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Things I Have Been Up To
Hi, it's me again with another long-overdue update!
Since my last update in February (good lord I am bad at this) I have been continuing to learn songs for my harp and practice practice practice. The plague has receded enough (and I am vaccinated enough, having gotten both shots back in March/April) that in-person activities are slowly resuming, and Telynor and I have taken to having our harp sessions face to face! Which means I am driving down to Half Moon Bay every Sunday (oooh twist me arm). Progress is being made on that front -- we have jammed to 'Woe Betyde Thy Wearie Body', with one doing the main melody and the other improvising over it. SO MUCH FUN! I am learning complete songs, too, instead of just fragments in Ann Heymann's book 'Coupled Hands for Harpers'; currently I am learning 'Maol Donaidh' and 'Teir Abhaille 'Riu' as well as the intro to 'Planxty Dru' and 'Cantiga #119' of the Cantigas de Santa Maria. My goal is to have a couple of these ready for West Kingdom Fall Crown (in person!) over Labor Day weekend so maybe I can join Telynor in playing for court. I CAN DO THIS! \o/
On the scribery front, I am taking part in a Secret Project (shhh don't tell) and my portion of it is coming up starting this week XD It's a giant big collab with a bunch of other scribes, and my part is the bar and ivy -- of which there is a LOT. I'm planning on having fun with it, as I have an excellent Kalish brush gifted me some time ago by Mistress Hilarie the Puppeteer, an illumination Laurel. Can't wait to get working on it! ^__^
Things are slow on the heraldry front, since I'm devoting the majority of my time to harpery and scribery, but that's okay, this Kingdom has a ton of heralds already. XD
So that's the June update! We'll see if I remember to update more frequently. XD
Since my last update in February (good lord I am bad at this) I have been continuing to learn songs for my harp and practice practice practice. The plague has receded enough (and I am vaccinated enough, having gotten both shots back in March/April) that in-person activities are slowly resuming, and Telynor and I have taken to having our harp sessions face to face! Which means I am driving down to Half Moon Bay every Sunday (oooh twist me arm). Progress is being made on that front -- we have jammed to 'Woe Betyde Thy Wearie Body', with one doing the main melody and the other improvising over it. SO MUCH FUN! I am learning complete songs, too, instead of just fragments in Ann Heymann's book 'Coupled Hands for Harpers'; currently I am learning 'Maol Donaidh' and 'Teir Abhaille 'Riu' as well as the intro to 'Planxty Dru' and 'Cantiga #119' of the Cantigas de Santa Maria. My goal is to have a couple of these ready for West Kingdom Fall Crown (in person!) over Labor Day weekend so maybe I can join Telynor in playing for court. I CAN DO THIS! \o/
On the scribery front, I am taking part in a Secret Project (shhh don't tell) and my portion of it is coming up starting this week XD It's a giant big collab with a bunch of other scribes, and my part is the bar and ivy -- of which there is a LOT. I'm planning on having fun with it, as I have an excellent Kalish brush gifted me some time ago by Mistress Hilarie the Puppeteer, an illumination Laurel. Can't wait to get working on it! ^__^
Things are slow on the heraldry front, since I'm devoting the majority of my time to harpery and scribery, but that's okay, this Kingdom has a ton of heralds already. XD
So that's the June update! We'll see if I remember to update more frequently. XD