! Then she gasped too, her eyes lit up, and we hugged. She was there to accompany her eldest son who wanted to return to the SCA but wasn't sure about going to the event alone and she had not expected to know anyone in the event since it had been so long and so far away since her last appearance in the SCA.
We spent the rest of the free time talking, far into the evening. It was so wonderful to see her and to catch up on her life's story, and to compare notes about our faiths and the challenges in living it (she is of a fundamental Christian sect while I am Wiccan and her faith is so sure, and so steady, that she can meet those of any walk with acceptance and love. She does not judge.). I truly love that woman.
She and her husband are the royals who ended up elevating me to the Order of the Pelican. There was a news story made during the time of her reign (she reigned mostly alone since her husband was unexpectedly posted overseas just after they stepped up), so if you are interested it is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMkvLG7ls0s . You can see her elevating Finnr, he who brought Viking reenactment to the Americas, in the middle of the video and the final scenes are when they stepped down, just minutes after they made me a Pelican. (Oh, and very, very briefly my eldest son appears juggling with his friend Sean - Sean is the one doing all the talking while Zack is far to the side, just a tall boy with a mass of golden hair in a ponytail.)(And if you knew her - Jaelle of Arimeda is in the video too, at Finnr's elevation.)
1) Why do you refer to him as "Bossman"?
Years ago when I met him, we were both in the US Navy. He outranked me but we didn't work in the same areas... so once we began living together and he'd bark some order at me (out of habit), I'd reply with a snappy, "Yes Sir, Bossman! Right away Sir!" and he'd roll his eyes and relax back into "normal human" mode rather than Bossy Navy Dude mode. Over the years the order-barking has abated and the sassy title has mutated into a loving nickname. Which no one other than me gets to use.
2) How and when did you find the SCA?
I'd read about it around 1974 in an article in the back of the book "Warlock In Spite of Himself" and was intrigued. A few years later I was stationed just outside of Berkeley, CA, so I called various departments of UC-B to see if any of them could point me towards the organization. The folks I talked to claimed to have never heard of it. We married, moved to Japan, then Hawaii, then Colorado - it had gone out of my thoughts. I assumed it was one of those organisations that had quickly blossomed and faded. Then almost 25 years after reading that book a member of my Coven mentioned a fun 'event' she was planning on attending but bemoaned the fact that she had no suitable clothing to wear. It was an SCA event. I sewed clothing for her, my youngest son, and myself and went. We had a marvelous time camping in the woods and singing around the fire, and there was no looking back after that.
3) If you were able to go back in time who would you choose for your guide, and where would they take you through? (Ok, so I liked the question, even if I didn't have a good answer)
Palestine during the time of Christ, guided by the centurion stationed in Capernaum who'd had the dying servant. As a Roman, he'd have the authority and wherewithal to take me nearly everywhere we'd want to go, and since he was compassionate I'd have no fear of injury. And I could finally see, and understand perhaps, the culture which produced Jesus.
4) You once posted about the hassles of changing which types of food you log. Are you still logging food and has the food log triggered any changes in your life?
I am still logging my daily food intake. It has become much easier than it was during the first few years, probably because as consumers have begun demanding healthier foods, they are easier to inexpensively acquire. I have found that my tastes have changed - some things I once craved or considered 'comfort foods' now taste more like dusted cardboard than anything else, or are so greasy that I no longer enjoy them. Many of my daily 'go to' foods have become habit to the point that in these last two months of coping with the withdrawal symptoms I had from the botched prescription, I almost ached for those and resented having to eat the high-carb starchy things which would stay down. Eating that many carbs made me feel unhappy and uncomfortable. Food logging has definitely improved my health and my taste (in a gourmet sense).
5) What is the furthest you have ever traveled to attend an SCA event/what event was it/any good stories from that event?
The furthest I've travelled has been from Norfolk, Virginia to San Antonio, Texas for a Known World Heralds and Scribes Symposium. At the end of a meeting we found that merchants had set up in the hallway. Standing in front of one of them was a woman dressed in a beautiful gold cyclas and tall headpiece with veils. My first thought when I saw her was one of sadness, as a couple we knew had quit the SCA to dedicate themselves to their large family and I'd missed her so much... even after the years which had passed I recognized the gown worn by that shopper as one my friend had worn during her reign in Atlantia. I thought that it must have ended up in Gold Key and I was seeing whoever it was who'd borrowed it for the event. Yet when the woman moved it was with the same grace as Niobe had always exhibited. So I pretended to shop, hoping that somehow it was indeed Niobe after all but knowing it probably would not be.
I bent nearly double over those darned wares in order to see who it was - those veils were FULL! - and couldn't contain my gasp of surprise when it turned out to actually be her! Then she gasped too, her eyes lit up, and we hugged. She was there to accompany her eldest son who wanted to return to the SCA but wasn't sure about going to the event alone and she had not expected to know anyone in the event since it had been so long and so far away since her last appearance in the SCA.
We spent the rest of the free time talking, far into the evening. It was so wonderful to see her and to catch up on her life's story, and to compare notes about our faiths and the challenges in living it (she is of a fundamental Christian sect while I am Wiccan and her faith is so sure, and so steady, that she can meet those of any walk with acceptance and love. She does not judge.). I truly love that woman.
She and her husband are the royals who ended up elevating me to the Order of the Pelican. There was a news story made during the time of her reign (she reigned mostly alone since her husband was unexpectedly posted overseas just after they stepped up), so if you are interested it is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMkvLG7ls0s . You can see her elevating Finnr, he who brought Viking reenactment to the Americas, in the middle of the video and the final scenes are when they stepped down, just minutes after they made me a Pelican. (Oh, and very, very briefly my eldest son appears juggling with his friend Sean - Sean is the one doing all the talking while Zack is far to the side, just a tall boy with a mass of golden hair in a ponytail.)(And if you knew her - Jaelle of Arimeda is in the video too, at Finnr's elevation.)
