Albany Scottish Festival

The Albany Festival is not happening again this year, but according to their page, they will be back in 2015. We look forward to attending this fine event again next year.

April 1st

Hunt the Gowk (Scotland)

 On this day people would play tricks and tell lies to catch each other out. But the jokes had to stop at mid-day. Now called April Fool's Day, hunting the gowk was originally sending someone on a foolish errand to hand someone a paper with the words "Dinna laugh, an' dinna smile But hunt the gowk another mile." The "fool" would then be sent on to the next person to find.

Signal

With the Spring issue of the Signal, June Thompson will be taking over the editorial duties. She has a background in publishing and makes it to many more of the events than I was able to. I am sorry to give it up but, with my duties also as Oregon Deputy Commissioner and our Foster Home, my plate was overloaded. I am looking forward to having more time for my commissioner duties and being able to keep this blog a bit more active.

I enjoyed doing the Signal for the last 2 years, I learned a lot! I want to thank the Regional Commissioners that gave me the opportunity and the help while I undertook the assignment.

Kate

Calendar is updated!

I just finished updating the 2014 calendar...I fixed a couple of broken links and added the Montana Games, so if you are in the area, you have a chance to catch what I hear are some great games!

Not all of the websites have been updated as of yet...and the AGM website is set up, but has nothing on the AGM yet. I will keep an eye on it and if they change the website or update it, I will give y'all a heads up.

I will update the links and NPR events...adding the Montana events and links there also. I am also working on a Travel page for the blog.

Kate

Monthly Web Meeting

We have started a monthly web meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Last night was our first actual meeting as we have been dealing with different issues the last couple of months. Servers were down one month due to the nasty weather across the country, but we had both video and audio last night!
Thank you to Gretchen for joining us! If you would like to join us...drop me a line at dragonbroom@yahoo.com and we will get you an invite sent out to the meeting.

Kate

Glencoe 2014 - Cancelled

We had to cancel the Glencoe memorial this year. We had a death in the family...the Weight master that was murdered a couple of weeks ago was married to Todd's cousin. The funeral/memorial service was the same day as we had planned Glencoe. We also had word from many folks that they were still combating the Flu bug that has been particularly nasty this year. And with others still dealing with the tail end of the frozen weather, we thought that it was best to cancel.

Unfortunately, due to a resident issue here at home we were not able to attend the funeral either.

Kate

Catching up...

I hope you all survived the holidays and the cold, snowy weather! We had that nasty bug that has been going around...lasted about a month, that was REALLY miserable!
We are gearing up for the new season...I will be updating this years calendar as I confirm events. I also will be updating any broken links or items that have been moved...you know, spring cleaning!!
Stay tuned for more frequent posting as we head into the new season.

Kate