tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90422612015320029722024-03-05T15:34:28.384-08:00yyjStorytellerBlog devoted to the ancient art of oral storytelling, of special interest to storytellers and their friends in and around Victoria, British Columbia.Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-68126629655650440412023-01-02T10:40:00.002-08:002023-01-02T10:46:03.162-08:00Trouble Sleeping?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8mWlRbOFI4jQrZzD2d8eOtWZd9arV3joxyu25own_caWtM5Dyd5tZhsqBe7y5FF-VAVZuizkzrEHET5VyJJHVCBDv48-Q7vbVQP8Clh4hewIGogIVvAng_D_KGpYIU2ierxkXBABE_GJPnoQ2eBPreVFpsJ1jvCLwGj7Asb5QeSrS0dJZTOclgdC/s609/2023-01-02_095729.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="609" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8mWlRbOFI4jQrZzD2d8eOtWZd9arV3joxyu25own_caWtM5Dyd5tZhsqBe7y5FF-VAVZuizkzrEHET5VyJJHVCBDv48-Q7vbVQP8Clh4hewIGogIVvAng_D_KGpYIU2ierxkXBABE_GJPnoQ2eBPreVFpsJ1jvCLwGj7Asb5QeSrS0dJZTOclgdC/w400-h209/2023-01-02_095729.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <i><span style="background-color: #990000; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">The Japanese Baku was a
mythological beast comprised of the parts of a bear, an elephant, a tiger, an
ox and a rhinoceros</span></i><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p style="background-color: #990000;"></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background-color: #990000; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Do
you have trouble sleeping at night? Do really bad nightmares wake you up? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background-color: #990000; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Japanese grandmother
would say that you need a BAKU talisman by your bed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you wake, repeat this phrase three times:
“Baku-san, come eat my dream. Baku-san, come eat my dream. Baku-san, come eat
my dream.” The BAKU will then enter your room and eat the bad dream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then you will be able to drift off and awake
the next morning after a peaceful sleep. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: #990000;">Just make sure that it
was really a bad dream. Should the BAKU still be hungry after eating your nightmare,
it might keep munching and eat some of your good dreams and hopes too! In that
case, you might end up living an empty and unfulfilled life.</span><span style="color: #211b14;"><o:p style="background-color: white;"></o:p></span></span></p>Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-49356066232941108642022-07-13T19:00:00.002-07:002022-07-13T19:06:39.159-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98ejvGzzUeeNLSRiB2jmW9ALSF3XbqFG44p_SU2Khq4ICPyRUHdnWnRqye6yPrxWwt9DOU4lVXo5t0pTqKlX9cHtKmKiDK_J-JdYE5UKANUxNSlB6K0Bp_ElLpsiHswlkngtrdtM-q6IrMsM6jbOdvZ4BuKyku-3B5QPj8dWtb6p-bQIaQzzzUPMU/s330/2022-07-13_180431.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="330" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98ejvGzzUeeNLSRiB2jmW9ALSF3XbqFG44p_SU2Khq4ICPyRUHdnWnRqye6yPrxWwt9DOU4lVXo5t0pTqKlX9cHtKmKiDK_J-JdYE5UKANUxNSlB6K0Bp_ElLpsiHswlkngtrdtM-q6IrMsM6jbOdvZ4BuKyku-3B5QPj8dWtb6p-bQIaQzzzUPMU/s320/2022-07-13_180431.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #990000;"> </span><span><span face="Open Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: #990000;"><span>National Magazine Awards rounded up this</span><span><a href="https://magazine-awards.com/en/grants-for-creators/" target="_blank"> list of grants,</a> </span><span>with opportunities from coast to coast to coast. The roundup includes grants for emerging artists and students pursuing a career in the arts, to professional artists practicing in various disciplines. Well worth a look</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #312a25;">.</span></span></span></span><p></p>Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-63018625938927044602022-03-28T17:36:00.001-07:002022-03-28T17:36:46.465-07:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="background-color: #990000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">Did you know that spaghetti grows on trees?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #990000;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #990000;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://youtu.be/tVo_wkxH9dU"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="353" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tVo_wkxH9dU" width="522" youtube-src-id="tVo_wkxH9dU"></iframe></a></span></span></div><span style="background-color: #990000;"><span style="color: white;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="background-color: #990000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">It’s April Fool’s Day! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="background-color: #990000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://youtu.be/tVo_wkxH9dU">Widely recognized as the best April fool’s dayjoke ever, on 1 April 1957, the BBC produced a television documentary on theSwiss spaghetti harvest.</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 19.8pt; margin-bottom: 22.5pt;"><span style="background-color: #990000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">Inspired by the Egyptian legend of Osiris and
Seth, Romans celebrated Hilaria at the end of March. People dressed up and joyfully
mocked important people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 19.8pt; margin: 22.5pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: #990000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">In 1582, France switched from the Julian to
the Gregorian calendar. A lot of people were slow to get the news that the
start of the new year had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it
during the last week of March, leading to a lot of laughs on and about April 1.
