Friar Valentine's Cell

Yours Truly - Photo by Baroness Sinn Larensdotter مرحباً  (Marhaban) (Welcome!) I wanted to start documenting the events I attend for my blog. However, I wanted to take a slightly different approach, which led me to "In the Details." I will use these posts to highlight positive, unique, and downright brilliant aspects of events I attend, in hopes that other events might benefit from them.  On Saturday, January 24th, I forgot my vows and bedecked myself in silks and shining brocade for the immense pleasure of joining our Atlantian cousins from the Barony of Highland Foorde for their Highland Hearthglow event at Thorpewood Lodge in Thurmont, Maryland. This is an immersive feasting event that centers on a particular culture, and it is in its second year, which is inconceivable since it would seem they have been doing this for decades.  This year's event centered on the Golden Age of al-Andalus in the city of Córdoba around 900 CE, focusing on the cross-cultura...

Æthelmearc: The Sylvan Jewel  words and music by Brother Valentine Garnett  debuted at Kingdom Twelfth Night, Barony of the Rhydderich Hael, a.s. LX   photo by Ashley Carlton O come, brothers and sisters all, Gather ye close to friend and flame, To hear of Æthelmearc so fair, The Sylvan land of honored name. 💛 White snow doth crown the mountain’s brow, Her forests deep in silence stand. Where farmland yields to scythe and plow, And shining streams traverse the land. 💛 Though wintry blasts may bite and chill, Our hearts do burn both fierce and bright, Her warriors with steadfast will, Rise armed with valour for the fight. 💛 Their swords be swift, their shields fain, Their vows true as the old oak tree, They guard the realm from ills and bane, And lift Her name to victory. 💛 Not just in battle does She shine, For art and science in beauty bloom, Where minds of fire and artworks fine, Do outshine shadow, grief, and gloom. 💛 Potter’s wheel, and Chatelaine’s key...