April Fools!
“Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.” – Charles Lamb. Today, our usual interaction with the concept of a fool is centered on what my daughter calls … Continue reading April Fools!
“Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.” – Charles Lamb. Today, our usual interaction with the concept of a fool is centered on what my daughter calls … Continue reading April Fools!
If you’ve been on Facebook for a while, you’ve seen those trends where some meme makes the rounds of all your friends and your feed is full of the same silly content for days. Here lately, it’s been: What kind … Continue reading I Love to Laugh…
As I stood on the field of competition at Sherwood Forest Faire in 2016, I grasped my bow with a sweaty palm and shook from the nerves. I had shot a few times in front of an audience previously, but … Continue reading Beyond Cupid’s Arrow: Women in Archery
I recently had the sheer pleasure of chatting with Lily over Facetime, she’s a delightfully positive woman who radiates joy. A native of Pennsylvania who loves Barcelona, her playfulness was evident by the cat ears popping up behind her shoulders, … Continue reading Featured Artist: Lily Hufnagel of Lilystrations
“The God of love, a benedicite! How myghty and how greet a lord is he! Ayeyns his myght ther gayneth none obstacles, He may be cleped a god for his myracles, For he kan maken at his owene gyse Of … Continue reading Falling in Love at the Renaissance Festival
At LadyFaire Living, we want to celebrate and support female-led businesses that operate within, as well as without, the gates of the Renaissance Festival. We hope to appeal to our readers’ sense of style and moxie, while exposing them to … Continue reading Featured Business: Saorsa Beads
Cucina Aurora Kitchen Witchery was born in a tiny kitchen overflowing with love and magic. In 2008, self-proclaimed Kitchen Witch, Dawn Aurora Hunt happed to be on a mailing list for springtime Beltane festival that was in need of workshop … Continue reading Woman-Owned Business: Cucina Aurora Kitchen Witchery
From Part One of this series by Hilary Bryant: A Renaissance Festival is many things to many people. Just about every kind of person, in fact. What started out in Southern California as a small bit of countercultural rebellion has … Continue reading Diversity in the Realm: Part Two
Imagine sitting around a fire of olde, Renaissance era minstrels and bards singing and reciting love poems, or perhaps poems about the darkening of the sky in midwinter? For lovers of Renaissance festivals, we still celebrate poetry and song, fires … Continue reading Midwinter’s Faire
Julie is a force for good in the theatre and artistic world; her bold, seemingly fearless life is an inspiration. What we found most fascinating in this interview, though, was that Julie has struggled with depression. Her path through darkness … Continue reading Rock Star: How World Class Geophysicist Julie Oliver-Touchstone Found Her Second Life and Female Empowerment as an Indie Movie Actor