Paper fish were fastened to the backs to symbolize how these gullible people
were easily “hooked.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-top: 22.5pt;"><span style="background-color: #990000;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: 0.6pt;">In the United Kingdom, during
the 1700s, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: 0.6pt;">people
were sent on phony errands searching for gowks (a word for cuckoo bird, which became
the symbol of a fool. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The following day
became known as Tailie Day, when pranks were played on people’s derrieres, such
as pinning fake tails or “kick me” signs on them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 19.8pt; margin: 22.5pt 0in;"><span style="background-color: #990000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">April Fools’ Day spread throughout Britain
during the 18th century. In Scotland, the tradition became a two-day event,
starting with “hunting the gowk,” in which people were sent on phony errands
(gowk is a word for cuckoo bird, the symbol for a fool.) Tailie Day, which
followed, involved pranks played on people’s derrieres, such as pinning fake
tails or “kick me” signs on them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 19.8pt; margin: 22.5pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-color: #990000;"><span style="color: white;">This year, may you enjoy your April fools day
and, if you are out and about, remember
to watch your back! </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-6858698809383543902022-03-28T16:42:00.000-07:002022-03-28T16:42:44.133-07:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2H6hYmcLiNRNkonsfB-V3wI4zctQz8DwOxdQUwbNlSDPCfjaICVCVrrw-v_CE58HBhEqv399IMLTtxA8TdW2Jupski7oqJPNhnA5bwzbOgXxcxoBUqyuS-wmBqj_hmdfIPe05z-7Hh8hbGNirsH_bCNY_wLudeC25lLirSWzURwGy4RbfhCSuI0r/s796/all%20that%20glitters.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="796" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2H6hYmcLiNRNkonsfB-V3wI4zctQz8DwOxdQUwbNlSDPCfjaICVCVrrw-v_CE58HBhEqv399IMLTtxA8TdW2Jupski7oqJPNhnA5bwzbOgXxcxoBUqyuS-wmBqj_hmdfIPe05z-7Hh8hbGNirsH_bCNY_wLudeC25lLirSWzURwGy4RbfhCSuI0r/s320/all%20that%20glitters.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #990000; color: white;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: white;">Get your bling on for Spring, and join the Victoria Storytellers Guild for some glittering stories! Stories at Fern starts at 7:30, virtually. Connections accepted from 7:00 pm onward</span></span><p></p><div class="entry-content" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 12px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p id="block-e013cc03-4942-4a89-902b-a23fda60c16c" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #990000; color: white;">Stories at Fern is the Guild's regular monthly meeting. Admission is free for members who have paid their dues. If you would like to <a href="https://www.victoriastorytellers.org/about-2/join-us/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">become a member</a> or pay your $25 annual dues, you are always welcome. If you are just dropping in to a virtual event, the suggested donation is $5, which can be made in three ways: via Paypal (paypal.me/storytellersvictoria), an e-transfer to treasurer@victoriastorytellers.org, or you can contact them to obtain a mailing address for a cheque.</span></p><p id="block-e4820b3a-a7f0-4eff-947e-be2d6a346f5c" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #990000; color: white;">They use Zoom, the online conferencing system. Admission is free, and there is no need to create a Zoom account, however they ask folks to register in advance for a secure, enjoyable experience.</span></p><p id="block-e7b1bae0-4497-4dd5-9a75-adb2fe3da67b" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #990000; color: white;">To register now <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtdu6hqTsuGNRrE-y1Sapbrt98180m_OsG" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">click here</a>, or copy and paste this link into your browser: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtdu6hqTsuGNRrE-y1Sapbrt98180m_OsG" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtdu6hqTsuGNRrE-y1Sapbrt98180m_OsG</a></span></p><p id="block-20e4f2a5-624d-4c49-93b4-140e765b6217" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #990000; color: white;">When you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email with the specific instructions for joining us by computer, tablet, smartphone, or regular phone.</span></p></div><br />Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-8416764976752962382021-04-07T15:58:00.003-07:002021-04-07T15:58:52.801-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9w1_eIOEhc7SoxLpxr2LLgSs0FRUTgzaToDPg0xRL566cGQZI1mfW8mqploE55aqfZVhiM05E9kEwClaC-vPJtxHwEB4O7_ZZFqvPnm5VWXm_NR_Cakq5A6IIKNCWZgsEEBKwxlZ5f8/s1401/billy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="1401" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9w1_eIOEhc7SoxLpxr2LLgSs0FRUTgzaToDPg0xRL566cGQZI1mfW8mqploE55aqfZVhiM05E9kEwClaC-vPJtxHwEB4O7_ZZFqvPnm5VWXm_NR_Cakq5A6IIKNCWZgsEEBKwxlZ5f8/s320/billy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Today, April 7, is the birthday of the innovative African American, social activist, jazz and swing music singer Eleanora Fagan (April 7 1915 – July 17, 1955.) She was
known professionally as Billie Holiday. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">After a troubled life, Holiday died handcuffed to a hospital
bed. Posthumously, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">she won four Grammy
Awards and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and the National Rhythm
& Blues Hall of Fame.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">At the end of her show each night, the lights would go
down, all movement and chatter stopped, and Holiday would sing the piece called "<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1CTex49P0iWwzUGsMNjgaV?si=PECjLRaYQZ60fkeVFpVkeg" target="_blank">Strange Fruit.</a>" In 1999, Time magazine declared that song “song of the
century.” The song was originally written by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish school
teacher, poet, and activist from New York City. A photograph of a lynching in
Indiana some years earlier had deeply disturbed Meeropol, inspiring him to
write “Strange Fruit,” and the song eventually made its way to the Greenwich
Village nightclub where Holiday sang.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The lyrics of "Strange Fruit." Not a pleasant story but one that must not be forgotten!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Southern trees bear a strange fruit<br />
