[SCA-BMDL] In Memoriam Challenge from the West Kingdom

[Jennifer Strobel]

This was recently published in the SCA Today and may be of interest to
some of you.
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Siobhan Medhbh O'Roarke of the West Kingdom has issued a challenge to a
quest of learning, in loving memory of her recently-departed namesake,
Mistress Siobhan n hEodhusa.

Siobhan Medhbh O'Roarke writes:

    Greetings, good gentle folk all! I, Siobhan Medhbh O'Roarke, challenge
the good folk of the West and beyond to a quest in honor of Mistress
Siobhn n hEodhusa, OL, who died on 16 May 2006 in a motorcycle accident,
returning from a day spent on one of her new hobbies. Siobhan Fidhlair
loved nothing in this world more than taking on a new area of study and
becoming the best she could at that skill or area of knowledge. Therefore
I, Siobhan Medhbh O'Roarke, in honor of my beloved friend and sister, send
all of you on this quest: in this next year: take up some new skill or
area of learning, stretching your spirit and your mind. There is no better
memorial to Siobhan Fidhlair than to follow in her footsteps to learning.

    For those of you who take up the textile arts as this quest, remember
both Mistress Siobhan and Mistress Halima de la Lucha, who died a short
while before Siobhan, and who took such joy in her art and teaching it to
others. Both these ladies are deserving of our honor and actions in their
memories.

    At the Spring Mists Investiture next May I will host a display, where
everyone can come and display the product of this quest, be it an artifact
or a short description of a new area of expertise or research. If you
cannot come to this event due to time or distance, send to me a picture or
description and we will display it with the others.

    We will hold festival of learning and skill in her honor, and I know
her spirit will be with us, laughing joyously as she sees how well we have
all done.

    In love and service, I remain,

Siobhan Medhbh O'Roarke (OL, OP, but today just plain Siobhan, in loving
memory of absent friends)

"Do not dismiss the dish saying that it is just, simply food. The blessed thing is an entire civilization in itself!"
- Abdulhak Sinasi