October 17 CWI

October 17, 2014

CWI Sheboygan Branch Update

We are all set for our annual Samhain Dinner.    The dinner will take place at the First Congregational Church of Christ, 1405 S. Highway 67, Plymouth WI on Sunday, October 26 at 4PM.  Please come and bring a dish to pass that relates to our Celtic roots and/or the Harvest Season that is coming to an end  leads into the dark season where humans and the earth rest and prepare for the world to revive in the spring, Imbolc.  Learn more at this site:  http://www.newgrange.com/samhain.htm

Please come, bring your significant other, bring friends if you want and invite those who have gone before.   We are not celebrating exactly on All Soul's Eve (Halloween) but I bet none of those we love who have gone ahead will hesitate to come if we invite them.

Bring your dish to share (I will bring a super colcannon),  your table service (a setting for your ancestors if you wish) and stories.   This is the time to share tales of the year that is coming to an end and stories of our ancestors.  I am getting excited - we had such a super time last year.  Please come as we can do some planning too.

LITERARY EXCHANGE
Our bi-annual Literary Exchange is November 15th at 1PM. - at my home (725 Tallgrass Lane, Plymouth)  We had selected Morgan Llywelyn's 1916.   Even if you have not had a chance to read the book, please come. I understand from a couple people that this has been a difficult read.   So we can regroup.    Joan has to be with her mom, but she and I decided to keep the date anyway.     Those of us who just got back from IBAM (Irish Books Art Music) have so much to share and can recommend SO many authors that we had the honor to meet there and suggestions for discussion.   (I lent my copy of 1916 to someone?  I can't remember who.) Come with ideas and ready to hear about IBAM.    I can also tell you a bit about Morgan Llywelyn.  She is historically accurate but not always an easy read.

Anyway, please come.    I will have treats and if you are very very good will make Irish coffee with Jamison for any takers:)

Dia Dhuit

Mary

Michael Kelly " In a land where there are no musicians; in a land where there are no storytellers; teachers and poets; in a land where there are no men and women of vision and leadership; in a land where there are no legends, saints, and champions; in a land where there are no dreamers, the people will most certainly perish."