Re: what do you do for fun/ SCA

[Guest guest]

> Lyn, all I could think when you were telling about your wonderful

adventure

> at society for creative anachronism, is that me and vitalday would be

> fighting over who was gonna be queen Eleanor.

ROFL! That's a good picture! Unfortunately, in the SCA you can't be anyone

real. Not even one of your own ancestors. But, if your husband is a good

swordfighter and wins the semi-annual Crown Tournament, you can be Queen of

the kingdom you live in.

I come from a long line of peasants too. My dad grew up on a farm, and all

the ancestors we can count back were pretty much farmers. My grandfather was

the son of the postmistress in his little village in Switzerland, and he

rang the church bell (ever see on TV those little boys swinging from bell

ropes? That was my grandpa as a boy!)

Yep, good peasant stock we are.

If people ask me what it is I do in the Queen's household, I say I am a

cook. There is this certain bread that I make that she is SO terribly fond

of, she won't eat a meal without it. So whenever she travels (and Eleanor

travelled widely), I get to go along, because she can't imagine life without

her favorite bread! Now in real life I use a bread machine, but hey, it's

all fantasy, so I can be who I want! Hah!

Living the dream ~~ Lyn G

(aka Lorète du Papillon, Barony of DragonsLaire, Kingdom of An Tir)

(hee hee!)