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root<br />
Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze<br />
Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Pastoral scene of the gallant South<br />
The bulgin' eyes and the twisted mouth<br />
Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh<br />
Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck<br />
For the rain to gather<br />
For the wind to suck<br />
For the sun to rot<br />
For the tree to drop<br />
Here is a strange and bitter crop<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-10727159765362036132020-10-27T17:47:00.000-07:002020-10-27T17:47:10.890-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"> Black Cats: Beware!</h1><div> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">What would you do if a black cat walked across your path? Would that be good... or bad?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXULw0OS_UGggxZFhoOE_-f1qTZiF9MYL4sECukXNpAApDp83JCd_ZDaf1pya3_OaHoyOZg8DXHoUi95JoytAcFGXkgdx-x_hEAzh1at5V5MU0G-m4hV79mE9vQHDJfuxTjQ_4srFUqc/s690/cat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXULw0OS_UGggxZFhoOE_-f1qTZiF9MYL4sECukXNpAApDp83JCd_ZDaf1pya3_OaHoyOZg8DXHoUi95JoytAcFGXkgdx-x_hEAzh1at5V5MU0G-m4hV79mE9vQHDJfuxTjQ_4srFUqc/s320/cat.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />With hallowe'en soon upon us, perhaps, for the safety of all, we should concern ourselves with such topics. Black cats have featured in stories for over 2,000 years! In Celtic folklore, it was believed that black cats turned into fairies and back. In Great Britain, as in Egypt and Japan, having a black cat would bring you luck and good fortune. In the English midlands they make the ideal wedding gift that will bring luck and happiness to the bride. In Japan, it is believed that a single woman who owns a black cat will attract more suitors. On the other hand, in Europe, in the Middle Ages, t</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">hey decided that black cats were evil and foreboding; that they were really witches or demons. Many black cats were destroyed. People caught with a black cat were severely punished. When European settlers took over North America they declared that if a black cat crossed your path it would bring bad luck.</span></div>Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-17399041389231483682020-10-06T19:20:00.001-07:002020-10-06T19:23:15.742-07:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Come out of the weather … and share the warmth by the fire. Stories at Fern starts at 7:30, virtually!<br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXO3g5mHFLNmYy0U-GAgCg7GxL35ODKQVqiIEJJoXlWpNr4Qha6QaxStvEnZxQ60HNxU_KhYn7GF2T2L6PgNnIZiawPCjFx1pomXErGGHcRT6TTUmVqqAMwVJUkbjoi3F6FZsVdsmQys/s402/dark.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="402" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXO3g5mHFLNmYy0U-GAgCg7GxL35ODKQVqiIEJJoXlWpNr4Qha6QaxStvEnZxQ60HNxU_KhYn7GF2T2L6PgNnIZiawPCjFx1pomXErGGHcRT6TTUmVqqAMwVJUkbjoi3F6FZsVdsmQys/w640-h355/dark.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></p>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">You can sign in from 7:00 pm onward – Please come early to sort out any technical glitches before Al, our host, starts the storytelling at 7:30 pm <br /><br />We are using Zoom, an online conferencing system. Admission is free, and there is no need to create a Zoom account, however we are asking our friends to register in advance for a secure, enjoyable experience. <br /><br />To register now click <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">here</a><br /> or copy and paste this link into your browser: <br /><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqdeivrj4tGN0ZNffLh_VmwdHQgax7n4x4</a> <br /><br />When you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email with the specific instructions for joining us by computer, tablet, smartphone, or regular phone. <br /><br />We are looking forward to seeing you again and having you join us for our second Fern St. of the season!</span>Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-42464467638806556282020-06-08T12:23:00.002-07:002020-06-08T12:23:45.280-07:00Coping with the crisis, the Victoria Storytellers Guild have started a new service: Dial a Story!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2LmIYNbXnSyfGEwju0uQoJE40GZRZ4O64uQS1iQl55ptofI5JK0xQ7g7MM-2tCUGVu9uUpCbZcU88MPPP3IqHgOn-aMCobimIvEhG0a3bkP71NyLS2-flKp_kvQPdgMUJTAsEII5qUS8/s1600/stories+at+home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="460" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2LmIYNbXnSyfGEwju0uQoJE40GZRZ4O64uQS1iQl55ptofI5JK0xQ7g7MM-2tCUGVu9uUpCbZcU88MPPP3IqHgOn-aMCobimIvEhG0a3bkP71NyLS2-flKp_kvQPdgMUJTAsEII5qUS8/s320/stories+at+home.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
Contact info@victoriastorytellers.org and someone will arrange a suitable time and story for you to receive by telephone.Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-53401192984337494322020-03-10T13:59:00.000-07:002020-03-10T13:59:36.108-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeE6YTc1-ZURdcE0w5kmcd4Fq8KABelgOyUSPaNlGf-2QrkaGQic-WeuHC950OJB23DtPWFyYQvcmqETulw8oWEJcUob0Th_kjbHHEDYgSzDUVsmvI4ExItX65LTIScrpq1-LlA_wOBB4/s1600/boring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="987" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeE6YTc1-ZURdcE0w5kmcd4Fq8KABelgOyUSPaNlGf-2QrkaGQic-WeuHC950OJB23DtPWFyYQvcmqETulw8oWEJcUob0Th_kjbHHEDYgSzDUVsmvI4ExItX65LTIScrpq1-LlA_wOBB4/s320/boring.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
I am a Canadian,... and I have a story to tell...<br />
...If you are a Canadian, you have a story to tell too!<br />
......It's just that you might not know it yet.....<br />
<br />
Stories are important. We are the stories we tell.<br />
<br />
Stories tell us... where we came from...<br />
...where we are now... <br />
...and where we are going!<br />
<br />
There are so many great stories from Canada's past, but we have forgotten them. We have become overwhelmed by that great myth making machine that lives to the south of us. To them we are no more than the boring inhabitants of the frozen north. There is the image of the Stalwart Mounted Policeman and his mandatory dog, who proudly gets into the way of anyone wanting to have a good time... but that's it.... and they don't even get that one right!<br />
<br />
So many Canadians have done so many fantastic things, sometimes against incredible odds. They have been examples of strength, intelligence and endurance that we all could emulate.Guided by stories from the past, you could be the next great person in Canadian history!<br />
Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-89596238100702310992020-03-10T13:14:00.001-07:002020-03-10T13:14:40.001-07:00<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: georgia, "bitstream charter", serif; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: #990000; font-size: large;">The next Stories at Fern</span></div>
<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: georgia, "bitstream charter", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #990000; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.victoriastorytellers.org/march-16-2020-celebrating-world-storytelling-day-with-tales-of-voyages/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Monday, March 16th, 2020: World Storytelling Day – Tales of Voyage</a>s</strong></div>
<div class="has-text-align-left" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: georgia, "bitstream charter", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: #990000;">Host: Faye Mogensen</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #990000;">7:30 pm, 1831 Fern St</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSMDtYIwg2BAB5sfoEGlmbOUK3FFQRB1GTnQOshWqRYF1dBzRGP0HcdpsID0wMiUCFkV-X1Vdnj1jsWtaCzZqRL-htDfRLR6yXOUVVQDGmvpbvDbMavYmnrpYpnOV7gwRQE0D5c4DF0s/s1600/fern+March.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="558" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSMDtYIwg2BAB5sfoEGlmbOUK3FFQRB1GTnQOshWqRYF1dBzRGP0HcdpsID0wMiUCFkV-X1Vdnj1jsWtaCzZqRL-htDfRLR6yXOUVVQDGmvpbvDbMavYmnrpYpnOV7gwRQE0D5c4DF0s/s320/fern+March.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="has-text-align-left" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-783716145634383332020-02-14T16:19:00.001-08:002020-02-14T16:25:33.095-08:00The Blue Rose<h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b>The Blue Rose</b></h2>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv95rahVdFhAM3GsXUc_FCA9RhAlRLgQLelP5MyyvTk7q69kyc0f63MF7xzv4X3H7WWYDYf4nh-4ionp1MnVpwPLtExHRPobC-Oh04ZYvIzTKQQ7TtFAuWmFH75aoM57hMYjPXZ7tuKWM/s1600/Blue+Rose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="607" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv95rahVdFhAM3GsXUc_FCA9RhAlRLgQLelP5MyyvTk7q69kyc0f63MF7xzv4X3H7WWYDYf4nh-4ionp1MnVpwPLtExHRPobC-Oh04ZYvIzTKQQ7TtFAuWmFH75aoM57hMYjPXZ7tuKWM/s320/Blue+Rose.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">It's Valentines Day when some fellows will do anything they can to win the affections of a woman. The Blue Rose, in the Roman myth of Zephyrus and Flora is a good example of how far someone might go to obtain the attention they seek.<br />The God Zephyrus loved Flora so much that he changed himself into a rose, because the Goddess had eyes for nothing other than her flowers. When Flora saw the rose, she kissed it and thus fulfilled Zephyrus’ wish.</span></b><br />
<div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />In Chinese folklore, an Emperor's daughter was to be married. Her father allowed he to give one stipulation to her suitors. She said she would marry the man who could bring her the blue rose. This discouraged many seeking her hand in marriage, yet some suitors were determined to win her hand. A merchant paid a florist to give him a painted rose. When he presented the rose to the princess, the paint dripped on to her hand. “This is not a blue rose, I will not marry you,” she announced. Another man threatened a man in his village to find him a blue rose. The man from the village carved a rose, out of a sapphire. When it was presented to the princess, she replied “This is not a blue rose! I will not marry a man whose heart is as cold as this stone.” Another very cunning man asked a wizard to craft him a blue rose. The wizard gave him a box with a picture of an illusion of the blue rose inside. When presented to the princess, she reached her hand out to the rose to find that her hand simply passed through it. “I will not marry a man who is deceitful,” she replied. Later in the evening she told the gardener’s son that she wished she could marry him, they trusted one another and he was dear in her heart. “I will bring you the blue rose in the morning,” He replied. The next morning he presented the princess with a white rose. All pointed and whispered that it was a common white rose. The princess touched the white petals and replied, “This is a blue rose.” The emperor gave his blessing saying that, “If his daughter said it was a blue rose, it was a blue rose.” The princess and the gardener’s son were married. They lived happily ever after until the end of their days</span></b></div>
Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0Victoria, BC, Canada48.4284207 -123.3656444000000148.3441262 -123.5270059 48.512715199999995 -123.20428290000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-48575188411765016402020-02-11T15:29:00.002-08:002020-02-11T15:29:47.867-08:00Craft Workshop
<br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>This is a workshop for
beginning tellers or those who would like a tune up. The workshop usually
fills up quite quickly and I can tell you that it is useful and produces at
least a couple of new tellers every year for the Around Town Tellers stage.</b></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><b>Have a look at the poster and feel free to call
Margaret or me (250-370-2964) if you have questions </b></span><br />
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-ZPKuuzIkuxyh44ujgEya0o89XPRsNFtgJLPjOxEZlbnmdOrHW77amsjDBP3aiAhsNo5YvOO4lVxPaHf8dlVNkx65AJ9dU6H7eRlsp4ef1en4CkWV-FxKIPACd7E8DzU5BVk1YdPvBk/s1600/craft+workshop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-ZPKuuzIkuxyh44ujgEya0o89XPRsNFtgJLPjOxEZlbnmdOrHW77amsjDBP3aiAhsNo5YvOO4lVxPaHf8dlVNkx65AJ9dU6H7eRlsp4ef1en4CkWV-FxKIPACd7E8DzU5BVk1YdPvBk/s640/craft+workshop.jpg" width="507" /></a></div>
<br />Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-83191051272739580362020-02-11T15:17:00.000-08:002020-02-11T15:17:06.267-08:00Stories at Fern February 17<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikH335Tcn6AqfGh2CQXSmt2UME0QfmjkmSQ6Pxi89RDmY_5AkQKD8VAfx-Cq95z8bc0AQzZv-TFYARUnJ7m904cr-wxg5WbQw8VdaLFw5YGfktvOAutYi2Z4TFi3uj-I-vv7_vCJ7QgGg/s1600/feb+fern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="805" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikH335Tcn6AqfGh2CQXSmt2UME0QfmjkmSQ6Pxi89RDmY_5AkQKD8VAfx-Cq95z8bc0AQzZv-TFYARUnJ7m904cr-wxg5WbQw8VdaLFw5YGfktvOAutYi2Z4TFi3uj-I-vv7_vCJ7QgGg/s320/feb+fern.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="background-color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif;">S<span style="font-size: 12pt;">hirley Routliffe is the host and the
theme is: </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Try a Little Love ...
