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to
prejudice, bigotry, and narrowmindedness,and many of our people need it sorely
on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot
be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.---------
Mark Twain -
Gathering
of The 13 Grandmothers -
On June 12th through the 22nd The
13 Grandmothers gathered in council for the fifth time in the Black
Hills of South Dakota. A contingent of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers from all parts
of the world, they come together in belief that sharing the teachings of our ancestors
will light our way through these uncertain times. During this gathering there
were public and private meetings, ceremonies and lessons to protect the collective
heritage of traditional medicines, peacemaking and healing for us all collectively
as human beings and learn hoe to better defend our Mother Earth Herself.
Sarah
Elizabeth Whitehead attended this gathering for the LifeHeartSpirit lessons
that would be revealed. In a poem by Ron Whitehead he intimates his perspective
of the experience. Click Here
to read his impression in the poem, "geothermal
piano" .
20,000
Km, 66 Days, 25 Countries, 2 Bikes, 1 Coast - On May 17th, Chris
Schweizer and Stephan Schacher will embark on an exceptional journey.
Starting in Istanbul, these two travelers will mount their Harley-Davidson
motorcycles and navigate the coast of Europe in 66 days taking them to the
northernmost point of Europe. Click
Here and Learn about the freedom dream of True-Spirit.
The
beginning of February found Ron and Sarah Whitehead in Lisbon, Portugal
presenting a workshop/seminar with Ron imparting "CROSSING
THE RIVER OF FIRE: Journey of Self Discovery, The Alchemy of Writing"
and Sarah, Homesick: "The Experience of Voice
and The Circle" They also performed "The
Privilege of Paths" with Íris & Lúcia
Loureiro at Santiago
Alquimista . Ron illuminates their mystical visit to Lisbon in prose.
Click Here to read,
Alfama old Lisbon Portugal February 2007 (a
love poem for
Sarah) .
January
27, 2007 found Alt-Jouralist, Jeremy Hogan, back on the streets of Washington
D.C. along with 250,000 Americans protesting the war in Iraq. With George W. Bush
proposing a “surge” of 21,000 more Americans to be sent to Iraq to help
them defend themselves from themselves, a question comes to bear . . . Click
Here to read "Is This
2007 or 1965?"
From
September 9th thru the 15th, Zoe
Artemis made way to Skiathos, Greece to open up her home on this truly
idylic island in the Aegean for her second wrting retreat SKY,
SEA, MOUNTAINS. From the UK was Mitzi Szereto with her SMOLDERING
WORDS: Erotic Writing & Fiction Workshop. Click
Here for the story and pix from the 2006 workshop in Skiathos.
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David Amram, joined his pal, Willie Nelson for his 10th
appearance at Farm Aid 2006! Dave checked in after his Farm Aid 2006
performance, Click Here
to read David Amram's letter "On The
Road from FarmAid 2006"
Now
in it's 16th season, Cathleen Schandelmeier's, Beach
Poets Series welcomed Michael Dean Odin Pollock to read trance
scribed selections from his -
" Walker's Journals " Sunday, July 9th, 2006.
Michael
Dean Odin Pollock & Special Guest.Tyrone
Cotton. performed Universal Roots Music with their unique take
on Accoustic Folk/Blues/Country/Americana at the Rudyard
Kipling !
Some say you can't go back to from where you came but Insom correspondant, Jeremy
Hogan returns to California to re-tread old trails not trod for over a decade
and inevitably blaze new ones as he travels from San Diego to San Francisco. Read
his travel weblog, "Back
To Where I Came From."
Tyrone
Cotton hit the bricks in support of his new CD and made way to
Sin-e
in NYC on May 22, 2006 Also appearing that evening was another shining son of
Louisville, Danny Kiely. Danny is also the founder
of In Room One
an organization dedicated to providing recording/production and business/legal
services to aid and abet the careers of unsigned artists and bands.
As
for Jeremy Hogan his compass pointed him East to NYC for the opening of
Kaliedescope
the photo exhibit sposored by Gild
and held at The Changing Room
in the NoHo neighborhood of lower Manhatten. The opening was massively attended
and grooved into the evening to the smooth beats provided by DJ
Pismo. Again with camera in hand Jeremy snared some snaps of the moment,
Click
Here to view his PhotoBook of the opening!
Spring
op' found many of The Faithful bringing their Stories, Sights and Sounds to the
road. NYC poet/painter Frank Messina hit the bricks with his "One
Night Stand" Art and Poetry trek in mid-March.
Starting
in San Diego, Messina made his way back East across the desert and through the
Heartland. Insom framester, Jeremy Hogan caught up with Frank in
Evansville, Ind at The Sychronicity Art Gallery
for a night of Spoke and Roll and Art that moves the Soul! which
was hosted by noneother than fellow Insom alums, Will
Sovern and Shakespeare's Monkey.
Click
Here to view a VidClip of the Messina classic, "American't
Get Home - Bicycle" lensed by Jeremy Hogan.
Not losing
stride Messina headed south to Louisville, KY to hook up with Ron and Sarah
Elizabeth Whitehead, Dean McClain, Tyrone
Cotton and other Keepers of The Flame for an intimate evening of Art and
Spoken Soul Song in The Highlands. Click
Here to view the joint Hogan/Messina PhotoBook of both these fantastic
evenings of Sights, Spoke and Song!
Make
sure to check back here at Travel Is Fatal . . . for more
Sights,
Spoke and Sounds from The Heartland, The Cities and Beyond which are coming to
light here at Insomniacathon On-Line!
