My husband, Meistr Gruffudd ap Cadfael, and I live in the Barony of Stierbach in the Kingdom of Atlantia, along with our son, Alexander ap Gruffudd ap Cadfael.

I joined the SCA in August 1992 at the College of Boethius in the Kingdom of Caid. My device is Argent, in pale three strawberries proper between flaunches gules.

I have one protégée, Lady Amie Sparrow. Former protégée Mistress Alina Silverthorne is now a member of the Order of the Laurel.

I maintain a few other websites, including Early Music DC and the Washington Early Music Festival. I do a lot of development of online material culture resources, including some for the 18th century. To find the latest developments on the website, and other interesting news, visit this Facebook page.

Awards

• Order of the Laurel, July 22, 2006
• Holder of the Dreamer's Cup of the Barony of Stierbach, January 26, 2004
• Order of the Pelican, November 2, 2002
• Undine, September 8, 2001
• King's Award of Excellence, April 7, 2001
• Order of the Golden Dolphin, May 13, 2000
• Order of St. Roch of the Barony of Stierbach, November 20, 1999
• Order of the Pearl, July 10, 1999
• Augmented Bead of the Barony of Ponte Alto, November 9, 1996
• Award of Arms, February 25, 1995

Offices

• Museums columnist for Tournaments Illuminated, since April 2007.
• Kingdom Minister of Arts and Sciences, January 2005 to March 2007.
• Deputy interim editor of The Oak, 2004-2006.
• Chatelaine of the Barony of Stierbach, January 2001 through January 2005. Stierbach was recognized for having the Best Newcomer's Program of the Year in March, 2002.
• Editor of The Compleat Anachronist, autumn 2000 through autumn 2003.
• Charter Member of the Atlantian Embroiderers' Guild; I coordinate various projects and activities, but mostly, I'm the website maintainer, and I design patterns for some of the guild's group projects.
• Chronicler of the Barony of Stierbach (10/98-10/00). The Bull was nominated for a Master William Blackfox Award for layout and design in August 2000. I also served as the baronial webmaster for a few months during that time, and again for a few months in the late summer of 2002.
• Editor of Gusti i Fatti in 1997 and 1998 (arts & sciences annual issue for Ponte Alto). I received a Master William Blackfox Award in August 1998 (for best article in a newsletter); the issue was also nominated for best special issue of a newsletter.
• Deputy to the Minister of Arts and Sciences of the Kingdom of Atlantia (8/97-2/01, and on an interim basis from spring to autumn of 2001, and again since around 2008).
• Seneschale of the Incipient College of St. Stephen (1/95-8/96)
• Seneschale of the College of Boethius (6/93-8/94)

Articles in SCA Publications

• In the Style of the Oxburgh Hangings
  Tournaments Illuminated #171 (Autumn 2009)
• Garments and Armor in the Canterbury Tales
  Tournaments Illuminated #159 (Summer 2006)
• Basque Onomastics of the Eighth to Sixteenth Centuries
  Known World Heraldic Symposium Proceedings 2004
• Using the Internet for Research & Documentation
  Tournaments Illuminated #145 (Winter 2003)
• The Women of Love and War: The Roles of European Women at the Siege of Acre
  The Oak #13
  Gusti i Fatti 1998
• Cross Stitch Embroidery in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
  Tournaments Illuminated #127 (Summer 1998)
  Gusti i Fatti 1997
• Acorn Band Sampler cover for September 1997 issue of The Acorn. (Each section of the band sampler was based on a 16th or 17th century pattern or motif. The cover illustration was a scanned image from the finished embroidery.)

Events Autocratted

Classes Taught

• Doing Research: A Panel Discussion (with Jadwiga Zajaczkowa and Nicolaa de Bracton, Pennsic 34; and again with Jadwiga at Pennsic 35)
• Design Your Own "Oxburgh Hangings" (University of Atlantia LXIV)
• Demystifying Documentation (Kingdom Crusades 2004)
• On Courtesy (excruciatingly boring class on medieval etiquette taught at University of Atlantia LIX)
• Klosterstickerei: German Figural Embroidery in the 14th and 15th Centuries (University of Atlantia LVIII)
• Pattern Darning (University of Atlantia L)
• Goldwork and Metal Thread Embroidery (with Branwen Madyn Wallis, University of Atlantia IL)
• Bayeux and Beyond (University of Atlantia XLV, University of Atlantia XLVII, and "Love & War: Unto the Gates of Hell")
• Cross Stitch for Beginners (University of Atlantia XLIV)
• Embroidery for Beginners (with Roxanne Greenstreet, University of Atlantia XLV)
• Subtext in Stitches: Symbolism and Metaphor in Period Embroidery (University of Atlantia XLV)