
Broken Arrow as a tourist destination
Bright and early Wednesday morning my friend Aurelia arrived. I took her to the lab with me, and she kept me company while I fought with the machine till it would pass a performance report, then, while it ran an experiment we went to Gammelstad for a quick look around, and lunch at the cafe. Then back to work to shut down the machine and get the data before heading home to cook food (Västerbottensostpaj, raspberry-almond tartletts, and flatbread), and then pack for the event.
Thursday morning was more packing, and we went out to site just after 14:30. Since we have only had the new configuration of the sunshade up for one event (Cudgel War last August) I didn’t have clear memories of how it should go when we started putting it up, but, luckily, David remembered far more than I did, and as soon as we started putting it up, it all came back to me. It was a bit of a challenge doing it in the wind, but we got it and the pavilion up, and then had some hours to be social before I got too tired to stay up, and went to bed way early (21:30), clearly I had stayed up way too late the night before Aurelia arrived.
Luckily, getting the extra sleep Thursday night meant that I had plenty of energy on Friday, so after a nice morning hanging out with people, working on a sewing project, and teaching a couple of people nålbindning,I then sat down to carve on the soapstone pot I started last summer and didn’t manage to finish before the snow flew (and didn’t want to work on in the house, nor yet in the shop, since rock dust gets everywhere if you let it). I managed to do 5 hours and 35 minutes of carving that day, in four sessions (ranging in length from 5 minutes to three hours), and by the end of the event the pot was starting to look like it will one day be round, once I finish removing corners
I made it to bed just after 01:00 Friday night, and woke at just after 07:00 on Saturday. Since breakfast wasn’t served till 08:00, that gave me time for a short walk around the island before food was ready (there are some lovely views across the river. Saturday was another lovely day of socialising, soapstone carving (5 sessions for me totalling only 3.5 hours of carving, plus another hour or two of Julia doing the carving), attending Aurelia’s interesting and well attended class on the Medieval uses for bodily fluids (she managed to cover all of them), and making use of the Sauna tent, including four of us running the rather long way to the river, and then across the rather wide shallow bit before we could immerse ourselves into the water (I also took a Sauna on Friday, but without the river excursion).
Sunday we broke camp and went home. Aurelia rode with Caroline and they picked up sushi on the way. Kjartan and I stayed on site a while after our camp was loaded into the cars to help with some of the site cleanup, and then joined them at the house to eat sushi. That was just the beginning of Auralia’s tourist adventures in Norrbotten, but I believe it was a highlight. She provided these photos:









Kareina
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2023

Det krävs många för att ordna ett event
2023-10-30En beskrivning över vad gjordes av vem för att Oktoberfest kunde bli av.Skriven av:Kareina

the rest of our trip to Crown
2023-10-19 (English)Kareina shares the highlights of her trip to Drachenwald's Autumn Crown Tournament.Skriven av:Kareina

Boasts at Crown
2023-10-14 (English)The musical boasts for Kareina and Keldor at Drachenwald Crown tourney, AS LVIIISkriven av:Kareina

Uma dansar och ler
2023-10-01Så det oundvikliga hända. Folk drog på sig sina bästa kläder och lämnade sina trygga varma hem, allt för att ta sig till Uma. Och så hände det. Umas höstdans är här ännu en gång.Skriven av:Keldor

soapstone carving at the pancake war, plus yummy travel food
2023-09-19 (English)Oh, was there a war? I was busy carving, and didn't notice...Skriven av:Kareina

Det stora plättkriget—Den enda sanna historien.
2023-09-17Hur en tidigare Furstes dekret kan leda till nuvarande Furstepars grymma slut. Skriven av:Keldor

Kronturneringen, dit och hit igen
2023-04-07...två fajters äventyr på resa från snö till vårenSkriven av:Keldor

Herstory.
2023-01-22En lite resan till södra Sverige för ett event med fokus.Skriven av:Keldor

Coronation!
2023-01-08 (English)Drachenwald 12th Night Coronation in Reengarda: memories from one of the event stewardsSkriven av:Kareina
2022

Fury in Frostheim
2022-11-22Gladvåld i FrostheimSkriven av:Keldor

Venimus, vidimus, saltavimus.
2022-09-25Umas Höstdansen, eller gissade yllesockor på parkettgolv!Skriven av:Keldor

Jungfru Maria Bebådelse AS LVI eller, En träff med ett häftstift.
2022-03-27JMB Hur det egentligen gick till. Ni vill veta och vi berätta hur.Skriven av:Keldor

JMB2022
2022-03-26Alfarinns berättelse om JMB2022Skriven av:Alfarinn
2021

Barder och gyckel i norr
2021-11-21Norrskensfesten och Norrskensbard vad som egentligen händeSkriven av:Keldor

