Kari's Lair: Home of the Virgo Folkie

NEWSFLASH (WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2009): LairCronies, a new PromoLair has just been Excavated! After thinking about it Awhile, we decided to start up a blog that promotes our Cafepress LairShops (in lieu of a CP newsletter), and have it Attached, more or less, to the Home Lair at Angelfire. The blog will promote the LairShops; now we have to get Going like gangbusters and promote the blog! It's called The LairShops Beckon.

In the process of Dredging out this PromoLair, we learned a thing or two about what they call "Advanced Customization" (that thing they don't really let you do with free LJs). We are learning how to tweak the Stylesheets, the code for Main page entries, the LairLinks sidebar, and such like. We just put up our first two posts in the past couple of days; now we have to alert the Entire planet to the existence of this thing; and by extension, the LairShops! Just click on the image Below, or the text link Above, to check it out...

Artifacts of the Lair: Lair Logos and other Originals for LairLurkers!	The LithicLair: Graphics and scanned ceramic images inspired by Neolithic European art!	Eireann85: Images of photos taken during the LairMistress's travels in Ireland in 1984-1985!
All Bunnyz, All The Time: Another Cafepress Store. My dad sent me this Bunny pic. It looks a little spooky, But some people dig that stuff.	The Lair of Cards: Our first Premium LairShop, entirely Dedicated to paper products (though it may eventually include cellphone cases and sew-on patches; they're also fairly flat)	Barefoot Bandit North American Tour 2010: A special novelty shop for fans of Colton Harris-Moore. My brother, a small plane owner, is not one of them...LOL

And, of Course, don't forget to Slink In and SIGN THE GUESTBOOK!!

If Wishes Were Currency (and Catching Up on News and Stuff)...

THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2024: Good evening, LairCronies--well, as good as it can get, Anyway. Everything on Earth appears to be going Mad these days. Sorry for the Long delay in updating things. It's one More reason why I need my own little rented office Somewhere in town, where I'm not Bothered by people asking to borrow money, inviting me to watch Inane comedies in my building's basement community room, and all that other gobbledygook. That way, I wouldn't be Tempted to run up to the Best Western in Edmonds quite as Often. Besides, I've heard that rental rates in downtown Seattle are way Down lately, Due to people continuing to work from home, which for Some reason is being Blamed on homeless people.

For some reason, the Israeli military is still bombarding Gaza. Over the past nine months, much of Gaza's civilian infrastructure has been Reduced to rubble by airstrikes and other bombardment, on the off chance that terrorists might be hanging out in Said infrastructure. The IDF evidently considers it Necessary to utterly destroy Entire neighborhoods in order to nab a handful of Hamas fighters. If it's not Yet completely Obvious that Israel is trying to drive all the Palestinians out of Gaza (in order to re-annex and re-settle the place) by making most parts of the Strip Uninhabitable, the IDF is still hitting the rubble of buildings and refugee camps with more airstrikes and tank shells, apparently to reduce the rubble to finer-sized rubble, for some Bonkers reason. But the Palestinians of Gaza have made it crystal Clear that they ain't leaving; Likewise the Palestinians of the West Bank, no matter how many of their number are plainly Murdered by settlers and Israeli troops. They pray in the ruins of mosques, return to bombed-out homes and repaint them; and do all they can to keep their children from starving to death. Netanyahu and the Far-right thugs in his cabinet couldn't care Less if they tried about Palestinian infants starving to death. Shoot, they don't even lose that much sleep worrying about Israeli hostages still in Gaza. When confronted with Irrefutable evidence that adorable six-year-old Hind Rajab was straight-up Murdered, along with her aunt, uncle and cousins, in a car Parked at a gas station outside Gaza City, the IDF merely muttered, "We're still looking into it." But Hind Rajab has changed the world, simply by crying out for help in a Cellular call that has gone Viral worldwide. She is now the subject of Macklemore's top-selling rap song, "Hind's Hall." I myself am writing a song about the strength of Gazan people's faith that seems to outlast the bombing of their places of worship. And Israel's reputation, across the world, has never been in a more Wretched state; much of the world is finally Over the "Israel can do no wrong" ideology. More on this Soon...

