Sad Tidings: Lord Ardghal O’Breaslain

Our hearts are heavy this day, as we have just been informed of the death in a motorcycle accident of one of our ex-patriots, Lord Ardghal O’Breaslain, mundanely known as Zac Gallo.

Ardghal started in the SCA here in the Debatable Lands in the College of Cour d’Or several years ago, joining our Rapier ranks. He had moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, with his Lady, and was active in the Shire there as one of the founding members, and was their Rapier Marshal. He still visited his teachers and friends here, when he came to visit the Debatable Lands, and held us in his heart.

He will be sorely missed, a life cut short. Our hearts go out to his lady, Katharine, his family, friends, and the Shire of Ardanroe in the Kingdom of Gleann Abhann. May they find peace in their hearts.

Inquires as to final arrangements may be sent to our Seneschal, THL Muirgheal (seneschale@debatablelands.org)

In Gravitate et Caritate,
Baron Brandubh and Baroness Hilda

Online Sewing Thurs Sept 3 – 7:30

There will be online sewing this Thursday, September 3rd at 7:30 on the kingdom zoom. There is no agenda and you don’t need to sew. Knitting, braiding, other fiber arts are all welcome. It ain’t necessarily sew! For zoom information or if you would like to teach contact sewing at debatablelands dot org.

Woodworking

This guild and its blog account have been pretty idle for the last six months, and I regret that. There have been obvious obstacles to guild activity, and the reason I have not posted much here is because I don’t want the blog to be about me and my work. There are other blogs and woodworkers to post about, though.

One of those woodworkers was Chris Hall. Chris passed away this Spring following a battle with cancer, but his spouse has been trying to keep his blog alive as a part of his legacy. This week she posted a guest post from one of Chris’s good friends and erstwhile students. This is the first part of a longer story by a woodworker in Spain who has dedicated himself to Japanese woodworking.

In particular, his interest in Japanese planes and planemakers is great to read about, and his outlook on woodworking gives me something to consider in my own work. I hope you enjoy reading along when future installments are posted.

Julio Alonso Guest Post: Kezuroukai and a Visit to Funahiro’s Forge

Membership Renewals

Greetings Beloved Barony!

At this time the SCA Corporate Offices have noted a sharp decline in memberships as many expiring members have chosen not to renew. This is putting financial hardships on the SCA Office and Officers. We understand that this may be due to personal financial hardships, as we know that many of you have lost jobs, or seen reductions in your incomes due to the current world wide COVID Crisis. We seek to ease some of that burden.

Several local members have contacted The Baron and Baroness that they wish to donate money anonymously to help local members renew their memberships. If money is tight and you need a hand, or even if you just have lapsed or will soon and was putting off renewing until events resume, we have people who are interested in helping in these uncertain times. Their Majesties, as well, have received many offers to sponsor memberships.

Her Excellency and I are interested in coordinating between those who have offered support and any who would be interested in the help. So please if you are interested in a free membership renewal please contact me so that we can coordinate gift memberships.

baron at debatablelands.org

Also if you are interested in donating personally to the SCA, and have Amazon Prime, you can set up a donation to the SCA through your Amazon account.  Go to Smile.Amazon.com and use your regular Amazon Login go to You account and in Other Programs you can designate your charity – Society for Creative Anachronism Inc.  You will need to do your shopping on Smile.Amazon in order to generate charitable gifts, but this is another easy way to help out our wonderful organization.

Cheers,
Baron Brandubh

Online Sewing – Thurs Aug 20, 7:30

The next online sewing is this Thursday August 20 at 7:30 in Aethelmearc zoom room. There is no agenda. Just join us and sew or knit or braid or just show us what you already made. If you want the zoom connect information, please email sewing at debatablelands dot org. If you would like to teach a class email me with that information and your availability.

Business Meeting – 8/19/2020

Greetings Noble Populace,
Please find the Confirmed Minutes from the June Business Meeting and the Agenda for the August Business Meeting in the following google drive location.
All future confirmed minutes & Agendas will be available by this same link.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hEGCojOZ4_zawYKdOqYymlYq1ne9IesP?usp=sharing
If you are unable to access or have questions, Please contact me directly.
Yours in service,
Muirgheal, Seneschal Debatable
muirgheall@gmail.com or see the Dark Pages for my contact information.

ZOOM:

Topic: BMDL Business Meeting
Time: Aug 19, 2020 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Online sewing Thursday Aug 20 at 7:30

The next online sewing is this Thursday August 20 at 7:30 in Aethelmearc zoom room. There is no agenda. Just join us and sew or knit or braid or just show us what you already made. If you want the zoom connect information, please email sewing at debatablelands dot org. If you would like to teach a class email me with that information and your availability.