The Misty Manor, Mercers

In addition to the PDF of the current edition available for purchase on Scribd and the html version available for free browsing on our site. There is now a (free) partial draft of the 2nd edition manuscript on Scribd.

You can now purchase and download a copy of Pages From An Ozark Herbal from Scribd as a PDF (the same file included when some of you bought it on CD). This is experimental, but it will let you 1) use and search the Herbal offline (i.e. no Internet) and 2) help fund further improvement of the work. In particular, we are working on producing a Kindle/Nook friendly document in the near future.

Well, we're going to be at the Pierce City Arts Festival next weekend, June 12, 2010, from 10-5. We'll be demoing our fiber arts stuff, and if weather cooperates, I may try to bring my lampworking (melted glass over a torch) setup with. We'll also have some new fiber arts pieces and lampworked jewelry available. Hope to see folks there!

http://www.piercecityartsfestival.webs.com/

In this article, we report on the construction and test burning of a selection of candles using historical materials and construction to varying degrees. We compare and contrast the different techniques in order to give the re-enactor or historical recreator an idea of the tradeoffs involved in using "correct" lighting. Along the way, we shed some light on what crafters and users of medieval lighting materials might have experienced.

A draft of this article was originally presented in competition at the 2003 Magna Faire and Regional Arts and Sciences Competition for the Kingdom of Meridies in the Society for Creative Anachronisms.