Íomhá án lae. She and her husband came to Winona from the Chicago suburbs. With them came another Chicagoan, a retired professor from Roosevelt University who lives in Edgewater, two El stops south of where mia_mcdavid and I lived during the first nine years of our marriage. All three were in the advanced class.
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Irish workshop–Saturday night and Sunday
Irish workshop–Saturday morning and afternoon
Irish Workshop — Friday night
In Winona
For Gaeltacht Minnesota‘s weekend workshop. Different dorm from last year, but still with wifi.
A Period Swiss Army knife/Leatherman
See Princely Splendour: The Dresden Court 1580~1620. Scroll about 3/4 of the way down and see

Folding Multipurpose Tool, Nuremberg, c.1560-70. Continue reading
The origins of the Indo-Europeans
More on galloglas
A follow-up to my book note and link about armor I subsequently posted: Galloglaich: History and Equipment. It is part of the Na Degad: Medieval Ireland site.
Ouch!
Rode my bicycle to the Park-and-Ride yesterday. Somewhere on the way I pulled a hip muscle. I was able to ride home afterwork, and some ibuprofen got me through dance last night, but almost any motion hurts. No cycling today–took the car.