Wednesday, February 28, 2007

First week of Lenten fasting

Now ends my first week of Lenten fasting. Or the starting half-week and half the second week. Seven on one, three and four of the other. I made almond milk Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras night while indulging in several poached eggs. Didn't feel like making pancakes. I'm noticed that I eat more bread, so that I can purchase a nice artisan loaf of bread and consume it without the concern of it starting to mold before I'm finished.

I still wonder at the 'sacrifice' at times. On the one hand, unlike a medieval Christian, I'm exposed to meat and dairy throughout the day, including commercials for things like Carl's Jr. burgers and Subway sandwiches. On the other hand, I actually like things like a light drizzle of olive oil on my toast and most forms of seafood. The biggest awkwardness is milk for my tea. Almond milk is fine, but the funny thing is nobody then was drinking tea, so they 'd not be using milk, almond or cow, for it anyway.

Sunday, February 11, 2007

Building onto Le Foyer

I'll be using Le Foyer for general Medieval and relevant SCA thoughts and activities. I 'built' four other rooms (blogs) for specific subjects: cookery, cordwaining, woodworking, and the scriptoral arts (lettering, illumination, and bookbinding). Every room has links to the other rooms. I imagine I'll spend the next several weeks playing 'catch up' as I post about things I've already done.

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Welcome to the Dordogne

Je suis Edouard de Bruyeres, sire de LeFoyer et La Caillefort. Within the context of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), I am Edouard de Bruyeres and the year is 1407 anno Domini. Born the third son of an Anglo-Gascogne man-at-arms, I have done well for myself, holding four estates in fief: Derndale in Hereford, Aslingdon in Oxford, La Caillefort in Armagnac, and my favourite LeFoyer in the Dordogne.