[Artemisia] Artemisia Digest, Vol 136, Issue 7

[Kayla Williams]

Thanks Morgan yes that is helpful! My husband (Donner) said you would
probably recognize him if you saw him because he has played for years with
his brother (Duncan). We would like to play out that way soon. We may
eventually play north but no idea when.
Gwendolyn & Donner
On Jan 20, 2015 2:06 AM, "morgan wolf" <morganblaidddu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Not getting into the whole "bad barony/bad people/good barony/good people"
> discussion, hopefully helpful information for you Gwendolyn- the Shire of
> Cote du Ciel is in Logan, UT; the next closest group to you is the Shire of
> Twae Linnes in Twin Falls, ID, then Cote du Ciel and the Barony of One
> Thousand Eyes [Idaho Falls-Pocatello] are about equidistant, depending on
> which road you take. If you continue South the next group is the Barony of
> Gryphons' Lair in Ogden, then the Barony Loch Salann in Salt Lake, and then
> the Province of Arrows' Flight in Provo. If you'd rather head North, let me
> know and I'll tell you about those Montana groups, but I take no
> responsibility for the locals up there.  ;-)
> Baron Morgan Blaidd Du, in Loch Salann
>       From: danoman1000 . <danoman1000 at gmail.com>
>  To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
>  Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 5:16 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Artemisia Digest, Vol 136, Issue 7
>
> Wow, that is rather unwelcoming.  Maybe the person who wrote
> that doesn't understand budget constraints.  Or maybe he/she had a bad
> experience with unsupervised children.  In either case, I wouldn't judge
> the entire barony on the words one person wrote.  But if your mind is set
> on avoiding Arn Hold, you can come play with us down south.  I can't
> promise we'll join in on the disliking the moose lands, but we'll try to
> get your mind off of it.  And bring that brother of yours.  He's a fun guy.
> Sneferu
> Spouse of the Youth Officer of Cote du Ciel
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Kayla Williams <kmwilliams0802 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The link to the website. Click that and the second tab says leave smalls
> at
> > home because they want it to be an event for adults. I had my children at
> > masked ball last year. They were dressed up in garb. They had a blast. I
> > was one of the only adults keeping an eye on my own children. I was one
> of
> > the only adults that said something to the teens that were throwing my
> > childrens hot chocolate cups around while my children "got in trouble" by
> > the person serving the hot chocolate because they needed a new cup! I do
> > supervise my children and do keep them entertained and under control
> unlike
> > many others. As far as people that do not want children at events, they
> > need to find a new hobby. Many such as myself do not know how to sew and
> do
> > not have the funds to buy overpriced garb and period looking toys. My
> > children play with what keeps them occupied. My infant certainly doesn't
> > have many "period" items. We have one piece of garb for her. Yes we try
> to
> > be as period as possible but if you have a problem with non period toys
> > than you better not have any metal folding chairs at the event. Or modern
> > tables. Better yet it shouldn't even be in a modern building! In
> comparison
> > we were at barony birthday for our infant's first event. Our brother
> Duncan
> > was fighting. We were supervising our very active 3 year old niece.
> > Thankfully we had a lot of help and support. Our baby was passed around
> and
> > her majesty sorcha even held onto our niece and helped find her snacks
> > while her dad fought and we were juggling a baby. Even his majesty Timmur
> > wanted to hold our infant. (Someone took pictures, I'd love to have
> copies
> > please!) Fact is the people of thousand eyes have proven time and again
> how
> > welcoming and supportive they are. Complete strangers even offered their
> > home and cooked us breakfast so we didn't have to drive home on ice. On
> the
> > other hand arn hold has made us feel unwelcome because I am new, and we
> > have children.
> > Gwendolyn
> > What am I missing here?  I don't see anywhere in the Masked Ball event
> > announcement that kids aren't welcome.
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