Hail and well met Barony of Darkwater!
If there is one thing that bothers us most about the current plague ravaging the land it is that it is stealing a large amount of our final year. This is a time when we should be excitedly looking towards the future of our Barony and looking forwards to the upswelling of activity and interest that tends to come in a new baronial tenure.
Instead, we're all at home. We would like to commend the various couples who are running both for their willingness to devote the next four years of their SCA time and their courtesies shown on the conference call where they endured a grueling three hours of question and answer time. We are confident that the Crown and people will make the best choice for who is to lead in the future of a post-covid Darkwater.
One of the questions, posed by His Highness, Prince Martin stood out to me and has been echoed recently on the Trimaris populace groups by my scholar-brother, Don Brian.
What does this all look like when the pandemic passes? Who gets to come to events again and how do we make those accessible and safe?
It is entirely possible that things will not go back to normal - or rather, a new normal will become established. We would encourage you, in that new normal, to consider how the SCA may become more accessible and not less. How it may bring more people in, make more people welcome, and help more people find their home and tribe.
We tell new peers, often, that their words will now carry more weight. Perhaps this is true of all of us - as we contemplate the world that will come after this plague passes, choose your words with care. Some words move lightly over snow without ever disturbing it and some words walk with heavy steps that echo, for good or ill.
Step carefully. Step wisely. Always try to be nice but never fail to be kind.
Yours in service, and love
James and Milesenda
Baron and Baroness
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