[Wyewood] Aedla de Bothe has Passed

[Mir Plemmons]

Much sorrow!!!

On Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 11:07 Wyewood Seneschal via Wyewood <
wyewood at lists.wyewood.org> wrote:

> See below from the Seneschal of Thornwold in Tir Righ regarding the
> passing of THL Aedla.
>
> THL Gwendolyn MacAuslane of Loch Lomond
> Barony of Wyewood Seneschal
>
> ________________________________
> From: Thornwold Seneschal <Thornwold.Seneschal at tirrigh.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2026 08:47
> To: Wyewood Seneschal <Wyewood.Seneschal at antir.org>
> Cc: J. Lynn Lynch <mersha at mersha.org>
> Subject: Aedla de Bothe has Passed
>
> Gwendolyn,
>
> On January 10th, we lost Her Ladyship Aedla de Bothe, long time Thornwood
> citizen and before that Wyewood citizen.
>
> She moved up her circa 2004?  I suspect your old timers will remember
> her.  Please let them know.  Robin of Windspur, her husband, is in
> mourning.  Y'all are welcome to contact me (use mersha at mersha.org or
> 360-733-0386 (no text) if anyone wish to pass on a messages to Robin.  I'll
> find out in the next few days if it is OK to call him directly.
>
> Aedla was a vital and cheerful shire member from the time she moved up
> here to retire. She ran our Gold Key, did an enormous amount of
> waterbearing, helped Robin spread Norse wirework throughout this end of the
> Kingdom, was always ready to provide sage and sharp advice at shire
> meetings, and invented a highly successful Silent Auction that Thornwold
> runs annually to this day.
>
> Personally, we were both rabid Anglo Saxons, and spent a lot of time
> nerding out.  Aedla and I taught an enormous AS cultures class together
> several times.  I can't begin to calculate everything she taught me, on an
> AS level and on how to be a good person.  Although she did not play as
> much  in the last decade, we visited eachother, and she never stopped being
> my sweet and smart friend.  I will miss her so much!
>
> Yours in Service,
>
> Meresige
> Thornwold Seneschal
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