Finna,

It is probably best that you not put up a fight, Rick would probably feed off of
that and turn it into a bigger stink than it need be. IF he wants the other
stuff back, like the shirts and stuff, give him Hollie's number and I'll deliver
it or mail it. Last thing I want is trouble over things that can be replaced
(although they shouldn't be). I guess the only positive aspect of this all is
that Ketelblastr gets the chance to make new garb that will not be the property
of anyone but the makers (whom can loan it out to the group at their
discretion). Plus having a costuming boom will look great for our A&S section,
right? It is unfortunate that your work (as well as that of Virginia if I am
correct) is being taken away, but as the saying goes, "let the baby have his
bottle".

IF Rick even thinks of laying a finger on your privately owned costuming
however, he had better expect a fight as WE will be doing the sueing. I'll
gladly back you up there. Just prepare yourself and write an inventory slip that
states what is private to protect yourself and your property. Ditto for Ginny.

As for MARS owning the faire...hardly. It was sponsored by MARS, but truly the
community owned it given the various contributions (which monetarily speaking
was a very big benefactor)..but whatever.

Sorry all this drama had to go down, though it gives us all the more reason to
disassociate ourselves from Rick and MARS which he has tainted with his actions
and presence:

-Marcial de Salas


--- In ketelblastr@yahoogroups.com, "Christine Popko" <Christinepopko@...>
wrote:
>
> Greetings,
> Well I had one of my questions of inventory resolved today.  The costuming
> that Karen Mallum donated to Ketelblastr from the Ren Faire (MARS) was taken
> back today .  Rick Albert sent Corey and Heather Johnson here to get it.
> Sorry, I didn't but up any argument.  I did inform them that there is still
> some costuming out with the library group and it is a mixture of MARS things
> and privately loaned things.  We will see what happens with it. Evidently
> Karen overstepped her authority in donating it to us. So we have the
> T-shirts and the coins (unless those are also re-appropriated by Rick since
> the Faire was "owned" by MARS according to him). So I will have to explain
> the situation to Riva and perhaps not list the stuff until this is settled.
> I will not argue about the property because I was threatened with a law suit
> if I tried to take any of the things I had made for Mars when our chapter
> closed. It is unfortunate that this ugly monster is still able to rear it's
> head and give us "trouble" still.
> Sincerely,
> Finna
>

Greetings all. I am just writing to say that Hollie and myself will not be able
to make it to Bay Days afterall due to a death in the family (the memorial is on
Sat) and Hollie has a prior engagement for Sunday.

As for any sort of Gathering or Thing at Powdermill Resort, there will be no
Thing held this Saturday and as far as I am aware, there will be no gathering.
However if you DO plan on gathering, please do post up! Again, Hollie and I will
not be able to make it.

Also, as a side note: I hear there is road construction scheduled for Sat on the
main road out to Powdermill. If you plan on gathering, take the alternate route
coming from Lake/Airport road.

In Service-
JP

Greetings all:

Just a reminder that Ketelblastr will be having a gathering and a Thing on
Saturday, June 25th at Powdermill resort beginning at 4:30.

Special Notes:
The regular way into Powdermill is open again, though a small section of thr
road is loose gravel, no biggie though.

The downstairs was being used for a rummage sale as of Thursday, and it may
still be occupied, so I do not expect there to be any Martial practice (pending
a Darkstone marshal shows up of course) unless we do it in the upstairs or
outside (again, if a Darkstone Marshal shows up). Please bring an A&S project or
your armour to work on. I will bring a little leather and a few basic working
supplies. I will also bring the LSTs, and deliver them.

In Service
Marcial de Salas

Just a little reminder to all whom have either not created or updated their database entries. There are currently two databases for members of Ketelblastr to fill out.

The Roll Call, which serves us as a group so that we know each other's projects, interests, and contact info. This is useful for our MoAS as well as fellow members who may share a common interest.

