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Twelve Gifts of Christmas

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:55:16 -0500

Dame Aoife returns to us after her job-induced hiatus, just in time to offer a collection of clever gift ideas for the holidays!

High Inquisitional Council of Peerages cries foul on Aoife's Links

Sat, 1 Apr 2006 14:30:56 -0500

Pursuant to new SCA corporate-level administrative sanctions, a High Inquisitional Council of Peers met recently behind closed doors and voted to censure Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon, creator of the popular Aoife's Links column. SCAtoday.net has learned that the worst may be yet to come.

Foolish Mortals! Medieval Jesters and Mummers

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:27:16 -0500

Dame Aoife was feeling foolish this week, and offers this week's Links as a resource for the medieval artistry of jesters and fools.

Starry-eyed Surprise: Medieval Astronomy

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:15:48 -0500

Dame Aoife brings us a veritable galaxy of links this week, concerning astronomy not only as a natural science but also as a medieval navigation and timekeeping aid.

Mongol Rus: The Golden Horde

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:45:54 -0500

Pay no heed to those horsemen, for they are just peaceful pastoral nomads here to graze their livestock...

As We Sow: Medieval Gardens

Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:01:29 -0500

Dame Aoife has been a busy lady with holidays and her modern-world job, but this week she's back with a pre-springtime Links edition devoted to medieval gardens.

Let it Snow! Medieval Winter Sports

Thu, 8 Dec 2005 15:39:37 -0500

This week, Dame Aoife devotes her Links to the subject of winter sports, and you may be surprised to learn how many "modern" winter sports are actually period.

Sweet! Medieval Candy, Cookies, and Cakes

Mon, 5 Dec 2005 14:10:46 -0500

Just in time for the holidays, Dame Aoife offers a collection of links with tasty treats guaranteed to ravage your waistline, but in a very authentic way!

Are you feeling funny? Medieval humor

Fri, 2 Dec 2005 10:02:26 -0500

Aoife's Links this week brings us a fine cure for the Wintertime Blues, with links full of the humor (not the humours) of the Middle Ages.

Trew Love! A History of Pants

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:21:50 -0500

Dame Aoife "trew" us a curve this week, and you might think it "inseamly" of her to have inflicted such punnery. But these links will leave you "panting" for more, and singing "hems" of praise to Dame Aoife!

"That's not a Knoife!" What period blades were really like

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:19:58 -0500

How many SCAdians have drawn a sword after uttering that famous movie line? Dame Aoife doesn't look a thing like Paul Hogan's "Mic" character in Crocodile Dundee, but this week she shares Mic's fascination with sharp pointy things.

More Power! Medieval Machinery

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:59:28 -0400

Think modern society has a monopoly on power tools? Think again! For the mechanically-inclined, this week's edition of Aoife's Links is chock full of serious drool-bait: medieval machines.

A Fine Hand: Beginners' Scribal Workbox

Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:11:24 -0400

The SCA is home to some of the finest calligraphers and illuminators around, but there are still plenty of us who know little of this very important and useful medieval art. Dame Aoife wants to help, and offers this edition of Aoife's Links devoted to scribal arts for beginners.

Female Heroes: Eleanor of Aquitaine

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:02:29 -0400

Eleanor of Aquitaine, a woman who was in many ways ahead of her time and who was one of the most important figures in the Middle Ages, is the subject of Aoife's Links this week.

Let Us Prey: Hunting With Hawks/Falcons

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:42:19 -0400

This week's installment of Aoife's Links is devoted to the art and science of hunting with raptors for food and for sport.