Month: May 2007

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Biz meeting minutes, May 2007

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(There was no biz meeting in April.) May Meeting Minutes – 5/20/2007 Officers present: Gabrielle (Liz) – SeneschalGefroi (Andy) – HospitallerJuliana – ReevePeg – MarshallGreet – Historian Other members present:Melbrigda (Michelle) Cato (Dan)RefrMelissaNordyck (David)(Kevin)Gunnar (Cody)Kail Business:1) Funds raised at Crown List: ~$280 + sweets table 2) Demos are going really well, and attracting us new membership, and slowly raising money.  (Alicia – the flower wreaths are the best sellers.)  Thomas says his phone is ringing off the hook with requests from various groups for our appearance. 3) Herald (Edwin) and A&S (Elspeth) stepping down from official duties.  Gabrielle says we’ll … Continue reading Biz meeting minutes, May 2007

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Bee boxes

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[cross-posted on Front Step Design] I bought these bee boxes the other day. I only meant to buy two, because theoretically I believe in baby steps.  However, the universe frequently has other plans.  (See spinning, and weaving.)  They were at a junktique store, and the owner wanted them All Gone.  So I got ten bee boxes for $50.  (I would be happy to share.)  Obviously they need some work – I hope the frames are still acceptable to the bees. So, in the manner of things, information is starting to trickle in about beekeeping.  The blogosphere provided geek.farm.life’s podcasts about … Continue reading Bee boxes

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Muscle Memory

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In Twyla Tharp’s book, The Creative Habit, she talks about muscle memory: If there’s a lesson here, it’s: get busy copying.  That’s not a popular notion today, not when we are all instructed to find our own way, admonished to be original and find our own voice at all costs!  But it’s sound advice.  Traveling the paths of greatness, even in someone else’s footprints, is a vital means to acquiring skill. I maintain that pre-modern ways of doing things, of feeding/clothing/housing ourselves, are ‘great’ because hundreds of thousands of people tested them against hunger/wear/weather. She also talks about institutional memory; … Continue reading Muscle Memory

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Children’s books – 3

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The Land and People of Romania, by Julian Hale, Lippincott, 1972. I borrowed this book from the library because (1) they didn’t have the Hungary of the series; and (2) I understand from what little my grandparents told me that when they went back to visit relatives at one point, the home village had been lost to Romania in a border move. I wanted to understand more about that, and more about the stress between the two peoples that I was introduced to in Realm of St. Stephen. This is an older children’s book – like 5th grade, though the … Continue reading Children’s books – 3

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Children’s books – 2

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Young Hungary: Children of Hungary at work and at play, by Marianna Norris, 1970 This is my favorite of the three books I found in my local library.  It’s written as an explanation of a child’s world in 1970 Hungary – past, present, and what they can expect for their futures.  There’s a bit of history, as it pertains to myths: Hungarian Children love to hear stories about their ancestors, wild, free horsemen called the Magyars, who once roamed the plains of Asia (G: not the same as Huns – this is a Victorian revisionist mistake).  The Magyars could shoot … Continue reading Children’s books – 2

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Mission San Luis

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On the Tally trip this past weekend, we went to see friends (Eoin and Theadora) dance at the Mission San Luis. Now I had no idea there was a historical site this old in Tallahassee.  I went to graduate school there, and HAD NO IDEA.  And it’s right in the middle of town! If you’re in Tally, go.  The campus is wonderful, and apparently I should be forgiven for not learning about it sooner, since it’s only in very recent years that it’s been so well taken care of.  There’s a bunch of wonderful adobe buildings that are very cool … Continue reading Mission San Luis

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Garden Check – May 2007

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Here’s what’s happening in the garden – though I didn’t take pictures of all my babies, stupidly.  Also missing are the new arrivals – in Tally I bought a dwarf pomegranate, a dwarf quince, and a red hardy hibiscus/rose mallow.  They go into the ground this weekend, so I’ll take their portraits in situ. This is what Virginia Creeper is meant to do.  Make tomato cages.  Well, and turn red in the fall – but it can do both.  Here’s a second version. I only need about fifty of these, which will pretty well take care of any noxious vine … Continue reading Garden Check – May 2007

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4-harness loom

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Maud has a new friend. It’s a four-harness table loom – with a lovely nameplate reading ‘StructoArtcraftLoom’.  (Thank you SO MUCH, Ann!!!)  She’s also loaned me her copy of Learning to Weave. Now I want to find naturally colored cotton seeds, so I can grow them, spin the cotton, and weave my own waffle-weave toweling. I should be committed. That way I’d have time to do all this stuff. (I went to Tally this past weekend and had lots of fun.  More, with pictures, soon.) Continue reading 4-harness loom

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Upcoming Calendar

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Saturday May 5 In Tallahassee – Dance demo at Mission San Luis with Eoin and Theadora?  Dye plant shopping. Saturday May 19 Fort Walton Beach Library Demo – Bringing Fiber’s Not Just For Eating June 1-3 Meridies Kingdom A&S with Lavena June 7 Arabian Nights, Arenal – teach a class? Saturday July 28Shire of Castlemere–Jacksonville, FL, a class day 9:30 am to 3:30 p.m. at theJacksonville Main Library, water and something lunchish provided, potluck supper after. This is a tentative YES. Saturday September 28-29Oldenfeld – Tallahassee, FL, Evening courtDEFINITE YES (have sleep space arranged), could teach a class. Continue reading Upcoming Calendar

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Heritage Museum – Saturday in the Park

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UPDATE: We were in a local newspaper!  The very readable (only comes out weekly, so they must have time to weed out all the dumb stuff that the daily runs) Bay Beacon featured the following: (click to enlarge) Yes, that’s me with my mouth open.  Standard expression for a magpie, don’t you know? ****end update*** One of our little cities’ Heritage Museum has a craft fair fundraiser every year in the adjacent park.  The local shire was told that we could appear for free, and we might sell our own fundraiser crafts.  So here we are on April 28, 2007. … Continue reading Heritage Museum – Saturday in the Park