Love, Life, Friendship.</span></u></i></span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-13017900400333329042019-12-17T15:53:00.001-08:002019-12-17T15:55:28.469-08:00<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: #990000;"><span style="color: white;">The next Stories at Fern </span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Cn-K9BWYodqDrM4S1XIX29-gj1OdmSwiVVCbD6rndgHxJ4CiCnPFK5vFde6d_8-TkHVXbn5AmO2h4fgDXvHxo4NGgciGDjklVyTaJqku5c8nDPETtTw_wTztb7FTS904FN0vgCI2av8/s1600/jan+fern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="805" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Cn-K9BWYodqDrM4S1XIX29-gj1OdmSwiVVCbD6rndgHxJ4CiCnPFK5vFde6d_8-TkHVXbn5AmO2h4fgDXvHxo4NGgciGDjklVyTaJqku5c8nDPETtTw_wTztb7FTS904FN0vgCI2av8/s320/jan+fern.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<ul style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 16px; list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 24px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #990000; color: white;">Monday, January 20, 2020 at 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM</span></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #990000; color: white;">Hosted by: <a href="https://www.storytellers-conteurs.ca/en/storytellers-directory/Pat-Carfra.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pat Carfra</a></span></li>
</ul>
Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-13839528072985025912019-08-29T17:44:00.000-07:002019-08-29T17:44:34.478-07:00<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none; border-image: none; border: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 24px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<b><span style="color: white;">The Victoria Storytellers’ Guild invites you to enjoy part or all of a day of story where you can: </span></b></div>
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
</span><br />
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none; border-image: none; border: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 24px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: white;"><b>Hear tales as har</b><b>shly beautiful as the Nordic landscapes where they were first told, </b></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none; border-image: none; border: 0px; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 24px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: white;"><b>Get acquainted with the fascinati</b><b>ng and highly complex characters of the gods and goddesses,</b></span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none; border-image: none; border: 0px; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 24px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<b><span style="color: white;">Laugh at their mistakes, recoil at their brutality, and savour their successes. </span></b></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none; border-image: none; border: 0px; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 24px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<b><span style="color: white;">Contemplate how these stories gave
meaning to the Vikings’ lives.</span></b></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none; border-image: none; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 24px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<b></b><span style="color: white;"></span><br /></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Ii4Mm-SdNPt88ZUSdjdK04UjRhUEWowBzco7Tet5rlViw5VzWwsbeC36vRWowcvHJPwbVL9MiBeThCNsn6wR8cdX6A2T9Kl7PuWcJXsNVzxeYOSJcg8Oz9qeipZ_GOgj1CAdcVpi5uI/s1600/norse+epic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="457" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Ii4Mm-SdNPt88ZUSdjdK04UjRhUEWowBzco7Tet5rlViw5VzWwsbeC36vRWowcvHJPwbVL9MiBeThCNsn6wR8cdX6A2T9Kl7PuWcJXsNVzxeYOSJcg8Oz9qeipZ_GOgj1CAdcVpi5uI/s640/norse+epic.jpg" width="353" /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none; border-image: none; border: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 24px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: white;">Norway House October 5, 2019 1-9 pm </span></h2>
<h2 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia,"Bitstream Charter",serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
</span></h2>
<h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none; border-image: none; border: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 24px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: white;">$10 ($5 for guild members)</span></h2>
</a><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><span style="color: white;"></span><br />Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-41586866172046779852019-08-29T17:35:00.001-07:002019-08-29T17:35:20.432-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06CJ2xfyyMjOQpR1iaa0qT2nWIkI1uwSJI4NznO9i-QODaQQ-j6vwKjDNZkrD5SGvMYlTtTHchpehzpE90zv_PGJzPS4xywZme9nPTwblCdFOZEqHQkDI53Pk1Omh0pI5h7RDY9Wurwo/s1600/stories+at+fern+sept.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="495" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06CJ2xfyyMjOQpR1iaa0qT2nWIkI1uwSJI4NznO9i-QODaQQ-j6vwKjDNZkrD5SGvMYlTtTHchpehzpE90zv_PGJzPS4xywZme9nPTwblCdFOZEqHQkDI53Pk1Omh0pI5h7RDY9Wurwo/s320/stories+at+fern+sept.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
Start the year off right. Visit The Victoria Storytellers Guild evening of stories.<br />Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-9116086612178220292019-03-19T10:51:00.000-07:002019-03-19T10:57:36.699-07:00<h2>
United in Love - the next stories at Fern</h2>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q-AHODUmo5A/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q-AHODUmo5A?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Thanks to the Commodores for their timeless song from the 80's..It will always be a hit.</div>
<div>
We are united in love if only we lay down the things that separate us: race, religion, politics, class and greed.</div>
<div>
In 2019 we can only pray that people will wake up from their slumber of millions of years to stand up for Universal love. It has been too long. Only love can save our planet.<br />
<br />
<h3>
Stories at Fern 1831 Fern St Victoria 7:30 pm 15 April 2019 </h3>
</div>
<div>
<ytd-expander class="style-scope ytd-comment-renderer" collapsed="" id="expander" style="--ytd-expander-collapsed-height: 80px; display: block;"></ytd-expander><br />
<div class="style-scope ytd-expander" id="content" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; max-height: var(--ytd-expander-collapsed-height); min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;">
