A little overdue (like my library books were), but we get there in the end!
The Next Two Moots
Tuesday 10th November will see the our annual storytelling moot. Please bring a story, preferably with some vague relationship to Paganism and no more than about ten minutes in the telling. After that, go nuts! Write your own, or bring something profound/silly/sad/jolly. Whatever you want. Mr. Men books are deeply occult and therefore completely acceptable.
On Tues 8th December will be our annual quiz. We've decided to do the 5-questions-each thing again this year, so have a think about what you want your subject to be and let us all know. That way we can avoid clashes and repeated questions.
Also: We have calenders ready for the new year now. So, if you'd wanted to book yourself a moot for February onwards tell me again and I'll write it down. Ta!
Coming Up
Saturday 17th October (tomorrow) appears to be the busiest day of the year so far! Take your pick from these:
The Paddle Festival at Burrs Country Park in Bury goes from 10am. Normally I wouldn't push sports activities much but ours gorgeous, brainy and extremely talented friend Clairey Fairey will be teaching hoops (free) and poi (£5 but you get to keep the poi).
At the Man & Scythe in Bolton, the 7th Earl of Derby will be having his head cut off - a day out for the whole family! It's a historical celebration going right back to Bolton's events in the English Civil War. I don't have a proper time for this but there are contact details here.
That evening there's a chance, if you fancy it, to meet the Horned God himself. Hopefully Old Horny will be making an appearance at Borsdane Woods in Hindley, near Wigan. It's an evening of discussions, meditation, ritual and (of course) a visit to the pub. It all starts at 7:45pm, meeting here. For any further information contact this gentleman. Take something warm to wear!
Finally something's happening at Manchester Monastery in Gorton that day too. If anyone can remember what it is please could they tell us!
Sunday 18th October has a Gift and Craft Fair at Reebok Stadium in Horwich, featuring our marvellous friends at Clarian Faeries. It's £2 each but accompanied kids go free.
On Saturday 24th October there's a Mind, Body Spirit open day at Westhoughton Community Learning Centre. I don't really know a lot about this and apparently there are too places wiith that name, so if you know more than me please tell us!
Woohoo! Our annual Samhain Party will be on Friday 30th October, 8pm onwards at our house. The theme is Harry Potter. Ah, drunken debauchery! Whatever next? If you can't make it home we can put a few people up on air beds and sleeping bags in the living room. But be warned - we will make you help with the cleaning up the next day.
Hope to see y'all there!
Mel and Nick are having a post-Hallowe'en Rocky Horror do at their place in Westhoughton on Friday 7th November. If dressing up kinky if your cup of tea, send us your contact details and we'll pass them on to the lovely hosts.
Finally, on Friday 27th November we WILL be going to ARA. There's a special reason for this too - it's the coming back out party for our superb friend Bridget. If you don't know who that is, you'll find out by being there!
That's it!
See you all soon I hope.
Love,
Seán
Friday, 16 October 2009
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
September Announcements
Hi y'all and a huge Thank You to Daniel for his emergency rescue of last night's Moot with Pagan Theology. That fair got us going!
The Next Two Moots
Due to unforeseen difficulties Tina wasn't able to do last night's moot, so instead she's swapped with Linda and will be doing Reflexology on the 13th of October.
And then we're back to our annual Moots, so we'll be having the Storytelling session on the 10th of November. Get thinking now folks and you'll be able to come up with a doozy by then.
Coming Up
For those who like their music and dance traditional, Rivington Morris will be performing as part of the Gorton Rushcart celebration on Saturday the 12th of September and with some other teams at the Olde Man & Scythe and around Bolton on the 19th.
Also on the 19th is Pixie and Daniel's Equinox party at their house. Bring food, drink, instruments but most importantly yourself! If you need the details please contact them, or if you can't then give us a shout instead.
Looking Ahead
Our Samhain fancy-dress party this year is going to be on Friday the 30th of October. The theme has been decided too - Harry Potter. Wands at the ready!
We're also going to ARA (yes really this time!) on Friday 27th November. It's a special party to celebrate the end of a great friend's chemotherapy. If that ain't worth a night out, then nothing is.
And Finally
The Knitting Noras Naked Knitting charity calender for Christies is out on the 18th of September. Watch THIS SPACE to find out where you can buy it.
Lastly, I've had an email from Ceri of Lune Pagans in Lancaster asking me to advertise their Moot. Happy to oblige:
The moot is on the 2nd Friday of the month (that's Friday 11th September) at the Three Mariners Pub, Bridge Lane. Start time is 8:30. There's a Yahoo group if you want any further info, or you can just turn up and look for their sign.
And that's that. Short and sweet this month.
Love,
Seán
The Next Two Moots
Due to unforeseen difficulties Tina wasn't able to do last night's moot, so instead she's swapped with Linda and will be doing Reflexology on the 13th of October.
And then we're back to our annual Moots, so we'll be having the Storytelling session on the 10th of November. Get thinking now folks and you'll be able to come up with a doozy by then.
Coming Up
For those who like their music and dance traditional, Rivington Morris will be performing as part of the Gorton Rushcart celebration on Saturday the 12th of September and with some other teams at the Olde Man & Scythe and around Bolton on the 19th.
Also on the 19th is Pixie and Daniel's Equinox party at their house. Bring food, drink, instruments but most importantly yourself! If you need the details please contact them, or if you can't then give us a shout instead.
