OSLSS Something Corny
Join us grinding corn at the Cornwall Agricultural Fair where we’ll also be selling freshly grilled sweet corn for lunch. Fair Admission is Free!
OSLSS Keeping a Family Cow
Learn about finding, feeding, housing, fencing, breeding, and caring for your cow with Debra Tyler of Local Farm. Try your hand at milking. