stories (was Re: [SCA-AE] Queer Eye for the Medieval Guy)

[Ruth Morrisson]

Greetings from Myfanwy!
Several years ago at Pennsic, Alastar and I were heading back to our 
camp from BMDL.  We stopped in up at Clan O'Choda on the way home, for 
what was *supposed* to be a few minutes -- it was the tenth wedding 
anniversary for the first two people I met at my first event.
We got up there, and discovered that El of the Two Knives was telling 
*ancient* Pennsic stories (Pennsic, 2, Pennsic 6, etc.) as if he was a 
bard telling oh, say, Beowulf (even though he was actually at a lot of 
them himself, he was telling them like ancient history or folktales).
Like I said, it was supposed to be a brief stop.  We were there for 
probably a couple of hours.  I could have happily stayed there the rest 
of Pennsic, as long as El was still talking.  We finally had to give up 
and drag ourselves back to camp or else fall asleep on the benches 
around the firepit.
It was the first year that Pandora's Box was camped in the woods down 
behind us, and I remember saying on the way back to camp that  the 
Pandora's Box people should be hearing these stories (but probably 
wouldn't appreciate them).
That was one of the few true magical moments I've ever had in the SCA, 
where it all became "really real".
The other was at Pennsic 21, waking up on a foggy morning and wandering 
around camp (we were out on Battle Road back then, almost to the North 
Gate) to see if anyone else was up.  After about a half hour I somehow 
happened to look up towards Mt. Aislinn -- it was the morning of the 
Chalk Horse.
Damn.  I'm getting all misty eyed just thinking about those two 
incidents.
On Thursday, July 13, 2006, at 12:06  PM, georg wrote:

> I know the BEST way to hear the sagas is around a campfire or the 
> like, but not all can make such things these days, and I seriously 
> dread the loss of the stories.
>
Lady Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon
Ruth Morrisson
myfanwy at nauticom.net