Last post was a bit ago.
I've been working hard on the new eating regimen and exercise. I have lost a lot of mass and improved my health considerably..in less than six weeks. This is excellent. I brought down my blood pressure by 15 points, dropped my triglycerides by 101 points, and my cholesterol by 10 points.
I will soon begin doing my daily hikes in Ranger kit and clothing. These will vary since I have various guises, given Eledhwen has traveled extensively.
A fair bit of this will be Easterling or Haradrim influenced as I have an interest in those places. Never fear, I still have my mainstream Ranger kit, which will also be used. I will take photos of these on occasion. I still have to get some of the scenery photos up but I have been far too busy of late. Between the hiking five miles daily, half of that UP the Mountain, and then drumming, dance, and housework, I haven't had a lot of time.
I do not post much to the MERF these days; while I check it daily, the medievalists have gained so much ground there I just don't have much motivation to say anything. For my part, if I wanted medieval reenactment I would join Acre or some other group. The SCA for recreation. That, however, is not what I want...I have been a Scadian for more than 40 years..I know whereof I speak. The tendency of Scadians to find a forum and then turn it into some extension of their Scadian activities is not new, but it has grown more than a little annoying to me over the last several years.
To each their own. The good folk there like it that way, and that's shiny. For myself, I have withdrawn because it is less about Tolkien than about the European Middle Ages these days. Not my thing. So I read and ponder, but I don't post much. I'll save that stuff for here...where the medievalists can just choke on the fantasy. LOL
Seriously though, it has kind of put me off a bit. Old and set in my ways I guess. I have this place and that's enough for now.
Eledhwen
