[MR] behavior towards gift givers

[Margaret Cochrane]

I find that for my own part, I'm embarrassed to be gifted with such a beautiful thing as a handmade scroll and feel most unworthy.  That would be why I forget to thank the artists who make them.  Having said that, however, I have yet to receive a scroll or a promissory that I didn't adore and feel humbled by.
(I wonder how much of this attitude is left from my parents very victorian-style upbringing, but that's for the psychologist to talk about.)  
I dabbled in scroll-making several years ago and did a terrible hacked-up job of many scrolls, and made one passable scroll that is framed in the kitchen of the recipient.  I'm embarrassed about that one, too, because it just doesn't look very good, to me.
Also, when I receive a scroll, I tend to be overwhelmed by the emotion of the moment and go into auto-pilot mode so I never know who I've thanked, then feel silly thanking someone later.
I should get to scanning in some of my scrolls, in my copious spare time...

-----Original Message-----
>From: Jen Thies <jenthies at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 29, 2007 10:09 AM
>To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
>Subject: Re: [MR] behavior towards gift givers
>
>I confess that I have heard as well of scribes not being thanked for their
>works. I have tried to thank those who have been kind enough to spend hours
>on a document for myself. In that vein I have also uploaded pictures and
>attributes (when known) of the scrolls that Alan and I have received. They
>can be seen on the bottom half of this page:
>http://genvieve.net/sca/grvsnd.html
>
>For those who have not visited our home and wish to see the beautiful works
>we have been gifted with and admire the scribes' techniques, please visit
>the above link. I confess there is one scroll, Alan's Fountain, that left no
>clue to the identity of the creator, so if someone recognizes their work,
>please let me know.
>
>On my behalf, thank you to all the generous scribes of this realm.
>
>Baroness Genevieve d'Aquitaine
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-Margaret
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Margaret Cochrane (quarterly sable and gules, two feathers fesswise argent)
Kappellenberg
Windmasters' Hill, Atlantia