Kathleen O'Brien Blair's Page

Go here http://www.gfo.org/insider/insiderMay09.pdf

Look for American Welsh Heritage. I'm going to send the editor a note with the direct link to the Eisteddfod page here and asking her to drop the last "d"

"AMERICAN WELSH HERITAGE
Celebration Coming to Portland
The Left Coast Eisteddfodd (sic) will be held in Portland, Oregon on August 22, 2009 at the McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W. Burnside. An Eisteddfodd is a celebration of all things Welsh including an online talent competition. To v… Continue

My husband Frank is a true Renaissance Man. He's a Geek, Historian, Professional musician, Silversmith, and Woodworker. He's also the Enterprise Architect for Columbia Sportswear; that's what's not-so-euphemistically referred to as 'a day job'. Columbia is a great place for artists to work and they sponsor an art show once a year for their artist-employees to be able to show their work. Frank sold several bracelets and Absinthe spoons this year.

Anyway, we're both really into our cultural herit… Continue

California Celtic Colloquium #31

Celtic Studies Association of North America Annual Meeting

12-15 March 2009

370/371 Dwinelle Hall

University of California, Berkeley

THURSDAY

4:00-4:15 Welcome by Dean

Session 1:

4:30 Aled Jones, "Towards the Genre of Prophecy"

5:00 Tina Chance, "A Dream that was Rome: Reading Breuddwyd Maxen Wledig . .
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5:30 Antone Minard, "The Waterfowl Wife in Early Irish Literature"

6:00 Charles MacQuarrie, "The Nature of Manawydan"

6:30-6:45 BREAK

6:45 Dorothy… Continue

I wonder what's happened in the last 8 years? - Kathleen

From this article http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/2755217.stm

Results of the latest census show a significant increase in the numbers of people speaking Welsh.

Full census figures published on Thursday reveal that more than 20% of people in Wales now speak Welsh. Figures revealed that 20.5% - more than one in five - of the population are Welsh speakers. This compares with 18.5% of Welsh speakers in the 1991 census.

In addition… Continue

So, I was thinking about this the last several days. I participated in a count of homeless people here in our county (Yamhill County, Oregon) and many among them are veterans.

The mythologies of the Gaelic and Brythonic cultures, are all commonly lumped into the catchphrase "Celtic." I wish they wouldn't do that, but, there it is. Semantic peculiarities and peccadilloes aside, these myths, and the archetypes they describe, are particularly apropos for homeless veterans.

The particular archetyp… Continue