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Dover Books
Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney
p. 242

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Long years ago, soon after the world was made, a hunter and his wife lived at Pilot knob with their only child, a little boy. The father’s name was Kana’ti (The Lucky Hunter), and his wife was called Selu (Corn). No matter when Kana’ti went into the wood, he never failed to bring back a load of game, which his wife would cut up and prepare, washing off the blood from the meat in the river near the house. The little boy used to play down by the river every day, and one morning the old people thought they heard laughing and talking in the bushes as though there were two children there. When the boy came home at night his parents asked him who he had been playing with him all day. “He comes out of the water,” said the boy, “and he calls himself my elder brother. He says his mother was cruel to him and threw him into the river.” Then they knew that the strange boy had sprung from the blood of the game which Selu had washed off at the river’s edge.

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....chotto yon-de-mi....

Horse Latitudes of Resistance

Vote for Larry!

hi everyone

hope you all are well

check it out, CNN is having an online voting thingy featuring four environmental stewards.
Larry Gibson is one of the folks who was nominated.

SVP make your old Nantoka O-ba chan happy and go cast your vote...

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/cnn.heroes

also, if you are interested in acquiring any of the paintings below please ask Margaret at the Homebody for details, as she is helping to auction them (and many others) to raise money to keep Wal-Mart from moving in beside the Margaret Beeks school in Blacksburg.

bye, have a great day, thanks for reading. -Suzy

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Sample items from the October 2007 auction in Blacksburg, VA to raise money for sustainable development

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Roma ancestor
Sumi ink painting on paper
artist - Suzy Nees
2007

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The friendly O-bake person on the other side of the brush
Sumi ink painting on paper
artist - Suzy Nees
2005

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A few music & art events coming up this October

hi everyone

hope you are doing well
I am working on some press releases related to some cool events coming up this weekend in the coming month...below is a little overview of what I have so far.

bye, have a good day. thanks for reading. -Suzy

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Oct. 6 - Rally in downtown Blacksburg for sustainable development (for example, no Wal-Mart beside an elementary school.) A free event. Live music & guest speakers. 2 to 4 pm.

Visitors at this event can learn more about the spectacular gala (complete with ballroom dancing and an art auction) that locals are organizing to support sustainable development in Montgomery County.

Oct. 6 - Southern Mountain Square Dance in Blacksburg

Oct. 6 - Alliens & Sol Creech at Winter Sun in Floyd

Oct. 20 - Prayers at Kayford Mountain

Oct. 20 - Meet NRV author Krisha Chachra in Blacksburg

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from the desk of the Black Twig Pickers

Hello, all: Black Twig Pickers are on tap for 2 shows Saturday, Oct. 6 --

First is noon to 2 p.m. or thereabouts at Wasena Park in Roanoke, where the Twigs have the mission of adding some string-and-board whatsis to the great river cleanup celebration;

and second is the 6:15 p.m. dancing slot at the Roanoke Fiddle & Banjo Club's monthly shindig at Mount Pleasant Elementary School. Directions are pasted at the bottom of this email. See http://www.roanokefiddleandbanjoclub.org/Home.html for more details, but note that the Twigs switched to an earlier slot -- looks like a music-packed evening with a bill that includes Baker & Honeycutt, the Old Dominion Cloggers, Deep South, Floyd & Friends and Just Us.

And mark your calendars for Oct. 26-28, when old-timey country blues shouter (and ace songwriter) Charlie Parr returns to play a few shows with the Black Twigs in Roanoke, Blacksburg and Charlottesville. If you haven't caught Charlie's few appearances in the Southeast before, be prepared -- this is strong stuff: excellent singing and fingerpicking on National steel, 12-string and banjo in an exceptional mix of traditional and tradionally-based original material. See www.charlieparr.com for more info, or check the NPR interview he did about his new album "Jubilee" that we've posted at www.klang.org. We think Charlie's one of the best people still living who plays this sort of material.

Word at press time is that washboardist/percussionist Lane Prekker will be riding with Charlie on this swing, so expect plenty of clatter as Nathan and Lane continue the double washboard conversation they began last spring when the Twigs accompanied Charlie to Kentucky, Georgia and Richmond. Also expect plenty of Charlie + Twigs ensemble action.

Here's how the show lineup is looking:

• On Friday, Oct. 26, Charlie and the Twigs will be at Blue 5 in Roanoke;
• Saturday, Oct. 27, is scheduled to be a couple party-type appearances in Blacksburg, details TBA;
• and Sunday, Oct. 28, is a Charlie, Black Twig Pickers and another band bill at Outback Lodge in Charlottesville.

Expect more emails closer to the shows, or check the shows listing at www.klang.org for more details.

And last, here are directions to the fiddle & banjo club throwdown this Saturday, taken from the club's website:

From Franklin County: Take Rt.116 north from Burnt Chimney across Windy Gap mountain to Mount Pleasant. Turn Right onto Mount Pleasant Blvd. Go about a quarter of a mile the school is on the left. You can’t miss it. If the parking lot is full you can park across the road at the church on the right.

From Roanoke: From Elm Ave. take either 9th street or 13th street in SE Roanoke to Riverland Road (aka: Rt.116). Turn left onto Rt.116 and go about 1.5 to 2.5 miles from the intersection with 13th street. Turn left onto Mount Pleasant Blvd. Go about a quarter of a mile the school is on the left. You can’t miss it. If the parking lot is full you can park across the
road at the church.

Radical sustainability workshop this evening in Blacksburg, VA

Hi everyone,

Hope you are doing well and enjoying your October.
A Rhizome Collective workshop on radical sustainability will take place in McBryde hall on the VT campus tonight...memos on this event can be found at the Oasis & Eats shopping mart in Blacksburg.

bye, thanks for reading, have a wonderful day. -Suzy