Ok, realistically I should be going to the theatre today to help work on the set.   And, I just might do that.  But in back-tracking my schedule over the past year, I realize that today, November 11, 2006, is my first Saturday “off” since April.
Whoa.
Whether it was theatre, renaissance faires, sword practice, or any other [...]

Week two has now completed with the weekend starting off great on Saturday. Lots of people, lots of music (including the nationally reknown 3 Pints Gone and the Limey Birds) and a general elevated festival atmosphere.
Sunday, however was rainy, chilly, and scarcely attended. I was glad my Saturn got out of the [...]

A few things I overheard / encountered at the first day of the Des Moines Renaissance Faire.
Kid: “Are you going to arrest all the pirates?”‘
Me: It is safe to say naye, for they run very fast you see.
Kid: “Do they run faster than boys?”
Lady to her friend: “Robin Hood wasn’t a Baron, he like an [...]