There is also the LIKES and DISLIKES database which is for the purpose of our culinary challenges. This is important so that we know what to cook that will please the majority of people and also alert us as to any food allergies, which I know of a couple. (really important as I'm sure no one in the group wants to be responsible for sending someone to the E.R.)

So please drop on by the group and update that at your earliest conveniance :)

be well, and may Finnish winds fill your sails!
Marcial de Salas

Allrighty folks, just sharing a little more info about the proposed website and what domainnamesanity.com offers.

They DO accept casher's check and money order via snail mail, so we're sittin' pretty there.
Their payment goes towards two things
1:Domain name registration
2:Hosting

To register our domain name (www.ketelblastr.org ....noting ".org" instead of ".com" because we are a part of an organisation) for one year will cost us $19.95, for 2 years it's $37.90, for three years it's $54.85 and for 4 years it's $70.80.

Asides from that is our hosting package. There are two that I was looking at and each has its pros and cons.

There is the "Value package" which offers us lots of goodies (such as e-mail accounts, no pop-ups or banners, guestbook, counter, templates for making the site etc.), but is limited to 99 pages, 100Mb of space and only 2 Gigs of bandwidth a quarter. That means that we will only be allowed 100 Mb of images (including buttons, banners, gifs, and pics of us), text files, and things of the sort. It also means that all the combined visitors of the site will not be able to view more than 2 gigs worth of pages/images every 3 months. Not too much all said and done if we get heavy traffic. On the plus side, it's cheap and 99 pages should suffice our needs as of now.
This package (including a 1 year domain registration and 1 year worth of hosting which comes to us at a 20% savings as compared to paying per quarter) would run is a total of $83.90.

Then there is the "Monster package" offers us all the same goodies as the value package PLUS detailed web stats (tells us who visits our site and when) as well as 1000 MB worth of upload space (meaning we could have a grand ol' site), unlimited bandwidth per quarter (which is not truly unlimited, it actually means 10 Gigs per month...which is MORE than plenty, but there is a small penalty if we should happen to go over that)  as well as an unlimited number of pages we can create on the site, which is more than we need.
This package (including the 20% discount for paying a whole year upfront and a 1 year domain name registration) will run us $119.94, a difference of $36.04 (estimated, of course we could decide to register our domain for longer. Also add in the price for making out the money order or check AND postage)

There are the stats folks. Think it over and decide whether or not those estimated $36 dollars are worth it.

My opinion: Go with the 1 year domain registration and the value pack. Right now we aren't a huge group and IF our needs should happen to outgrow the site, there are always ways to get around the bandwidth limitations of one site (like make picture pages on a separate FREE site) or we could upgrade. That way we still have a little money left over so we can buy stuff for our group such as fabric, leather, armour, etc. we can always pay for longer registration and continued hosting service as we go along.

Be well, and may Finnish winds fill your sails.
-MdS-

Hello All!

A little reminder for those wishing to contribute to our newsletter
"Scattered Stones". We are accepting articles, artwork, pictures,
recipes and everything in between for the newsletter that is set to come
out in early September 2009.

Also, officers, please do remember we need your letter to the populace!
So far the only one we have received is from JP. Please get them to
either me or Cassie within the next couple of weeks. Also, I will be
contacting each of you personaly to ask what contact information you are
comfortable with us publishing in the newsletter.

Thanks!

In service to Ketelblastr, Northshield and the SCA

Kathryn inghean Griffin (Hollie)

Greetings all:

Just me with the weekly reminder and confirmation that we will be gathering and
having a Thing on Saturday, August 1st starting at 4:00 PM at Powdermill resort.

Bring your A&S projects as well as rattan and armour so that we can work on it
in case a Darstone Marshall does not show up mmmkay? Also, Please work on
modifying the story I wrote so that it can be presented on Sat. It can be found
in the messages section as #177.

