The Very Rich Hours of the Lambrights

The Silfren Mere Brewers & Vintners guild had its first meeting yesterday here at the house. The Shire of Silfren Mere is the local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). The SCA studies and re-creates the arts and skills of Middle Ages. It’s also a lot of fun!
Anyway, our shire [...]

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The other day, I was coming up the stairs to the living room.  As I walked in, Rayna looked over at me from playing on the floor and very clearly said “Dada”.  I don’t know if she knew what she was saying but it was pretty cool.

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Every fall and every spring, nature attacks the Lambright family. You guessed it–it’s allergy time. All three of us are sneezing and wiping our noses and being thoroughly miserable.
Ugh.

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Arthur’s Britain by Leslie Alcock provides a good overview of British history from the 4th to 7th centuries. This was the period in which the original inhabitants of Britain gradually gave way to settlers/invaders from northern Germany. If the legends of King Arthur were actually based on a real person (a matter of [...]

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Well, it’s official. The Lambrights are now Lutherans. We joined yesterday after several weeks of attending services and new member classes at St. John’s in Kasson, MN. Actually, classes is too formal a word. It was more a chance for us to meet some folks and get a feeling for the [...]

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Just on the off chance that someone new wanders in here, some introductions are in order. My name is Donovan. I’m married to a wonderful woman named Nicole and we have a little girl named Rayna. Our daughter is almost 11 months old and much of what gets posted here will [...]

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This is the Lambright family’s new home on the web.  Those of you who know me well are aware that we had a blog on Blogger.  You also know that I did a horrible job of keeping it up to date.  So why a new blog?  Two reasons.
1)  I wanted to play around with WordPress [...]

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