So this was spurred by a comment on a different post, and it got me to thinking about how, even though we’re trying to create cultures and environments that ended long before the enslavement of humans and the repercussions of… Read moreOn SCA Titles and Problematic Words

During 2019 and 2020, the SCA was going through a particularly difficult existential crisis related to the Covid19 pandemic, which closed down all in-person activities, and a series of prejudiced and bigoted acts by well-known members of the SCA that… Read moreOn Speaking Out

Earlier this month, I posted this to the two big Protege groups I’m part of, but I didn’t have time to really talk about it. So I don’t really want to talk about failed leaders; people who are in positions… Read moreLeadership vs. Authority

I’ve been thinking about peer-dependent relationships lately, and how they work and don’t work and the ways we regard them in the SCA. This has informed some conversations I’ve had and my view of some recent events that I’ve seen… Read moreThoughts on Peer Dependent Relationships

A Man at Arms’ Viewpoint Four months ago, I wrote a cycle of ballades in honor of my good friend, Robert Downey’s elevation to the SCA Chivalry.  Originally a quest to write about the virtue of Franchise, it grew to a series… Read moreRe-Examining the Knightly Virtues