Glöta gillet adventure
2021-11-08 (English)Kareina's adventures attending her first Glöta Gillet in yearsSkriven av:Kareina

Hur hösten tog slut: Glöta Gillet
2021-11-07Hur Keldor tog sig till Gyllengran för att se för sig själv hur Glöta gille markerar slutet på hösten och öppnar dörren till vintern.Skriven av:Keldor

Dans, skratt och förvirring
2021-10-03Nåja, vad är väl en bal i Uma.? Den kan vara dötrist och långtråkig och alldeles... alldeles underbar!Skriven av:Keldor

När 777 dagar tog slut
2021-09-26777 dagar har gått, nu så är det dags för att än en gång ha en furstetornering. Detta är den sanna berättelsen om vad som hände.Skriven av:Keldor

11 månader senare.
2021-09-08Ett år har snart gått sen förra eventet där vi faktiskt var i samma lokal. En höst, och vinter med träffar på zoom, mm har passerat. Men nu var det dags igen.Skriven av:Keldor

Medeltidsdagarna på Grundet
2021-08-01Gycklare med eld, fajters som kämpade, gymnaster som föll graciöst...Skriven av:Keldor

Always Inspire
2021-05-15 (English)An SCA filk to the tune Gaudete, inspired by the wise words of Agnés Boncuer, complete with a link to a full-choir video performance thereof.Skriven av:Kareina
2020

Drachenwald Kingdom University goes online
2020-11-29 (English)In the year of the plague the Drachenwald Kingdom University (and everything else) comes to you!Skriven av:Kareina

Norrskensbarden i pestens tid 2020 testomgång
2020-11-08Hur Kheldor överraskad en ny Baron medan barderna gör världen lite roligareSkriven av:Keldor

Creative Anacronism when its as its best!
2020-11-06 (English)A short story about an online court, a memory that clearly is Creative anacronism!Skriven av:Baron Egil Drakhufvud, Frostheim

In the year of the Plague the next in-person SCA event after 12th Night was in October
2020-10-11 (English)After a 10-month gap with no events due to the plague, the event summary got rather long...Skriven av:Kareina

Bardic Around the World
2020-08-02 (English)When the plague means you can't go to bardics, the bardics come to you, and stay, all day long...Skriven av:Kareina

Spännande tider, eller en bänks betraktelser
2020-06-13Det var en gång en bänk, en lång bänk, en stadig bänk, en bänk där historia har skapats och berättats, med andra ord en riktig ljugarbänk...Skriven av:Keldor

Attending the Bard of the West competition, without leaving Frostheim
2020-05-03 (English)We may need to stay home because of the plague, but that just means we can participate in stuff on the other side of the planetSkriven av:Kareina

Drachenwald's First Online Court
2020-03-28 (English)Jungfru Maria Bebådelsedagsgille was the first SCA event in Drachenwald to be canceled due to the plague, but their were awards to give, so TRM called us to a "Magical Court in the Sky"Skriven av:Kareina

Subtitles for bardic performances, a How-To guide
2020-01-05 (English)When performing in Swedish at a Drachenwald Coronation event, with people attending from all over, it is kind to the audience to provide subtitles, so that they can understand the jokes in the song...Skriven av:Kareina
2019

Midvinterblot.. typ och julfest, födelsedagskalas. 2019
2019-12-21En liten fest i FrostheimSkriven av:Keldor

Norrskensfesten 2019: Kareina's recolletion
2019-11-23 (English)A short description of the event from the point of view of one participant.Skriven av:Kareina

Höstdans, och norrskensbard
2019-10-13En stenhård kamp av bardernaSkriven av:Keldor

comparing and contrasting Bardic events
2019-10-12 (English)A story of the 2019 Norrskensbard competition and how it compares to the event in the West Kingdom from which we stole the idea.Skriven av:Kareina

Reengarda's Medieval Days 2019
2019-07-14 (English)When Kareina travels to an event she likes to bring projects and keep busy...Skriven av:Kareina

Broken Arrow nr2
2019-06-30Kheldor hittade sig en lärling för helgen. Skriven av:Keldor

Broken Arrow as a tourist destination
2019-06-30 (English)Kareina brings a friend from West Kingdom to Frostheim's big summer event.Skriven av:Kareina
2018

Broken Arrow nr1
2018-07-01I Frostheim finns det en bågskyttmafia...Skriven av:Keldor
2015

The return of the living dead, eller Skellitta 20 år
2015-07-12Vad händer när de kommer tillbaka? Skriven av:Keldor
2002

vi brände Jade och hans styrka
2002-05-11Detta var på dubbelkriget för många år sedan, då vi alla var unga vackra... och fantastiskt coola. (Ja några är det fortfarande) (grått är coolt).Skriven av:Keldor