I will be taking care of supper this weekend. On the menu is Picadillo, a
mexican meat and taters stew type thing similar to what you guys call Ground
beef stew. It's comfort food :D

Be well.
JP

Greetings fellow Ketelblastrs:

Well, I worked on a crude version of the new Device with the laurel wreath and
posted it into the Misc folder of the pics page here on the group. I even
blazoned it for our benefit :D

******************************************************************

Tina, here is the link Hollie told you about for the public domain images.
http://karenswhimsy.com/public-domain-images/

******************************************************************

As for P.O. boxes in Ironwood, it gets a lil expensive. I looked up the info
online and according to the USPS website, the price for a:

3 X 5.5 inch box is $20 for 6 mos and $40 for a full year. That should more than
suffice for our needs as it is the size of an average box. That will fit any
issue of northwatch easily as well as any run of the mill letter.

5 X 5.5 inch box is $28 for 6 mos and $56 for a full year. This is a little
bigger than what we would generally need.

The rest of the specs are for boxes which would be FAR too big for our uses and
most likely a waste of precious monetary resources.

I don't know that the USPS offers any reduced rate for Non Profit groups, but I
can inquire (and matter of factly will, come tomorrow)

*******************************************************************

So there you go folks, that's the follow up.

JP

Greetings all:

I just write to say that I have aquired free carpeting for our pells!

So Lawrence, Tobi and anyone else who is interested in making a pell, I have secured it and it is yours for the taking.

Tell you guys what, I am now officially setting up a rattan working/armouring/pell making workshop at my place for later this week. Friday, August 7th beginning at 2:00 pm. Call me and let me know if you are going to be there.

So to summarize

Pell / rattan / armour workshop
JP's place (e-mail or call me if you need directions)
Friday, August 7th-2:00 pm
Please bring your LSTs, armour and rattan!

Yours in service
Marcial de Salas

Greetings all:

Just your weekly reminder/confirmation that we will be holding a Thing and a
gathering beginning at 4:00 pm on Saturday, August 8th at the Powedermill
Resort.

Please bring your A&S activities and be ready in case a Marshal shows up and we
have the chance to practice our martial combat.

JP

Greetings all:

I am just writing to say that there has been some discussion between management at Powdermill Resort and it is in our best interest to lay low for a while until things settle down over there, or until further notice.

This means that until further notice we will NOT be meeting at Powdermill Resort for either Things or Gatherings effective immediately 08/13/09.

This is indeed unfortunate, but with any luck we will still have our space once all the hullabaloo is over and done with. As of now, Don and I have all of our possessions from the spare room as it was suggested we take our stuff out just in case. 

So as of right now, there is no Thing or Gathering scheduled for this Saturday 08/15/09 unless someone wants to meet at their house or somewhere else.

So that's where we stand folks, please write ASAP if you want to host a Thing or Gathering at your house or what to suggest somewhere else!

-In Service
Marcial de Salas

I suggest we go out to Norrie Park on saturday for our meeting, and everyone
brings their own food for grillin and other stuff ect....Bring something to work
on and gather there. Weather permitting..Post on the group if your interested..
Bring LOTS OF WATER if its hot lol... Heat stroke is not allowed...

Astrid

Greetings all:

I had also thought of gathering at a beach and turn it into a swim-meet type
thing tomorrow, but meeting at Norrie or Tina's place sounds great. I would
suggest my place, but to be honest it's a mess and I have little drive to clean
as of now :P

Tells ya what....how's about we meet at Tina's place (since she so graciously
offered) and we can meet, have a bonfire AND work on the pells (since Tobi and
Lawrence will have their LSTs at hand). Hollie and I will gladly bring some
brats over :)

So to recap and put the official notice out there:

Ketelblastr will have a Thing and Gathering on Saturday, August 15th starting at
4:00 at Tina Popko's house.

