Here is my latest listing for my Persona Challenge. To learn more about A&S 50, go here: A&S Website.

Done

1. Create and perform period poem #1 — “There is a Fair Fort”
2. Create and perform period poem #2 – “We Are the People of al-Sahid”
3. Create and perform period song #1 –“The Lion of the Strand”
4. Make set of wrapped braids
5. Make Norman court gown – red/gold
6. Make Norman ceinture — taupe
7. Make period tunic #1 for son — green
8. Crate and perform period story #1 — “The Trial of the Dead”
9. Create and perform period story#2 – “The Wolf’s Tale”
10. Make working/war dress #1 – Fuchsia linen
11. Make working/war dress #2 – Green wool blend
12. Make working/war dress #3 – Purple linen
13. Make Norman court mantle – gold and ermine
14. Make Norman wimple and veil set
15. Study Gale Owen-Crocker’s Anglo-Saxon Dress in England
16. Make Norse-style coat

To be done

1. Complete persona questionnaire from An Tir’s Culturewiki
2. Write paper on elf charms
3. Create 10+ period journal entries for Caitlin
4. Draw up plans for persona farm
5. Collect 20+ pictures of Cheviots as they might have looked in persona period
6. Collect 20+ pictures of period farm and household implements
7. Study and decide what pets and livestock we might have kept; collect and annotate pictures
8. Take collected pictures, plans and other persona materials and create an online persona scrapbook
9. Create and perform period poem #2 (“The Lonely Traveler” – written but not performed)
10. Collect 10+ period stories
11. Write paper on period folklore and the supernatural
12. Write a Day in the Life in 3rd person
13. Write essay describing the funeral for Caitlin’s husband
14. Embroider shoulder band
15. Embroider filet
16. Write paper on historical figures in persona region
17. Take a slot at Open Arms Bardic
18. Study Exeter Book; share notes
19. Study Prose Edda; share notes
20. Learn tablet weaving
21. Weave 50’ of trim (note: that’s feet not yards!)
22. Make period tunic for son #2
23. Write paper on the typical farm year
24. Record 3 works and upload to personal website
25. Make period shoes for me
26. Study persona’s religious practice
27. Create annotated timeline for Caitlin’s life
28. Learn Old English phonetically
29. Translate Old English into modern English
30. Translate modern English into Old English
31. Make period bed covers for war
32. Create period encampment by studying interiors and furnishings
33. Hand-sew one complete outfit using period stitches
34. Make bardic book