<br /></div>
<ytd-comment-action-buttons-renderer action-buttons-style="desktop-toolbar" class="style-scope ytd-comment-renderer" id="action-buttons" poll-status="null" style="color: var(--yt-spec-text-secondary); display: block; margin-top: 4px; min-height: 16px;"><div class="style-scope ytd-comment-action-buttons-renderer" id="toolbar" style="align-items: center; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<div class="style-scope ytd-comment-action-buttons-renderer" id="reply-button" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #606060; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
</div>
<ytd-toggle-button-renderer button-renderer="" class="style-scope ytd-comment-action-buttons-renderer style-text size-default" has-no-text="" id="like-button" is-icon-button="" style="--yt-button-icon-size: var(--ytd-comment-thumb-dimension); background-color: white; color: var(--yt-spec-icon-inactive); display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; letter-spacing: 0.007px; margin-left: -8px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: middle;"><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope ytd-toggle-button-renderer" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="border-radius: inherit; color: inherit; cursor: pointer; display: flex;" tabindex="-1"><yt-icon-button aria-pressed="false" class="style-scope ytd-toggle-button-renderer style-text size-default" id="button" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--yt-button-color, inherit); display: inline-block; font-size: 0px; height: var(--yt-button-icon-size, var(--yt-icon-height, 40px)); line-height: 1; padding: var(--yt-button-icon-padding, 8px); position: relative; text-transform: inherit; width: var(--yt-button-icon-size, var(--yt-icon-width, 40px));"><button aria-label="like this comment along with 3 other people" class="style-scope yt-icon-button" id="button" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; cursor: pointer; height: 16px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><yt-icon class="style-scope ytd-toggle-button-renderer" style="align-items: center; display: inline-flex; fill: var(--iron-icon-fill-color, currentcolor); height: var(--yt-icon-button-icon-height, 100%); justify-content: center; margin-bottom: var(--iron-icon_-_margin-bottom); margin-left: var(--iron-icon_-_margin-left); margin-right: var(--iron-icon_-_margin-right); position: relative; stroke: none; vertical-align: middle; width: var(--yt-icon-button-icon-width, 100%);"><svg class="style-scope yt-icon" focusable="false" preserveaspectratio="xMidYMid meet" style="display: block; height: 100%; pointer-events: none; width: 100%;" viewbox="0 0 24 24"><g class="style-scope yt-icon"><path class="style-scope yt-icon" d="M1 21h4V9H1v12zm22-11c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2h-6.31l.95-4.57.03-.32c0-.41-.17-.79-.44-1.06L14.17 1 7.59 7.59C7.22 7.95 7 8.45 7 9v10c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h9c.83 0 1.54-.5 1.84-1.22l3.02-7.05c.09-.23.14-.47.14-.73v-1.91l-.01-.01L23 10z"></path></g></svg></yt-icon></button></yt-icon-button></a></ytd-toggle-button-renderer></div>
</ytd-comment-action-buttons-renderer></div>
Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-18420714813531499082019-03-08T12:08:00.000-08:002019-03-08T12:13:23.688-08:00Hugh Cotton In Concert<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLUFYwOys_EEXok_AaHr1xHJAAZxgch8BPEe5BIXUT46af4p9O4qW1lY2GzXpHh2wPKQem0-eAyasRspiICAeCyb5FxsbmoqCP-tCIAnFttWlrwcQpipETQzW-dXYCJNeUVXyVJSldqQ/s1600/hugh+Cotton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="401" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLUFYwOys_EEXok_AaHr1xHJAAZxgch8BPEe5BIXUT46af4p9O4qW1lY2GzXpHh2wPKQem0-eAyasRspiICAeCyb5FxsbmoqCP-tCIAnFttWlrwcQpipETQzW-dXYCJNeUVXyVJSldqQ/s640/hugh+Cotton.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<h2>
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">He has told stories in schools, markets, cafes and forests – and appeared in festivals from Brantford to Brazil. He enjoys telling to listeners of all ages and audiences from 500 to 1. His repertoire spans the globe but he has been especially drawn to European wondertales and, increasingly, Celtic myth.</span></h2>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM </span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="uiGrid _51mz" style="background-color: #f5f6f7; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><tbody>
<tr class="_51mx"><td class="_51m- _phw" style="font-family: inherit; padding: 0px;"><div aria-hidden="true" class="_6a" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit;">
<div class="_6a _6b" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: middle;">
<i class="_ohg img sp_SVr1qKz1ASv sx_7ca41d" style="background-image: url("/rsrc.php/v3/yk/r/wTxaQ9FHgae.png"); background-position: -17px -373px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: auto; display: block; height: 16px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 12px; width: 16px;"><u style="clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); height: 1px; left: auto; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; white-space: nowrap; width: 1px;"><span style="color: blue;">pin</span></u></i></div>
</div>
</td><td class="_51m- _51mw" style="font-family: inherit; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="_4930" style="align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: row; font-family: inherit; width: 456px;">
<div class="_4dpf _phw" style="flex-grow: 1; font-family: inherit; padding: 8px 0px;">
<div class="_6a" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit;">
<span style="color: blue;"></span><br />
<div class="_6a _6b" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; height: 18px; vertical-align: middle;">
</div>
<span style="color: blue;">
</span><br />
<div class="_6a _6b" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: middle;">
<div class="_xkh" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 2px 0px;">
<span class="_5xhk" id="u_fetchstream_28_r" style="color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">1831 Fern St, Victoria, BC V8R 4K4, Canada</span></div>
<h2 style="font-family: inherit; margin: 2px 0px;">
