[Hartwood] Hartwood Party Invitation

[Morel Carr Zupanic]

Lady Lizzie wrote:
> Since not everyone is really big into the Facebook thing - I'm hit and 
> miss at it myself - I thought maybe we should use this lovely little 
> Hartwood list to get to know each other better.  To that effect I am 
> inviting everyone here to a Get-to-Know-You Party.

You are awesome and I love you!

I am a Hiberno Norsewoman (Irish/Norse, a result of Norse invasions into 
Ireland), still fleshing out my newly expanded persona.  I am Lady Doireann 
Dechti - called Dori - to my Gaelic friends and kin, and ƥorey Karrsdottir 
to my Norse friends and family.

I have been in the SCA for almost 14 years, and have been a Gaelic persona 
for most of that time.  There was a brief foray into Italian, but those 
corsets were just too much for me!  My mentor's lovely lady, Baroness Glynis 
hand-sewed me a Norse undergown and apron dress, which I cherish as my 
favorite and most comfortable clothing.  I then made a Norse tent, and was 
gifted an awesome Norse stool from HL Kjartan.  I realized that I was slowly 
turning Norse, and wasn't sure what to do about that!  Then I started 
hearing the term Hiberno Norse here and there, and learned that this is was 
a unique culture that actually existed, born of the Norse invasions into 
Ireland, and my problem was solved.  I could be both Norse and Gaelic, and 
remain authentic, without a bizarre persona story!  What I have learned is 
that, while there are some names that cross the two cultures, generally, one 
would be called two distinct yet similar names, by the two branches of their 
family.  Thus, Dori and ƥorey.

I have been passionate about heraldry almost since joining the SCA, so for 
many years.  I also very much enjoy painting, lampworking (very handy for 
the Norse side of me!), painting, and woodworking, especially tourney 
chests.  Sayyida Halima once said that I will paint anything that doesn't 
move.  She stopped saying that when she found me contemplating her lord, 
asleep on the grass at Ravenkey Castle, unmoving...

I reside in North Hartwood, and am more of the kitchen party type, being 
kind of shy and all.

I am looking forward to hearing from other "partiers", including yourself 
Lady Lizzie!

Lady Doireann Dechti/ƥorey Karrsdottir, GdS, Silver Pillar, l'Etoille 
d'Argent, AoA
Protege to Master James Llewellyn ap Gruffydd
Branch herald, Shire of Hartwood 



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