Comments on: When We’re Gone But Not Forgotten . . .

By: talpianna

talpianna — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:02:33 +0000

Just noticed that they also offer this cool trip, not ALL that far from you:

Sinsinawa Mound Labyrinths

Description Location: Quad-City Labyrinth Project Union Arcade Building (Third Street Entrance) 111 E. Third Street Davenport, Iowa Date/Time: Saturday, September 8 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (Arrive no later than 8:15 AM at Union Arcade Building!) Cost: $58.00 (includes transportation and lunch) Preregistration deadline: Friday, August 31, 2007 Description: Join Labyrinth Facilitator Pat McLaughlin on a visit to Sinsinawa Mound Center, a Dominican monastery and Retreat Center in southwestern Wisconsin. In the Native American Dakota language, “Sinsinawa” means “home of the young eagle.” Sinsinawa Mound is rich in the beauty of nature and rich in heritage. With the rolling hills of Wisconsin’s dairyland as our backdrop, we will walk an 11-circuit crushed limestone Chartres labyrinth. We will then make our way back to the monastery to marvel at the gorgeous sanctuary with its jewel-like stained-glass windows glimmering in the afternoon sun. An indoor canvas labyrinth is also available to walk. After lunch, we will have plenty of time to write in our journals or explore the other trails that meander through the rolling hills of the retreat. A trip to the gift shop to browse the labyrinth jewelry and books and stock up on freshly made bread is a must before we leave. As we return home to the Quad Cities, we will have the opportunity to share our discoveries on the labyrinths. To register for the workshop, please visit our Online Store at http://www.qclabyrinth.org and click on Sinsinawa Mobile Workshop. For more information, please call the QCLP office at (563) 323-1737. Limited to five participants, so please register early to reserve your spot!

By: talpianna

talpianna — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:58:26 +0000

You can start cheap with a labyrinth pendant from here:

http://www.qclabyrinth.org/OnlineStore.asp

I have one of the Chartres cathedral labyrinth.

By: RfP

RfP — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:17:34 +0000

barking her brains out

That’s not a verb I expected you to use there. I remember people f ing their brains out and coming their brains out in your books, but barking is new and exotic. To bark one’s brains out… Must have some filthy meaning in Urban Dictionary.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:51:15 +0000

No catacombs. And labyrinths are flat. Also my neighbors are not close. Or they’d have strangled Veronica by now who has moved from being frozen in place when strangers approach, to running away when strangers approach, to standing her ground and barking her brains out when strangers approach. A “stranger” is anybody who isn’t me, including all the workmen who know her and greet her by name. I can’t wait until she moves into the “I’m too cool to care” stage, where Wolfie has been parked for six years.

I’ve got the drawings done for the labyrinth. Unfortunately it’ll cost thousands. Fortunately you can do it a little at a time. I think. Cogitating now.

By: RfP

RfP — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:45:09 +0000

No, but she would need a permit to dig a catacomb… now there’s an idea.

By: Barbara Martin

Barbara Martin — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:22:38 +0000

Won’t you need a permit to dig a labyrinth? And what will your neighbours think? That definitely must be the crazy part.

By: Diane (TT)

Diane (TT) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:06:20 +0000

Also voting for the labyrinth. I’ve walked a few, and they can be enlightening/ calming. We talked about putting one in at our church memorial garden, but I’m pretty sure it hasn’t happened yet (I moved, but last time I asked, it still wasn’t done). But it has to be very low maintenance.

I really like Mary Jo Putney’s modern romances, including The Spiral Path. I wish there were more. Not so much with the fantasy/ paranormal, and, while I love her historicals, I may prefer the moderns even to those.

Labyrinths are an awesome metaphor for the spiritual journey: it’s impossible to tell from the outside where anyone is on their path.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:10:06 +0000

Well, you’re not all that far off from the “Baffling Crazy” with the idea for casting your own garden gnomes. Someone did something similiar here.
http://www.garden-of-eden-lucas-kansas.com/
It’s a tourist spot (of sorts), too. (At least it has its own website, which makes it officially something.)

I say go for the labyrinth. If you have the real estate, put in several, each a different style or size or whatever.

By: jackie

jackie — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:48:33 +0000

Ah, but tal, do you qualify for ancient greek bull dabcing?

By: talpianna

talpianna — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:39:44 +0000

Jenny, how much are you charging for the bull-leaping classes? And how tall is the bull?

By: inkgrrl

inkgrrl — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:15:57 +0000

I love labyrinths.

I am so missing out on Dr. Horrible.

By: Office Wench Cherry

Office Wench Cherry — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:53:48 +0000

Act II is amazing, even better than Act 1. I’m not quite sure how it’s possible but Captain Hammer is even cheesier. His line about the hammer. Snort. I just about spit water on my computer.

Neil Patrick Harris is fantastic but Nathan Fillion does rock. Coolest Albertan in Hollywood! On his Myspace page he lists his home town by its nickname. He’s probably one of the few people in southern California who truly understands the phrase ‘but it’s a dry cold.’ Sorry, just indulging myself in a little fellow-Albertan lovefest. His home town is our capital city and about four hours away which for here isn’t far at all.

Is it just me or was Joss born to do musicals? Seriously, the man has a talent.

By: Sheri

Sheri — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:41:49 +0000

I like the idea of going to New Orleans and rebuilding it. I was there, remember? And the sad part is that most of it still looks like the day Katrina ripped though it….

By: Moth

Moth — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:28:46 +0000

I am totally with you on the Nathan Fillion thing. Act II’s up now and I busted a gut laughing.

Oh, and Joss Whedon is my new god.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:22:53 +0000

Tal, you never cease to amaze me.

New Orleans. Maybe if they staggered the entire population so we didn’t all show up at once. Fabulous city. We did a National there once and I don’t think I went to one workshop unless I was giving it. Spent the whole time wandering the French Quarter. Meg and I had our fortunes told. She said I was going to meet the man of my dreams in Tahoe. I told her I wasn’t going to Tahoe. She said I was going to miss out on the man of my dreams.

Maybe I shoulda gone to Tahoe.

But Krissie and I both bought crystal balls there. It was lovely.

By: Chelle

Chelle — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:39:13 +0000

**Snort** Labyarinth. Good one Talpianna.

By: talpianna

talpianna — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:18:38 +0000

Come to think of it, she should build it in Clitoris and call it a “labyarinth.”

By: colognegrrl

colognegrrl — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:50:35 +0000

Crotched laptop cozies – what is that? Something like the bum sticking out of the grave?

And the lengthwise bridge over the Ohio river reminds me of our (otherwise not very memorable) town of Wuppertal where they built a rail system over the Wupper river and the train runs below the rails, not on top. I’ve never done it but you can take a tour in a special “Kaiserwagen” where they serve you coffee and the special waffles of the region. So if you introduce that to Ohio, it would attract people even before you’re dead and buried, in whatever position you choose.

By: Kieran

Kieran — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:01:53 +0000

I think if every person in America took one day off work and rebuilt New Orleans that day, we’d all be pretty damned memorable. We’d have to stack up lots of piles of lumber, brick, and paint beforehand, then someone would say GO! No bathroom breaks or lunch until it’s done!

It would be viewed as more of a miracle than the Egyptian pyramids.

It’s still a wasteland in so many places. My 16-year-old son is there this week with his church youth group, painting houses in the 9th Ward.

By: Chelle

Chelle — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:42:41 +0000

Ummm, crotched laptop cozies (cozy’s?)? Tree cozies? Hmm, could be problematic. But, funny!

That’s all I got.

…okay, *I* thought it was funny!