Their Excellencies letter to the populace from The Quill December 2004

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Good Tidings and Salutations from Their Excellencies Rodrigo and Khadijah .

The leaves have fallen, the temperature dropped, is that a snowflake I see falling from the sky? It is the time Nordskogen lives up to its heraldry and the spirit of Nordskogen comes out in its finest examples. The holidays are here and as we huddle next to our hearths to enjoy our friends and loved ones, our minds reminisce of the past year. Our hearts fill with warmth and our spirits with joy as we appreciate our wealth in the friendships and experiences the year has brought. Khadijah and I are truly wealthy beyond compare as we have all of you in our hearts and all of your great deeds filling our spirit with joy and pride. You are our family and with everything we are, we hope these holidays are as special for you as you have made them for us.

At this time we would also like to thank both Lady Aryenne and His Lordship Cainnech Ruadh macGuairi for volunteering their service to the position of Minister of Arts and Sciences for the barony. Giving service to the group is such a great example of how much one cares about Nordskogen, so when people make such offers, we cannot even begin to thank them enough for caring as much as we do. Congratulations go to THL Cainnech for getting the opportunity to put his desire to serve to use in the role of baronial MOAS. We look forward to all that he has planned and ask everyone to help him be successful in this role by being involved with his ideas and by helping promote the arts and the sciences with teaching and learning where opportunity provides.

The holidays also heralds in the opportunity for our family of Nordskogen to gather under one roof and at one feast and celebrate our Barony. It is also a time to present our best garb and our selflessness by our efforts to make this celebration the most enjoyable for our guests that come to celebrate with us and for our family. Let your thoughts go to Nordskogen's Twelfth Night and what you can do to make that better for everyone. We are very excited for this very special day that we get to share with you!

May sunshine always grace your face so shadow never will.

Rodrigo and Khadijah