Here are some of the articles, a few newsletters, histories, and books of poetry I've written for and about the SCA.  



11 July 2025

241 haiku in period style,
and 23 anachronisms
for fun and contrast.
 
Revered 17th century poet Matsuo Bashō raised haiku to an artform.  This book attempts to look at what the haiku was prior to 1600.  In other words, what rough beasts did Bashō refine?  It includes a long scholarly afterword.
 





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19 July 2015

170 poems capturing the Pennsic War.  Snapshots, memoirs, no-s**t stories.  Pavilions, armor, & fighting.  Smiles, sighs, & old friends.  War wounds and romantic wounds.

Remember or get ready for the next one.


21 July 2022

For the SCA's 50 Year Celebration, histories of each kingdom were commissioned.  I wrote the history of the East Kindgdom (with a little help from Mistress Hrefna).​

Then I revised it and stopped the timeline before Hrefna's additions, so this is all mine.  No blaming anyone else.


6 August 2023

This is a long memoir written for the Celebration of Life for my best friend held at Pennsic 50.

The Dedication reads:

If this book has amoral,
it's that fate watches out
for fools and best friends.

7 August 2023

A collection of stories by many writers, telling of brave and noble Viscount Bear.  For the celebration of his life 7 August 2023.



















11 April 2026

Being Letters to Ancient Greek Gods & Goddesses and a Few Monsters as Well

Twenty-two poems written in the style of the Book of Exeter, especially "The Wife's Lament" and "The Husband's Message".

This includes a long scholarly afterword.
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Back in 1992 I created a newsletter to capture the earliest history of the SCA and the East Kingdom. I got two issues out before life interfered, and those issues are posted below.  I received enough donations of addition material to probably put together another two issues.  Since I recently found that folder, maybe I will get to it before I retire.

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The article below is an attempt to list all key events in what would become the principality of Aethelmearc.  It is from the summer of 1992. 


In the summer of 1991 this article about the history of Eastern Coronets was current.  Now, not so much.


When the Rhydderich Hael became a barony, it was decided to start a new newsletter to replace the one that had served the shire.  SCA publishing was in the toddler stage, and the Hael was determined to be part of the maturing process.  These are my recollections of the process.


I created a small magazine titled 'The Betting Man's Guide' and it has continued decades after I no longer edited it.  Here is the story of how it came about.


Long ago, when the local SCA group was young, they became a barony and earned the right to give awards. 
 Here is a story from around 1980.


In addition to giving awards, the local group now had the right to have a Baronial Champion.  This is my memoir of the event to choose the champion held in the summer of 1979. 


One of my brothers-by-choice is known in the SCA as Baron Svidrir Einarrson.  He moved away long ago, and I still miss him, so one day I decided to do something about it and I wrote this memoir.


This is a brief third person account of how Aethelmearc's ancestral Pelican Medallion came to be.


Remembering another old friend


A link to a collection of digitized ancient East Kingdom newsletters.