In the Mean and Mad time, I think I've finally got my Zoom h4n recorder Figured out; now it's time to make Proper recordings of a bunch of songs, if I can find a recording space without too much traffic or air-conditioner noise (the built-in mics of a h4n, after all, can pick up Quiet voices Clear down the end of my hall!). More busking is also in Order, as well as getting the two Huge boxes in my bathroom into storage where they belong. I'm not moving Yet; just trying to declutter the space I have, within reason. I'd also like a Short vacation this summer on the Oregon coast, or some Such location.

UPDATE (MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2024): In other news, I am sixty (60!) today. Unbelievable. I don't feel anywhere near that age. Mentally, I feel about 32. Does everyone go through such a Surreal mental state when they hit the Big Six-Oh?! Seriously, I don't feel like a Senior. At all. I still give up my seat on buses for Real elders. Oh: and lest I forget, actor Keanu Reeves is also 60 Today. Party on, dude!!

Anyway, here Again are some new Antiwar and other Progressive LairLinks that have crossed our path Recently, as well as some old favorites from Before--Newly Updated (note new URLs for some orgs)! Alas, the Iraqi Information Minister site finally bit the dust a while Back. He probably still regrets that we are too far Removed from reality...

Seattle Summer/Fall Festivals Upcoming (Live Events Only!): The Newest Update (well, More or Less...)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2024: Here I am, a newly-Minted 60-something, still using LairSpeak terms like "LairLurkers"! Oh well; as the song says, "Merry-hearted boys make the best of old men." Not to mention that Fantastic book title, When I Am An Old Woman, I Shall Wear Purple. Shoot, I have three purple teeshirts already! So, good LairCronies, what are we doing for Fall Festivals this year? Let's put our Google-eyes goggles on...

NEW UPDATE (WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2024): Dangit, folks; looks like our Affiliate source has scrapped all their lovely banners, ads, and other Fascinating stuff! We're left with little but text LairLinks that we have to decorate on our own! Well, guess the banners just weren't paying for themselves. But we'll do the best we can to monetize Said source with our own free labor! Grumphh...

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What I Hope To Accomplish Here

Market freelance articles, poems, the Great American Short Story Collection...
Promote My Own Music (MP3, here I come!): Here is a partial list of Original Songs written between 1978 and the Present.
LINK (at last!) to my favorite websites.

Here is a more detailed discussion of my musical and other creative goals for the rest of 2001 and beyond.

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My Favorite Web Sites (a Partial Listing...)

Liam Clancy: Well, Liam's website, with the man himself now in Spirit, has unfortunately bit the dust. For now, we content ourselves with a Bing resource page in his honor.

Here, also, is a newly Updated YouTube video collection of Liam's music and collaborations.

Jason Webley: Independent Musician/Accordion Guy

Awaiting the Spring, the Jason Crowd continues to post messages and nostalgia at the
Jason Webley Forum; and, more Recently, the Jason Webley LiveJournal Community.

NEW! Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Online Blog: The new Nusrat site we've been waiting for!

Read a personal tribute to Nusrat, penned by the LairMistress.
Here is Nusrat's Real World Records Artist Profile.

GoddessKRING: Shannon Kringen's Website and ArtShrine: Caution! Delicious Adult Photographic
Artwork and other Audio/Visual Delights to be found Within!

BeliefNet.com: The Mother of all Multi-Religious discussion and news sites. Never a dull moment.

Starhawk: Regenerative Culture, Earth-based Spirituality, and Permaculture: Adventures, Projects and Writings of the Lair's Favorite Witch.

Makem Central: Tommy Makem and the Makem Brothers

Information and Memories of Tommy Makem himself.

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The lovely Celtic circle at the top of this page (and the turquoise cross atop the Goals 2001 Page) comes to us courtesy of the Free Celtic Clipart Page at Ireland-Information.com. For the best in free Celtic clipart, do pay them a visit!

Likewise, the LairMistress has had great fun with the cool animated graphics provided free of charge by The Animation Factory--as you can see, I've got animated critters all over the Lair by now! At least one new animated critter is birthed on their site every day! Check them out at the LairLink above!

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Kari's Lair: Home of the Virgo Folkie

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If Wishes Were Currency (and Catching Up on News and Stuff)...

Seattle Summer/Fall Festivals Upcoming (Live Events Only!): The Newest Update (well, More or Less...)

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What I Hope To Accomplish Here

My Favorite Web Sites (a Partial Listing...)

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