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We are holding an armor workshop this Wednesday, November 13th, at Turlough and Finé’s place. Our goal is to make more repairs to the iron key and if there is time work on any personal projects. Anyone that wants to assist is welcome. Folks can arrive anytime after 3pm.

Adress is 129 Sunset Ln, Pittsburgh, PA 15209. To get to their house you turn down a gravel lane, there is a green sign on a utillity pole with the addresses down that lane. The house has his device hanging from a lamp post. Google maps directions below.

Hope to see folks there!

Guillaume

https://maps.app.goo.gl/vSCiM39kiXJZtEc16

As a reminder, we are moving practice indoors starting tomorrow. Practice will be 11am to 2pm at Ace Axe Throwing.

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Hope to see everyone!

Guillaume

Hello, Fencers! Beginning this Sunday, Nov 10th, fencing will move to our indoor time and location: 11-2 in the 5th floor of Ace Axe Throwing. Jorundr will be running this practice since I’ll be out of town. I’ll also be missing next practice, so if any marshals are available to run that one, please contact me.

Address: 145 E 8th Ave, Homestead, PA 15120

Yours In Service,

Robert MacEwin of Thornhill
Debatable Lands Fencing Marshal

As a reminder, practice will be at the Castle tomorrow for the Harvest Social.

https://facebook.com/events/s/debatable-lands-harvest-revel-/1050440550197397/

Some folks missed the announcement about Harvest Revel, and I went exploring to figure out why. Facebook is unreliable, Discord may not be your thing, and you might not remember to check the blog. But we all read email. And yet, we only have 89 addresses subscribed to the email list. The old list has been out of commission since before the pandemic. If you aren’t getting messages, please re-subscribe. Send an email to

SCA-BMDL+subscribe@googlegroups.com

You will get a response with a link to set your name and preferences. I’ll approve folks as quickly as I can.

Ceindrech

Edited for clarity:
Harvest Revel this Sunday!

Join us back at the castle, on Sunday Nov 3, don’t forget it’s time change day.

The annual fall contest theme will be SPREADS! Can you put it on a cracker, gluten-free or otherwise? Bring it and a list of its ingredients for our baronage to taste and judge! If you want both our lovely judges to taste your entry, please keep in mind that Praetoria Prima cannot eat mammal meat, including lard, but dairy and poultry are fine.

As many barony members have food sensitivities please have the ingredient list for your contributions to the potluck and the contest. We will have index cards if you need them. No one is required to follow any food guidelines- information is provided for those who choose to go the extra step to make their contributions accessible.

Come have fun with your friends, eat well, fight, fence, throw, shoot, hang inside with A&S… And of course, a short barony meeting.

A round-up of local A&S gatherings!

It’s been a minute since I’ve done one of these, but with so much going on in November, I felt it would be useful to corral the information for a bunch of the different guild meetings into one place. If I’ve missed your guild or gathering, please let me know and I’ll help make sure you’re on the next one! Contact links are to Facebook profiles because of cross-posting but if you need their email instead, those cited below are also in the Dark Pages.

Tonight, October 28 – rescheduled monthly A&S night at the home of Elinor Walden (hi, it me) from 6pm-10pm! Bring your projects and come have cozy crafting time with other members of the barony. (Contact point – Elle Kaplan)

Every Tuesday – Scribal West from 5pm-9pm with THLady Nicola Beese to complete scrolls, practice calligraphy and illumination, word-smith for awards, or make scribal blanks (Contact point – Nicola Fedorka). Additionally, the Debatable Choir (voice) and Consort (instruments) meet at the home of Mistress T’svee’a from 7pm-9:30pm (Contact point – Karen Arianna Kasper)

Monday, November 4th – monthly Fiber Guild night at the home of Mistress T’svee’a from 7pm-9pm to get together and work on projects and gifts for the holidays. (Contact point – Rei Morikawa)

Monday, November 11th – monthly Scriptorium with our baronial signet, THLady Lisabetta, to make scrolls for kingdom and barony. (Contact point – Ashley Carlton)

Wednesday, November 13 – Vikingr, hosted by Raven, will be meeting from 7pm-9pm to discuss Norse research, art, and recreation. (Contact point – Xan Fagelson)

Thursday, November 21 – online Sewing Guild meets via Zoom with Hara Kikumatsu from 7:30-10pm. (Contact point – Hara at sbooth@sbooth.net)

But wait, there’s more! Several events throughout the kingdom this month cater to the A&S-inclined, including Debatable Lands Harvest Revel (Barony Social), Æthelmearc Fall Æcademy and War College, Fiber, Fabric, Fighting, and Revel at the Cordial Stag Inn II ! Check out the event pages or kingdom calendar for additional details: https://aethelmearc.org/events/month/2024-11/

As always, most of this information is pulled from the baronial calendar and blog, but if you have trouble finding more details yourself, let me know and I can put you in touch with the right person! http://www.debatablelands.org/calendar.php

YIS, THLady Elinor Walden

The next fiber arts guild meeting will be on Monday, November 4th, from 7-9 pm. We will meet at our usual place, 5167 Rosecrest Drive, Pittsburgh PA.

The next two meetings will be cozy and relaxed meetings to get together and work on projects and gifts for the holidays. For this meeting, fall teas and pumpkin baked goods will be served.

Hello, fencers! This Sunday, we will have a C&T fencing focused practice in preparation for the Kingdom Cut and Thrust Championship at Agincourt next weekend. Bring your C&T gear if you’ve got it!

Greetings Debatable Lands!

How are we all doing? It’s been a quick two years and my term as baronial chatelaine is coming to an end.

As per our bylaws, I need to ask the populace for letters of intention to be baronial chatelaine. If you are interested, or know someone interested, please reach  to the following email addresses:
Seneschal (at) debatablelands.org
Baron (at) debatablelands.org
Chatelaine (at) debatablelands.org

It is my intention to also run again for a second term, but please don’t let that dissuade you from running! The more people we have to choose from the better!

Yours in Service,
Svava Jórudóttir