The Ren Faire and me: the booth
(This post is part of a series of ruminations on why I’m leaving the New York Ren Faire after 13 years.)
When I got a booth of my own, it marked a watershed in my experience at the Ren Faire.
The Journey Home
I spent the past week at the Free Spirit Gathering in Darlington, MD. I had a good time.
This time was particularly special for me because I camped with the members of the Wicca group I teach. I’ve camped with members of my "clan" before; people who either trained with me or were taught by the same teacher(s). This was the first time I camped with a network of folks whom I had brought together. It felt good.
Unfortunately, the journey home from Free Spirit was not so pleasant.
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Regrets
I just spent three hours reorganizing my closets in order to make room to store my new yurt.I could have stayed at Vann's birthday party and watched him paint beautiful women all night. As of noon the day after, he was still painting! Meanwhile, I was hefting trunks full of old memories around.We all have to…
Garb give-away
I just got finished writing an overly self-indulgent post, but that wasn’t the reason I visited LiveJournal today. My original intent was to write about giving away garb.