Renaissance sans inquisition
Last week at church, a marriage counselor suggested to the adults that marriage needs some of the adventuring that is more associated with dating in order to continue a feeling of closeness. I wasn't there for the lesson (yay work!), but Mark not only told me about it, he also followed up on it. As neither of us had ever been to the Texas Renaissance Festival, he suggested we take this weekend to go check it out. I knew that people usually went to the TRF in costume, so I donned my only period-appropriate costume. Notice I have a bard. Right there on the left. Mark went as himself. Which turned out to be okay. "The World According to Mark" Shop. How convenient! We started out our day watching a jousting competition; four "knights" beheaded wooden men, speared hanging hoops, and charged at a target with a lance (think A Knight's Tale ), all while on horse. I'm still amazed anyone can show any accuracy while bouncing up and down and forw