November, 2012

Happy New Year, everyone.  I'm a little late this month due to technical difficulties, but I'm still here.

Starhawk will be in Calgary at the end of November for a conference at the CommunityWise Resource Centre (formerly the Old Y) on "Consensus Building: participatory governance and grassroots organizing".  (For info, visit http://communitywise.net/events/ )  While she's here, she will also be doing an event on "The Heart and Soul of Permaculture" at the Unitarian Church of Calgary on Thursday, November 29 at 7:00 p.m.; tickets at http://starhawkcalgaryevent-efbevent.eventbrite.ca/ .  For those who can't make that, she's also doing a reading of her new book, The Earth Path, at Memorial Park Library on Friday, November 30 from 7-9 p.m..  For info and tickets for the reading, go to the Communitywise site listed above.

 

On an unrelated topic, is November becoming a "silly season", at least in Canada? As the weather worsens, it seems we need distractions: the CFL playoffs, Movember, National Novel Writing Month... and probably this year, women clutching their copies of Fifty Shades of Grey will be making their way to the Naughty but Nice Sex Show. For me, I'm still in the middle of a war zone, so distractions are not welcome here.  My "uncool" (but face-balancing) cookie-duster remains on this month, and novel-writing will again have to wait. In fact, I'm pretty much giving up on being part of mainstream society for the duration. Becoming a recluse in my old age begins to look good.

November birthdays:  Helen L.., Vanessa, Christine L., Bernie, Sue D., and probably some of my facebook friends, whom I'll  mention next year. If I've forgotten anyone, let me know.

November events, with the usual Caveats:

Nov. 3: COGCOA Coffee Cauldron.  info (at) cogcoa (dot) ab (dot) ca

Nov. 4: Daylight Savings Time ends. Fall back!
Nov. 7, 7:00 p.m.: Beyond the Book of Shadows Social Moot. Info: http://www.meetup.com/Beyond-the-book-of-Shadows/
Nov. 8-11: Taboo - the Naughty but Nice Sex Show at BMO Centre. Info: http://www.canwestproductions.com/Taboo---Calgary-Home
Nov. 11: Remembrance Day.
Nov. 13, 3:08 p.m. New Moon.  Celtic Tree-month of Ngetal (Reed) begins, by lunar reckoning.
Nov. 15-18: Calgary Art Market Craft Sale at Telus Convention Centre. Info: http://www.artmarketcraftsale.com/
Nov. 18, 1:30 p.m.: Okotoks Witches Meetup at Tribal Connection Market. Info: http://www.meetup.com/Calgary-Witches/
Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m.: Calgary Witches' Meetup, hosted by moi, at Steeps. Info as above (so below...).
Nov. 25: 1:00 p.m.:  Cochrane Wiccan Meetup. Info as above.
Nov. 28, 7:46 a.m.: Full (Beaver) Moon.
Nov. 29-Dec. 2: Festival of Crafts Art and Craft Sale at BMO Centre. Info: http://www.festivalofcrafts.ca/
Nov. 29, 7:00 p.m:  Starhawk on The Heart and Soul of Permaculture, at Unitarian Church of Calgary.
Nov. 30, 7:00 p.m.:  An Evening with Starhawk, at Memorial Park Library.

Bright blessings,
Hergest