Social life in medieval Scotland: music, dress, holidays, traditions, and more
Today was the last day for the Lucky Leprechaun Blog Hop Giveaway, and the winner has just been drawn, and the notice sent out. Please check your e-mail! The last couple of weeks, have been busy with Night Writers and Gabriel’s Horn events, including putting together a writing class that will be held this August in […]
Today, I am guest blogging on crossing genres at The Book Boost. Please stop by and say hello! Leave a question or comment for a chance to win a free, signed copy of Blue Bells of Scotland. Literature in Medieval Scotland Medieval literature, the kind Niall and Allene, in Blue Bells of Scotland, would have known, would […]
Easter is here! Is your peacock re-feathered and dressed for Sunday dinner! It is easy to view medieval times as a dreary, colorless life of drudgery and hard work at best, and warfare, torture, and deadly plagues at worst. A study of the holidays, however, spins the kaleidoscope and breathes color and joy into the […]
In a galaxy long ago and far away…well, make that this galaxy, in fact, this planet, but the long ago part is pretty accurate. In fact, it was so long ago, that it was long ago even to the people of long ago. It was that long ago that King Herla lived. Like all enduring […]
The last week and a bit has flown by with lots of detail work on manuscripts and immersion in the world of medieval music and ale–more ale than music this week. And I should add, I don’t mean literal immersion. Just in case anyone wondered. Although it certainly would have helped me answer my question: how does […]