<span class="_5xhk" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/hugh-cotton-storyteller-white-raven-and-the-goddess-tickets-57903528011?aff=ebdshpsearchautocomplete&fbclid=IwAR1Jo3cXOq_9rHhp5G_rk5gfgg637Yq-U5MG7QphlSsihyLDh0P-oyGcB9M"><span style="color: blue;">Tickets $14. from Eventbrite</span><span style="color: #4b4f56;">,</span></a><span style="color: #4b4f56;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">$15 at the door</span><span style="color: #4b4f56;">.</span></span></h2>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-72880165724794547742019-03-08T11:50:00.000-08:002019-03-08T11:50:43.125-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6w02-TXOqeHWi1X9Qsjh7ropsC6xzNvzm9GJ8fB8vZjRlt3Yrcq6BVZcGmin1YESzBXrkS5lI-wf6r2a5H_3VezsbCSZ5FMJryV7qf_LguO6GzxQqfd4HMhXaC5Ac3XnEQRDer5WVWq0/s1600/march+fern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="705" height="529" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6w02-TXOqeHWi1X9Qsjh7ropsC6xzNvzm9GJ8fB8vZjRlt3Yrcq6BVZcGmin1YESzBXrkS5lI-wf6r2a5H_3VezsbCSZ5FMJryV7qf_LguO6GzxQqfd4HMhXaC5Ac3XnEQRDer5WVWq0/s640/march+fern.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-658995560617848662019-03-08T11:41:00.001-08:002019-03-08T11:41:34.073-08:00International Woman's Day 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKO8qpYXq6Lr6WZpXbJ0zoJyEo_LukGbobhbKLnMLzGjpE-3h0UmybVr-ghAiRTwDjfvs48uLVlhC-_iedFqOBvPriIxjw-KsKxSRF5zc0cJepAiPRDPbknh1f2GGK9-U933LW-QHkHA/s1600/womans+day+2019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="520" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKO8qpYXq6Lr6WZpXbJ0zoJyEo_LukGbobhbKLnMLzGjpE-3h0UmybVr-ghAiRTwDjfvs48uLVlhC-_iedFqOBvPriIxjw-KsKxSRF5zc0cJepAiPRDPbknh1f2GGK9-U933LW-QHkHA/s320/womans+day+2019.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<h2>
<span class="rn-13yce4e rn-fnigne rn-ndvcnb rn-gxnn5r rn-deolkf rn-homxoj rn-1471scf rn-14xgk7a rn-7cikom rn-o11vmf rn-ebii48 rn-gul640 rn-ad9z0x rn-1mnahxq rn-61z16t rn-p1pxzi rn-11wrixw rn-bcqeeo rn-wk8lta rn-9aemit rn-1mdbw0j rn-gy4na3 rn-bauka4 rn-irrty rn-qvutc0" dir="auto" style="border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: inherit;">On </span><span class="rn-18u37iz" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; color: #14171a; flex-direction: row; font-size: 15px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="rn-1niwhzg rn-13yce4e rn-fnigne rn-ndvcnb rn-gxnn5r rn-deolkf rn-1n1174f rn-1471scf rn-14xgk7a rn-7cikom rn-o11vmf rn-ebii48 rn-gul640 rn-ad9z0x rn-1mnahxq rn-61z16t rn-p1pxzi rn-11wrixw rn-bcqeeo rn-wk8lta rn-9aemit rn-1mdbw0j rn-gy4na3 rn-bauka4 rn-irrty rn-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/InternationalWomensDay?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1b95e0; display: inline; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.3125; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: inherit;">#InternationalWomensDay<span class="rn-13yce4e rn-fnigne rn-ndvcnb rn-gxnn5r rn-deolkf rn-homxoj rn-4qtqp9 rn-poiln3 rn-7cikom rn-o11vmf rn-ebii48 rn-gul640 rn-ip8ujx rn-t9a87b rn-1mnahxq rn-p1pxzi rn-9cviqr rn-zw8f10 rn-wk8lta rn-9aemit rn-1mdbw0j rn-gy4na3 rn-bnwqim rn-bauka4 rn-irrty rn-h9hxbl rn-qvutc0" dir="auto" style="border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1em; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0.07em 0px 2px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; white-space: inherit; width: 1.2em;"></span></a></span>I lift up my hands to honour all those fighting sexism, gender-based discrimination, harassment and violence every day.</h2>
<div class="rn-1oszu61 rn-1efd50x rn-14skgim rn-rull8r rn-mm0ijv rn-13yce4e rn-fnigne rn-ndvcnb rn-gxnn5r rn-deolkf rn-xoduu5 rn-1mlwlqe rn-eqz5dr rn-1d2f490 rn-1mnahxq rn-61z16t rn-p1pxzi rn-11wrixw rn-ifefl9 rn-bcqeeo rn-11yh6sk rn-buy8e9 rn-wk8lta rn-9aemit rn-1mdbw0j rn-gy4na3 rn-u8s1d rn-h9hxbl rn-1lgpqti" style="-webkit-box-align: stretch; -webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; align-items: stretch; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: column; height: 1.2em; left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; width: 1.2em; z-index: 0;">
<br /></div>
Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-77545084991475038672019-02-25T09:58:00.002-08:002019-02-25T09:58:50.633-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj640qMN-3b8cbRwcnwqZ_xIUR-dZVhdJEkSLlP27c832bVnV4Ar27-OvkKdoE1kNYagvzIln90klNL3H4P6eOwzlE-LCb7a-kbAFBfcaa28heZ_SN5rWN3C-tEazVHsog2Gt9G1-gnl_A/s1600/calum4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="873" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj640qMN-3b8cbRwcnwqZ_xIUR-dZVhdJEkSLlP27c832bVnV4Ar27-OvkKdoE1kNYagvzIln90klNL3H4P6eOwzlE-LCb7a-kbAFBfcaa28heZ_SN5rWN3C-tEazVHsog2Gt9G1-gnl_A/s320/calum4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-73155878441396619672018-07-28T17:46:00.002-07:002018-07-28T17:46:30.193-07:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Image result for caplin at cape bruce" height="266" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cape Bruce on the Fleur-de-lis Highway</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
It was this time of the year when I visited my friend Donald Murdoch Angus MacQueen who was visiting his mother at Upper Framboise NS, just after graduation. It could have been a long night at the old farm house, but excitement was in the air. There would be a full moon and the caplin would be running. We headed down to Cape Bruce in what amounted to a Cape Breton traffic jam. Everyone was there, buckets in hand, scooping up the little silver fish as they came in the shallow waters towards the shore. Some had fires, were cooking and eating them on the spot. Others were salting them to take home for future feasts. It happens all along the Atlantic coast, said Don. A local favorite that you really don't want to miss.Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-25335955308200489362018-05-18T09:37:00.000-07:002018-05-18T09:37:00.871-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsN5NYGHaL7FZ2rdTFMUS1tuzX5v5o0GqJZaydSwBDoFSYdOSHFvyrazlBexoyIWUHXRcQYcPlkAEXFO-HyQOaeiooLgao1hEdRqPWXIFjL4QYh4fWd_2lD3i_8gWjGOXGLI2c8qYPjwQ/s1600/Marta+Performance+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsN5NYGHaL7FZ2rdTFMUS1tuzX5v5o0GqJZaydSwBDoFSYdOSHFvyrazlBexoyIWUHXRcQYcPlkAEXFO-HyQOaeiooLgao1hEdRqPWXIFjL4QYh4fWd_2lD3i_8gWjGOXGLI2c8qYPjwQ/s1600/Marta+Performance+2.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-6595933351929776832018-02-26T20:23:00.002-08:002018-02-26T20:27:06.462-08:00<br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">OAT CAKES AND HEARTACHES - Stories from Scotland</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">March
