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Here I am near Ptarmigan Cirque, above Highwood Pass, on 27 August, 2020. |
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Here I am on top of Heart Mountain, near Banff, on 28 July, 2013. |
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Here I am on top of Heart Mountain, near Banff, on 5 October, 2003. |
Latest news, as of 2023-September-05.I have updated the SCA Travel Charts (see Personal). Latest news, as of 2023-March-06.I have added a proposal for Marriage Breakup Property Division (see Personal). Some other items have been updated since August 2022. Latest news, as of 2022-August-19.I have updated the SCA Travel Charts (see Personal). Latest news, as of 2021-October-11.I have added a list of the Crowns of the SCA (see Personal). Latest news, as of 2020-November-01.I have added an adjusted traditional song, The Lyke Wake Dirge (see Personal). Latest news, as of 2020-October-19.I have added two more songs, For This Be Avacal and In The Rain (see Personal). I have modified the code for playing MP3 files for songs. Latest news, as of 2020-September-03, 2020-September-18.My previous host having dropped all their websites, with zero notice, I have had to get a domain, and put my website here. I have taken the opportunity to update my index of folk songs and the Professional page, remove MIDI files (which no longer play), and make a few other modifications. My contact email address has been similarly updated. Latest news, as of 2019-July-08.I have added a rough English translation of a Dutch cookbook, Cocboeck by Carolus Battus, 1593 (see Personal). Latest news, as of 2021-December-06, 2020-September-03, 2018-October-08, 2014-February-03, 2013-December-30, 2013-December-17, 2013-November-26, 2012-December-14.I have updated my index of folk songs (see Personal). Latest news, as of 2017-September-21.I have added an article on the Enneagram, Twelve Types for the Enneagram (see Personal). Latest news, as of 2017-April-25.I'm hosting a page, "A Cookery Bibliography" by Jeremy Fletcher (known in the Society for Creative Anachronism as Master Wulfric of Creigull), with his permission. The article reviews a number of cookery books. This is a PDF file: A Cookery Bibliography (opens new window) Latest news, as of 2015-December-06.I have added a reading, The Dancers of Colbek; and a dance, Curry and Rice Waltz (see Personal). Latest news, as of 2014-November-23.I have added Letters from the Trenches, Christmas 1914 (see Personal), plus a chart of travel times within An Tir and Avacal (see Personal). Latest news, as of 2014-October-04.I have added a short piece of fiction, The Story of Ukae (see Personal). Latest news, as of 2012-March-29.I have added a prose poem, and some documents related to the early history of Montengarde, the SCA in Calgary (see Personal). Latest news, as of 2011-November-26.I have updated my French Noble Archers paper (see Personal). Latest news, as of 2011-October-15.I have added a poem written by my great-uncle, Eric Mason, who was a medical orderly in the British Army in World War I. Latest news, as of 2011-June-14.I have added a paper on French Noble Archers, and a prose poem entitled The Journeymen Speak (see Personal). Latest news, as of 2011-March-17, anonymous folk music index updated.Irish and UK Folk Music Zone: Someone who tells me "I don't want any attribution to my name, because I relish the anonymity" has sent me an index of mainly Irish and UK traditional artists, with small separate sections on (a) folk-rock, (b) singer-songwriters, (c) early music, (d) old-time, and (e) anthologies. This index is entirely their work. It has been updated to include DVDs. They have given me permission to host their index here. Index first hosted 2007-June-22, updated 2008-September-11, updated 2011-March-17. Primarily Irish and UK traditional recordings, arranged by artist (opens new window) Latest news, as of 2010-September-10.I'm hosting an article, "War archery & social status" by John R Edgerton (known in the Society for Creative Anachronism as Sir Jon Fitz-Rauf), with his permission. The article gives a large number of examples of nobles from the Middle Ages and Renaissance using archery in combat, whether on an occasional basis, or as their primary role during battle. This is a PDF file: War archery & social status (opens new window) Latest news, as of 2005-November-02.I have updated my analysis of crossbow impact data (see Personal). Latest news, as of 2004-November-16.I've added an index of folk songs (see Personal), and updated some links (see Links). Latest news, as of 2004-April-26.I've added some recipes and dances (see Personal). Latest news, as of 2004-April-15.I've added a couple of Personal articles (see Personal), and an Influences page. Latest news, as of 2004-March-30.Google seems to have indexed the site, so the form on the Search page should now work. Latest news, as of 2004-March-28.I've added MIDI files so people can hear the music of my songs (see Personal). Latest news, as of 2004-March-15.I've added a Links page. I've added some of my songs, some articles about folk music, some fiction, and some articles about the physics of archery (see Personal). Latest news, as of 2004-March-11.This web site is now 'open'. There are currently two significant items on this web site. The first is my resume (see Professional). The second is a translation of a French cookbook c. 1395 (see Personal). To come in the future (possibly): some articles on the physics of archery, on aspects of folk music and dance, on software estimation and planning, and perhaps more. |
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