STONES
& ROSES
MIDDLE OF
JUNE 2007 NEWSLETTER
Drumming ...
The Rhythm Sisters ...
Mystery Books ...
An Antique Furniture Sale ...
Making Concrete Rhubarb Leaves ...
Summer Solstice Celebration ...
and birdwatching.
That's enough to keep busy for the rest of the month.
WOMEN'S DRUMMING CIRCLES
There is one more night of "Drumming in Dorchester" @ The Legion.
Wednesday, June 20 from 7pm-9pm.
Come prepared to drum long and drum fast!
Then the Dorchester Women's Drumming Circle and the London Women's Drumming
Circle will combine for some outdoor drumming:
Friday, June 29 @ Penny's Place (email for directions please)
Friday, July 27 @ Port Stanley Beach (meet up at the pavilion on the beach)
Bring a chair, water, and bug repellent.
THE RHYTHM SISTERS
The Rhythm Sisters have recorded a marketing CD!
What a blast it was recording in the Banner United Church on the blazing hot
weekend of July 16th.
The CD will be released on August 5 at the London Music Club.
More details will follow about the "Release Party".
Summer Reading
Hot days, hot breezes, iced tea and a new book.
Here are some Mystery Book Recommendations from CBC Radio Show that I heard
last week.
Shelagh Rogers of CBC Radio spoke with three lovers of mystery novels who
recommended their favorite new reads.
J.D. Singh is the co-owner of "The Sleuth of Baker Street" in Toronto.
Margaret Cannon is the mystery book columnist for "The Globe and Mail".
PK Rangachari is a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at McMaster University
in Hamilton.
PK Rangachari's picks:
"The Yiddish Policemen's Union", Michael Chabon, HarperCollins
"Mistress of the Art of Death", Arianna Franklin, Penguin
"Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog", Boris Akunin,Random House
J.D. Singh's picks:
"Unquiet", John Connolly, Atria
"The Broken Shore", Peter Temple, Random House
"Borkmann's Point", Hakan Nesser, Anchor
"The Secret Hangman", Peter Lovesey, Soho Crime
Margaret Cannon's picks:
"Suffer the Little Children", Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly Press
"The Cruel Stars of the Night", Kjell Eriksson, St. Martins
"Journeyman to Grief", Maureen Jennings, McClelland & Stewart
"The Chinese Alchemist", Lyn Hamilton, Berkeley Prime Crime
ANTIQUE FURNITURE SALE
June 22 & 23
8:30am - 4:30pm
5192 Catherine Street, Dorchester
Our old friend and good neighbour Ken has discovered furniture restoration
and has completed enough antique furniture pieces to have a sale.
Anyone who knows Ken knows how meticulous he is and knows that each piece
of furniture will be as near to perfect as it can get.
He has dining room tables, bedroom dresser with mirrors, armoires... and more.
Ken's place is 3km east of Dorchester.
Follow Catherine Street to Elgin Road (Hwy. 73), turn left to go over the
tracks, then turn a quick right to carry on east along Catherine Street.
His place is the third house on the left.
CONCRETE RHUBARB LEAF
STEPPING STONES & BIRDBATHS
I watched Doreen do this for me a few years ago so this year I wanted to do
my own.
Deb joined me and by the end of one afternoon we each had 6 leaf castings.
We mixed one part Portland Cement to one part industrial sand and then watered
and mixed it to a thick consistency.
There are lots of directions on the web ... Making
a Sand-Cast Birdbath is a good site.
Wear gloves and old clothes doing this!
Summer Solstice Ritual &
Celebration
Feast the Senses - Celebrate the Light
Thursday, June 21st
PLEASE RSVP 519-652-9109
To Prepare for the Ritual Please Bring
- A chair or blanket
- Natural bug repellant (there are not a lot of bugs)
- If you have an object that you would like to put on the alter so that it
may be empowered by the Solstice energy please bring it
- Wear something red, yellow or orange – or all three
TIME: 6:45 DONATION: $20.
Includes Yummy Organic Live-food Desserts
PLACE: Spirit of the Earth, The Living Centre, 5871 Bells Rd., London, ON.
See website for details: info@thelivingcentre.com
www.thelivingcentre.com
519-652-9109
I spied this red-bellied woodpecker on the wartie birdfeeder the other day.
Barb (from Stoney Creek) had a great bird book in her living room... a book
full of detailed pictures of North American birds, and information about them,
and ... get this... a sound track that lets you hear each bird's call. I drove
over to CostCo last week and got one for myself.
Now I am amused by sitting out on the back porch, playing the robin's song
over and over and watching the robins' confusion.
Small minds....
Penny
Clicking on the title at the top of the page will take
you back to the Main Stones & Roses webpage.