OUT OF THE STORM - Fundraiser for Goderich

Dear Friends,
Goderich  looks different after the devastating tornado back in August.  Here is a fundraising event you can participate in, with proceeds going to Goderich and Area Disaster Relief Fund, that promises to also be a good time.  If you can't make it you might consider donating anyway.  Any monies raised will be matched 2 to 1 by the Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program.  Besides the obvious practical purpose here, it is also a celebration of the resilience of the community. 
Brigitte

Out of the Storm

Saturday, October 8, 2011

1pm – 1am, 12 hours of amazing entertainment!

$45.00 (hst inc.)per person, 12 & under free

Music, Local Food, Children’s Area, Artisans and Beer Tent!

Happening on the Square in Goderich

Band Line-up MATTHEW GOOD
ARKELLS
DOWNCHILD BLUES BAND
Serena Ryder
THE SALADS WITH CHOCLAIR
Maestro Fresh Wes
Moondog Uproar
Breaching Vista

See also......

http://outofthestorm.net/
This came in from fellow An Droichead member Brigitte Wolf. I have already committed to an iron smelt event that weekend. Hope some of my readers might attend this fundraiser for Goderich!

Truth for those who dream...

... of the 'free' life of the Artisan Maker:

I think personally I'm at one of those loops 3/4 the way to the top - that is likely to suddenly reverse itself.

Stolen off FaceBook (William Clements) where it is making the rounds.

Dr Wallace at Western!

Thursday, October 13th - 3:30 pm B&GS 0165

The UWO Northern Research Group presents:

Presenters: Dr. Birgitta Wallace: Viking archaeology at Vinland: a Cooperative Approach to Research

Abstract:    In the popular mind archaeology is associated with structures and the finding of artifacts, but in reality, that is only part of the story. The environment and context of the site are equally important. Modern archaeology is dependent on interdisciplinary studies in a blend of natural sciences and humanities. The role of the archaeologist has become that of coordinator, drawing on whatever branch of knowledge pertains to the project on which he or she is working. The Viking site at L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site in northern Newfoundland is an example of how natural sciences, combined with anthropological, folkloristic, historical, literary and linguistic studies, have given new insight into the world of the Vinland sagas and the contacts of the Norse with the New World.

This event is being held at the University of Western Ontario, London.
Venue (appears?) the Biological and Geological Sciences Building

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Birgitta is an old friend and sometimes adviser to those of us in DARC  (and my special 'fairy godmother'.)

Stonekettle on Intelligent Aliens and the State Fair

If you read this, and ever get amused or provoked by any of my own commentaries, you just *have* to check out Jim Wright's Stonekettle Station blog.
I find Jim's sense of humour echoes my own. He is an artisan (although Evil, a wood turner), ex military, reader of Heinlein and owner of cats - and opinionated observer of American politics and life.

Jim Wright

AK, United States

" I'm a retired US Navy Chief Warrant Officer. Nowadays I live in Alaska where I spend most of my time working in my woodshop or fishing. I occasionally consult for the Military. I have delusions of becoming a full time writer - or conquering the universe, whichever is easier..."

Anyway, Vandy sent me a link to one of Jim's recent pieces : 'Things That Chap My Ass About Going To The Fair'.
He is spinning off a quote :

“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” 

                                                   – Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

READ IT!
(or almost anything else of Jim's, especially if you want to assure yourself there are too people living in Alaska who thing Sara Palin is a walrus...)