Mind if I whine for a bit? Thanks. It's cold and wet and the lovely winter coat I ordered still hasn't arrived. I have drainage, my lymph nodes are slightly swollen, and my nasal passages are sore. I have Robert Land b…

Part 1 is to be found here. Part 2 is, as Part 1, partially cribbed from Anna's account. My comments and asides and versions are in italics. When I left off, we were still at our first camp, waaay off in the woods. Thu…

And all in one piece - no, I didn't injure myself with the axe. Or with anything else, for that matter. Despite having constant access to and use for a very sharp authentic bowie knife. There's something about edged t…

These are from Crocket, towards the end of October. Crocket is in southeast Texas. The event is fairly small, but nice. My parents have called the camp dance for the last four or five years. It's nice, as camp dances…

Warned! This weekend is a small reenactment in East Texas, at the town of Crockett. (Yes, it's named for Davy.) I may be incommunicado from this evening through Sunday or Monday, but not necessarily. Witness the comp…