26th, 2018, at 7:30 at 1831 Fern St. Admission $15 at the door</span></b><span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kathie Kompass and Mary Wiggin</span></b><span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCTDICvEWmUaPjaZUsTYZgZpysqTBcmNNxpg1XWvSZ8mC-vC1QvH6HDVXaLUxRaY0tYfJZZw5zh0MyYiVWe-gF0VhRhfd5R6Q3c_PY_Dxgn63Yr60RcIkNh5-QeCHPlf_HnA24-BsET0/s1600/Mary+%2526+Kathie+1+%25281%2529%255B11551%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1554" data-original-width="1600" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCTDICvEWmUaPjaZUsTYZgZpysqTBcmNNxpg1XWvSZ8mC-vC1QvH6HDVXaLUxRaY0tYfJZZw5zh0MyYiVWe-gF0VhRhfd5R6Q3c_PY_Dxgn63Yr60RcIkNh5-QeCHPlf_HnA24-BsET0/s320/Mary+%2526+Kathie+1+%25281%2529%255B11551%255D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt;">Proudly
Presented by the Victoria Storytellers' Guild</span></b><span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: "comic sans ms";">What
listeners are saying about Oatcakes and Heartaches...</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: "comic sans ms";">"Beautiful
stories, beautifully told."</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: "comic sans ms";">(Audience
member, Ottawa)</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: "comic sans ms";">Would not
have missed this for the world. We loved it!</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: "comic sans ms";">(Audience
members, Ottawa)</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: "comic sans ms";">"Och! I
approve!"</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: "comic sans ms";">(A
listener who emigrated to Canada from Scotland)</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: "comic sans ms";">"This
is amazing!"</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: "comic sans ms";">(Young
teen listener, February 2018)</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: "comic sans ms";">"How do
you do that? I could see pictures inside my head when you were talking."</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: "comic sans ms";">(Grade
6 student, February 2018)</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: "comic sans ms";">Our
Storytellers</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: 7.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">Kathie Kompass</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">A
storyteller since 1983, Kathie enjoys the language </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">and images of older stories
as well as the brevity and </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">punchiness of a modern tale. The adventure, the </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">mischief and the countryside found in this concert's </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">Scottish tales tickle her
tongue as they unfold and </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">seem to tell themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has told stories in </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">libraries, churches,
summer camps, private parties</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">,</span></span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">elementary and high schools, Concordia
University </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">and for Girl Guide Groups. Kathie is a regular at the </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">Ottawa
Storytelling festival and performed at the</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">Toronto Storytelling Festival and at
the National </span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">Arts C</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">entre in Ottawa. She co-leads the beginning</span></span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 14.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">storytellers
course for the Ottawa StoryTelle</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "comic sans ms";">rs.</span></span></b></span></div>
<div style="border-bottom: solid #000001 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #000001 .25pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #000001 .25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><u><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: "comic sans ms";">Mary Wiggin</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: "comic sans ms";">Renowned for her exquisite sense of language, Mary is a master
of literary works as well as folk and fairy tales. Her stories flash with
quicksilver wit and glimpses of hidden truths revealed in poetic turns of
phrase. </span><span style="color: #00000a; font-family: "comic sans ms";">She favours folktales and fairy tales
with strong heroines and sound plots. Her<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>rock-solid, no-nonsense delivery style is the perfect set-up for the
uncanny, the fantastic and the surprising. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms";">For more than a decade, Mary has been a featured teller at the
National Arts Centre, storytelling events in the Byward Market, the Bytown
Museum, and at schools, seniors’ centres, festivals, libraries and conferences.
She has coordinated Ottawa storytellers' events for many years and with Kathie,
facilitates <i>Welcome to StoryTelling: 10 Things</i></span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> You
Need to Know</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">, the beginners' workshop offered by Ottawa StoryTellers.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 7.6pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>
<br />Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042261201532002972.post-11661650934146536952018-02-24T21:11:00.003-08:002018-02-24T21:19:21.593-08:00The Next Stories at Fern<div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: red;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Join with the Victoria Storytellers Guild on </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">March 19 2018 as they celebrate </span></span></div>
<div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: red;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">World </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Storytelling Day. This year's theme is "Wise Fools."</span></span></div>
<div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: red; font-weight: 700;">Host for the evening will be Lee Porteous.</span></div>
<div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: red; font-weight: 700;">1831 Fern St, Victoria BC Doors open at 7:15</span></div>
<div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<b style="background-color: red;">The public is always welcome.</b></div>
<div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
Al Fowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17395633332725776444noreply@blogger.com0