Looking Ahead
Our Samhain fancy-dress party this year is going to be on Friday the 30th of October. The theme has been decided too - Harry Potter. Wands at the ready!
We're also going to ARA (yes really this time!) on Friday 27th November. It's a special party to celebrate the end of a great friend's chemotherapy. If that ain't worth a night out, then nothing is.
And Finally
The Knitting Noras Naked Knitting charity calender for Christies is out on the 18th of September. Watch THIS SPACE to find out where you can buy it.
Lastly, I've had an email from Ceri of Lune Pagans in Lancaster asking me to advertise their Moot. Happy to oblige:
The moot is on the 2nd Friday of the month (that's Friday 11th September) at the Three Mariners Pub, Bridge Lane. Start time is 8:30. There's a Yahoo group if you want any further info, or you can just turn up and look for their sign.
And that's that. Short and sweet this month.
Love,
Seán
Friday, 14 August 2009
August Announcements.
Hi folks and thanks to so many people for turning up on Tuesday night. I believe we managed to squeeze 23 lovely Pagans (if you count Trev - an honorary Pagan) into our living room, and so I'd like to declare August 2009 as the Official Biggest Moot Yet. We need a bigger house!
Special thanks go to Rook for a fascinating and very informative talk on the origins and uses of Tarot, and to Lesley for suggesting and contacting him. From the reaction I think we all enjoyed it immensely. I certainly did.
The Next Two Moots
Rook took over on Tuesday because we've had to reschedule things due to family illnesses and such so:
The Reflexology Moot by Tina (and Daniel & Helen?) will now be on Tuesday 8th September, and Linda's Moot will be on Tuesday 13th October. We still don't know what Linda's going to do yet!
Coming Up
It's a bit short notice, but if you're going to Andrea's '70s themed housewarming party - see you tonight!
We're taking a trip to ARA on the Friday 28th August. Anyone who fancies joining us there is likely to get seriously cuddled and danced at. Jane has promised to come round here first and do our make-up and will be crashing for the night - which means we've room for one more in the taxi, so long as you can cope with sleeping on an air bed in our living room.
(ADDENDUM! I've just discovered ARA's happening on the 21st so we can't go! Bugger, bugger, bugger! Anybody fancy Jilly's on the 28th instead? Or another option?)
We'll be having our annual pre-Equinox Bramble Ramble on Saturday 5th September. Meet at our house at noon, bring a picnic and we can make a whole day of it.
Monday 7th Sept sees Jonny (ex of New Aeon Books) giving a talk on Voodoo (please excuse spelling!) at the Manchester Pagan Wheel Moot. This is at the Waldorf on Gore Street, it starts at 8pm and there's a small charge for room hire.
If Manchester's too far you could always support the Bolton Moot at the Hen & Chickens on the same night.
Finally, for the folkies amongst us Gorton Rushcart is happening in Gorton (oddly enough) on Saturday 12th September. There will even be music and dance from the famous Rivington Morris (plug, plug).
Looking Ahead
We're considering having our annual Samhain fancy-dress party on Friday 30th October. Any suggestions will be most welcome.
We've also been told that Circle of Pagans in Liverpool will be having their do on the Saturday at Casa Bistro. More details to follow, I'm sure.
That'll do for now. See you soon.
Love and the destruction of germs,
Seán
Special thanks go to Rook for a fascinating and very informative talk on the origins and uses of Tarot, and to Lesley for suggesting and contacting him. From the reaction I think we all enjoyed it immensely. I certainly did.
The Next Two Moots
Rook took over on Tuesday because we've had to reschedule things due to family illnesses and such so:
The Reflexology Moot by Tina (and Daniel & Helen?) will now be on Tuesday 8th September, and Linda's Moot will be on Tuesday 13th October. We still don't know what Linda's going to do yet!
Coming Up
It's a bit short notice, but if you're going to Andrea's '70s themed housewarming party - see you tonight!
We're taking a trip to ARA on the Friday 28th August. Anyone who fancies joining us there is likely to get seriously cuddled and danced at. Jane has promised to come round here first and do our make-up and will be crashing for the night - which means we've room for one more in the taxi, so long as you can cope with sleeping on an air bed in our living room.
(ADDENDUM! I've just discovered ARA's happening on the 21st so we can't go! Bugger, bugger, bugger! Anybody fancy Jilly's on the 28th instead? Or another option?)
We'll be having our annual pre-Equinox Bramble Ramble on Saturday 5th September. Meet at our house at noon, bring a picnic and we can make a whole day of it.
Monday 7th Sept sees Jonny (ex of New Aeon Books) giving a talk on Voodoo (please excuse spelling!) at the Manchester Pagan Wheel Moot. This is at the Waldorf on Gore Street, it starts at 8pm and there's a small charge for room hire.
If Manchester's too far you could always support the Bolton Moot at the Hen & Chickens on the same night.
Finally, for the folkies amongst us Gorton Rushcart is happening in Gorton (oddly enough) on Saturday 12th September. There will even be music and dance from the famous Rivington Morris (plug, plug).
Looking Ahead
We're considering having our annual Samhain fancy-dress party on Friday 30th October. Any suggestions will be most welcome.
We've also been told that Circle of Pagans in Liverpool will be having their do on the Saturday at Casa Bistro. More details to follow, I'm sure.
That'll do for now. See you soon.
Love and the destruction of germs,
Seán
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