[Nordskogen] Deadline for Quill Submissions is Saturday

[Crystal Quill]

  Reminder: The deadline for submissions to the March issue of _The Crystal Quill_ is NOON on this Saturday, February 24.
   
  The theme for the March issue or _The Crystal Quill_ is “the lives of children in the Middle Ages.” Does your persona have a child? Do you have a child’s persona? What do you know about the lives of children in your chosen time, place and culture? What was their survival rate? What were they expected to learn and do? And so on...
   
  What I'm looking for:
   
  - articles
  - suggested resources for further reading (Internet or hardcopy)
  - artwork! (sketches and cartoons are great)
  - announcements (birthdays, anniversaries, archaeology finds, 
    "classifieds," you name it)
   
  Please read the SUBMISSION GUIDELINES found on the _Crystal Quill_ page of the Nordskogen Web site, www.nordskogen.northshield.org/quill.html. THESE ARE IMPORTANT!
          
  Also consider starting an article now one on of the other upcoming themes:
   
  - Apr 07 -- legendary beasts, fantastical objects and whimsical tales (Share what you know about your favorites from period. Two excellent examples from Samia are the "understandably rare" Egyptian handkerchief woven from the down of phoenix feathers -- it was fire-proof and was tossed into the cook fire to get it clean – and the giant bats that would fly out of cinnamon trees to blind would-be harvesters -- which is why it's so expensive.)
   
  - May 07 -- foodstuffs and food preservation (What kinds of foodstuffs did folks eat in your time/place/culture? How did they preserve the food for storage and later consumption? In what seasons were you likely to eat various foods, and in what state -- i.e. fresh or preserved?)
   
  This is YOUR newsletter. Send me cool stuff!
   
  Yours in Service,
   
  - ban-Ollaimh Cinniu ingen Cuthbaid, OL
    Chronicler, Barony of Nordskogen

 
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