The long story made short, the faire has gone well for us and the Deakstock benefit raked in about $3600 for an old Marine who has fallen on hard times of late. I am getting ready to start my own website to market my artwork and today, I bought a new pair of leather pants and a dashiki. The beard is expanding, the child is growing, the wife is lovely as ever.
I'll try to stop the carousel in a week or so and fill in some details with some photographic evidence.