In service
Marcial de Salas



--- In ketelblastr@yahoogroups.com, "Christine Popko" <Christinepopko@...>
wrote:
>
> Friends in Ketelblastr,
>
> I would like to open my home, yard, garage (or, the half that doesn't
> contain Lea's furniture) to our meetings.  We even have power in the garage
> now!  I have been itching for a reason to have a "bonfire" in the evenings
> and what better excuse?!  Cassey's  idea is also a good suggestion.  NOrrie
> Park may be a good alternative or perhaps Bluff View park is available.
>
> Mi casa es su Casa
>
> Finna
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: JP
> Date: 8/13/2009 9:41:22 PM
> To: ketelblastr@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ketelblastr] Important noice regarding Things and Gatherings
>
>   Greetings all:
> I am just writing to say that there has been some discussion between
> management at Powdermill Resort and it is in our best interest to lay low
> for a while until things settle down over there, or until further notice.
> This means that until further notice we will NOT be meeting at Powdermill
> Resort for either Things or Gatherings effective immediately 08/13/09.
> This is indeed unfortunate, but with any luck we will still have our space
> once all the hullabaloo is over and done with. As of now, Don and I have all
> of our possessions from the spare room as it was suggested we take our stuff
> out just in case.
> So as of right now, there is no Thing or Gathering scheduled for this
> Saturday 08/15/09 unless someone wants to meet at their house or somewhere
> else.
> So that's where we stand folks, please write ASAP if you want to host a
> Thing or Gathering at your house or what to suggest somewhere else!
> -In Service
> Marcial de Salas
>

Greetings, Good People!

I did e-mail my MOAS newsletter submission to Hollie. She should have received
it well before the meeting; if not, let me know.  Perhaps next time, barring any
more computer problems - both have been giving us grief, mine will be first!!!!
At the least, handwritten!

Sorry we missed the meeting. Don had to work. We will probably be down state the
weekend of the 22 - family things...if Don can swing it.

It wouldn't hurt to begin another search for another meeting place where
swordplay can happen indoors - just in case. It is unfortunate about the resort
business. We may still be able to meet there. A letter of gratitude is a great
idea - one to Rick and one to the Association.

Lenore
(still researching a name...)

Me and Hollie have recently singed up for an email address to use for the
newsletter we both have access to it. We would apprecaite if any and all
information, letters, and submissions for the newsletters or and thing you need
to send us as chronicler and deputy chronicler please be sent to     
ketelblastrchronicler@...   .. thank you for your time...

yours truley
Astrid

Aside from what they say about good intentions...
this is the beverage I was going to attempt for this month's Spanish Cooking
Challenge.

Passing it along, since I already did the research and if anyone else is up to
including a beverage along with their other lottery dish...


Clarea de Agua

Ruperto de Nola's Libro de Cozina, 1529 edition, Vincente Cuenca translation and
(modified) redaction

To an azumbre of water, four ounces of honey; add the same spices as the other
clarea; boil the water with the honey and then add the spices off the fire.

Spices for Clarea

Cinnamon three parts, cloves two parts, ginger one part, all ground and passed
through a sieve and for an azumbre of white wine add an ounce of spices with a
pound of honey, well mixed and passed through a sleeve of heavy linen enough
times that the wine comes out clear.


This redaction for Spiced Honey Water was taken from the Feast of the Seven
Deadly Sins, A Meal in Medieval Spain by the Barony of Delftwood
February 12, 2005
Cocineros (Head Cooks):Dame Katja Davidova Orlova Khazarina of Robakovna and Don
Eric Grenier de Labarre (Grendel)

Spiced Honey Water

1 gallon water

8 oz. honey

2 oz. fresh sliced ginger

Boil the honey and water together, skim off the foam, then remove the pot from
the fire and add the ginger. Let steep overnight, then strain them out through
some fine cheesecloth.

My intentions were to follow the recipe more exactly and use the cinnamon,
cloves and ginger in the same proportions as the original.

Lenore