CT Sheep and Fiber Festival 2007 and 2008

2008 – The festival this year is on April 26, at the Tolland Ag Center on Rte 30, Vernon/Rockville.
2007
The CT fiber festival used to be a tiny affair, compared to places like NY and Maryland. I’ve attended every year since the 90’s, and the growth it’s experienced over the past 3 or 4 years is [...]

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Be careful this weekend…

if you’re in Connecticut. The following activities are illegal and may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
In Devon, Connecticut, it is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.
In Harford, Conn., you aren’t allowed to cross a street while walking on your hands.*
You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles [...]

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And now for a bit of British humour….

Queen Elizabeth II (sometimes ungraciously referred to as Betty Windsor)
is opening a new hospital in Scotland. She inspects the maternity ward
and the the ER and then walks in to a small ward at the rear of the
hospital. She asks the first patient she sees “How are we doing today?”
He answers “Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim’rous beastie, [...]

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Plants for dyeing: Comfrey

I’ve been doing natural dyeing for a long time, and was always exasperated about the absence of a good plant source for the color green. Paradoxical, isn’t it? But the green coloration in plants is due to the presence of chlorophyll. In fall, the chlorophyll ceases production and gradually disappears, leaving the leaf’s true color [...]

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Lorenzo Dow catches a thief

Quoted from Legendary Connecticut by David E Phillips
While passing through some dense woods one day, on his way to a scheduled revival meeting, Lorenzo Dow came on two men cutting wood. Mounting a large stump, he announced, “Crazy Dow will preach from this stump six months from today, at two o’clock P. M.” Six months [...]

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Plants for dyeing: Celandine

I’ve been doing natural dyeing demonstrations for many years. Although nearly any green plant will produce some shade of yellow, I was never satisfied with the results. About 5 years ago, in a search for a clear, golden yellow dye to make some muffatees with my homespun, I remembered the orangey sap that oozes from [...]

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What is an angel but a ghost in drag?: part 2

full investigation kit
In the first entry in this thread, the theory that ghosts are spirits in a kind of limbo was explained. Here’s another idea about what ghosts really are:
Residual impressions or recordings:
This is the theory that something that happened in the past was traumatic or emotional enough to leave an impression of [...]

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eleanor of aquitaine

eleanor of aquitaine
Originally uploaded by katknit.
Last winter (March 2006) , my husband and I had the opportunity to vacation for three unforgettable weeks in the Loire Valley of France. One of our favorite sites was Fontrevault Abbey, a wonderfully intact, early medieval complex of buildings and grounds, very mystical and evocative. [...]

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Worlds of Wonder: What were they thinking part III

[Note: from time to time I’ll be talking about the witchcraft phenomenon in New England in particular, but also in other places. This is the 3rd in a series of posts about why the whole nightmare occurred.]
Always, wonders evidenced the will of God, and God communicated directly with his people on a daily basis. And [...]

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Worlds of Wonder: What were they thinking part IV

[Note: from time to time I’ll be talking about the witchcraft phenomenon in New England in particular, but also in other places. This is the 4th in a series of posts about why the whole nightmare occurred.]
The Problem of Evil [...]

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