Wednesdays at the Water’s Edge
Wednesdays at the Water’s Edge
Summer, 2010
6:00 potluck; 6:30 program; at The Cottage, 3449 West River, Grand Island
July 7 Jon Rieley-Goddard, Snapshots at the Cottage — Come with your camera,
either print film or digital, to join others in capturing images of the Cottage
and grounds on a summer’s evening. This will begin a summer-long project to
produce a pamphlet, book, calendar describing the Cottage and its
Holy Ground. Shooting ideas or assignments will be available for those
who wish a jumpstart. Cameras will be available for those who need
them and we will be able to download our digital images to a
laptop computer. (Cont’d., August 4th)
July 14 Carol Alt and Roger Cook, The Healing Power of Poetry and Painting. Carol
and Roger will share their new book, WHO IS GOO? This is the story of a
young brown pelican trapped in an oil spill. Using Poetic Medicine: The
Healing Power of Poem-making by John Fox—and perhaps some music—Carol will
urge us toward our own healing artistic action.
July 21 Mary Hughes, Wild Edibles – Learn how to identify local plants and prepare
simple dishes. Become familiar with remedies right in your own yard. There
will be hand-outs and samples. Mary Hughes has worked as a naturalist for
25 years at Tifft Preserve and the Buffalo Museum of Science and
continues to attend presentations to enhance her expertise. She has
degrees in chemistry and biology.
July 28 Drumming with Daughters of Creative Sound (Karima Amin, Coordinator) -
storytellers, dancers, singers, percussionists help heal our minds, bodies,
spirits!
August 4 Jon Rieley-Goddard, Snapshots, cont’d.: Join in the effort to produce a print-
on-demand pamphlet, book, or calendar describing the Cottage and its
beautiful surroundings. We will review photographs and discuss
what else to include in the pamphlet project. If you are curious about
the steps in publishing your own books, pamphlets,
calendars, or gift cards, this evening will enlighten you.
August 11 Making bread/pizza crust/cinnamon rolls with Robin Shipman
August 18 Angelo LaDuca, The Art of Listening – Angelo will talk about and show us
the benefits of being better listeners, involving us in techniques to improve
our listening habits. This should be helpful not only in our daily lives but in the
RS history we continue to pursue.
August 25 Harvest Celebration – Share comestibles (and recipes for preparation and/or
preservation, if you wish) on our banquet table with gratitude for the
growers, the grown, & the gustatory!
September 5 30th Annual Labor Sunday picnic/potluck at June & Roger’s, 1515 W. River, GI
Tips for a fine weekend
Work day on strawbale project and getting ready for Sunday concert
We’re planning to gather about 9 a.m. on Saturday, along with some young people from Amherst (& Andy), to work on the strawbale shelter and generally to spiffy up the grounds and cottage for Music in the Woods. We’ll probably be there at least until early afternoon on Saturday, so please join us if you can.
Sunday (our last Sunday programming until September) is “Music in the Woods” with Nan Hoffman, Joe Tumino, Kathy & Tom DeLoughry. 4-6 p.m., potluck included (see attached). Please spread the word, bring friends!
Wednesdays at the Waters Edge series begins July 7. Details to come.
Sunday > The Yes Men Fix the World
Come see the new, delightful “Yes Men” DVD–”The Yes Men Fix the World”–at the Cottage this Sunday from 4-6 p.m. (potluck following):
Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno are two guys who just can’t take no for an answer.
They have an unusual hobby: posing as top executives of corporations they hate. Armed with nothing but thrift-store suits, the Yes Men lie their way into business conferences and parody their corporate targets in ever more extreme ways – basically doing everything that they can to wake up their audiences to the danger of letting greed run our world.
This may be just the inspiration we need to “be the change we want to see.” :-}
Directions from Buffalo: I-190 North over the South Grand Island bridge to Exit 19, “Whitehaven Road.” Left/west on Whitehaven about 2.2 miles to West River Road. Right/north on West River about 9/10 mile to cabin in woodsy area. Parking along road.
Business meeting Sunday, 06June10
We are scheduled for our bi-monthly Business Meeting this Sunday at RS (4-6 p.m.). We hope that you will be able to participate and/or can send along any items you’d like on the agenda.
Sunday – planting Three Sisters Garden
We will plant our Native American-inspired Three Sisters Garden (beans, corn, squash) beginning at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May30, at the Environmental Cottage, 3449 West River Road on Grand Island.
Photos of previous years’ gardens here.
Bring your favorite garden tools.
Directions from Buffalo: I-190 N over S Grand Island bridge to Exit 19, Whitehaven Road. Left/west on Whitehaven about 2.2 miles to West River Road. Right/north about 9/10 mile to 3449 West River Road, cabin in wooded area. Parking along road.
During snow season, please park only on the side nearer to the river.
Updates and calendar info
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