AspiringLuddite @AspiringLuddite@medievalist.masto.host

Kilt season has finally come to Norfolk.

And the erbolat right out of the oven, and then a little cooler and lot more collapsed.

Preparing for a #medieval event tomorrow (a small #sca one), and making erbolat with chives, celery leaf, rocket, marjoram, and sage from the garden.

Operation Hedgehog Paradise seems to be working. Last night, we got two videos at roughly 1200 and 0200 of Harley the Hedgehog in the same spot in the garden, suggesting Harley remained IN the garden all night.

Excellent news.

Got the sprout seeds into the ground today. Late, but then we had late frosts, so ...

So I'm doing pretty well during lockdown and so on. What I do miss is the sort of 'crowd all together in a similar headspace, and it's a good headspace' thing. That was sometimes a festival or a concert, more often an #sca event.

Today I stumbled across this video and it made me weepy - a wide spectrum of humanity doing a thing together that they enjoy. And I enjoyed it too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5wqr1Mih8Y

I'm currently on a mission along docks crammed with fishing vessels.

In Pheonix, AZ, USA.

Frost notwithstanding, there's a garden - https://www.aspiringluddite.com/UK/

So, I drove 45 minutes to practice today.

And realized I had forgotten my helmet.

Dammit.

Last night I dreamed that a golden eagle landed next to me and wanted scritches like a cat.

That was a pretty good dream.

Big bird.

This looks like it could be quite interesting ...
https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789462988248/trans-and-genderqueer-subjects-in-medieval-hagiography

The table of contents and intro are available from that link.

We saw the backyard bats for the first time a couple of nights ago - Spring is here!

Yeah, Thief is just about my sweet spot for first person s(hooter|tealth) type games.

Saw this elsewhere and thought of @alpine_thistle and @annathecrow

https://twitter.com/eliza_audacis/status/1372041061254713344

Fucking bears.