[Spotlight Post] Remembering Eugie Foster and Lonnie Mitchell
What ended up being a fantastic FenCon ended with… not as much greatness. During tear down and the Dead Dog, I started catching up news feeds, then as Rand Bellavia of Ookla theMok put it… “I see sadness.” The sadness has continued into this week. I’m really tired of doing Memorial Spotlight posts. I’d started […]
[Writer Post] Random Posts are Random
It’s Wednesday, which means blog day. And, once more I’m flummoxed…scattered… something. I am busy (or at least should be). But that’s not translating as well to coherent thought as you’d think. Sunday we had a very productive Redheads of the Apocalypse meeting. It all goes well, there might be a fourth book. We have […]
[Spotlight Post] Reign vs. Renaissance Festivals
So, this is supposed to be a spotlight post – where I focus on something or someone good. But in a way it’s going to be part rant, and I apologize for that, but I’m going to get this off my chest. I watched Reign last night on the CW. I should’ve heeded warnings and […]
[Spotlight Post] Shannon Hopps – Long Live the Queen
I mentioned on Wednesday that this weekend was going to be bittersweet for me – alas, for many of us. When the final cannon blows on Monday, May 27th, not only will it herald the end of the 33rd Season of Scarborough Renaissance festival – it will also be the end of Anne Boleyn. Shannon […]
[Spotlight Post] Great Big Sea
My friend, Meredith, is a bad, bad influence – but in a good, good way. She’s introduced me to music I wouldn’t have known to look for… The Piano Guys being one… Great Big Sea being another one. Tartanic I found on my own… [asa]B001WC0D1G[/asa] But… Great Big Sea… dude, check them out. Especially if […]
[Spotlight Post] Tartanic
This week’s spotlight is on a band I never even considered listening to before two weeks ago – Tartanic. I haven’t met them yet, but they suffered a tragic loss this past weekend and our hearts and prayers go out to them. Tartanic is a bagpipe and drum band. Yes…you read that correctly. Pipe and […]
[Spotlight Post] Random Spotlight Driveby
I’m trying to figure out a Spotlight for this week, but Thursday derailed me a little bit. So this is going to be a bit wibbledy. We start working a booth at Scarborough on Saturday – and part of me thinks I should be spotlighting all the amazingly talented and hardworking actors, vendors, and crew. […]
[Spotlight Post] The Follow Spot Post
Today is supposed to be a spotlight post day, but I’m blargy today. I’ve cricked my neck. The weather is in flux. My Friday is turning into a Monday feeling. So this might be some kind of random post. Sorry. My focus is lacking today. So this is going to be a follow the bouncing […]
[Spotlight Post] Queen Anne’s Lace
This weekend heralds the final weekend of the Scarborough Renaissance Festival. In honor of this, I’m featuring one of the staple acts–Queen Anne’s Lace. Queen Anne’s Lace (QAL) is a female a Capella singing group that not only has tight vocal harmonies, but also great humor and bigger hearts. And in the last weekend of […]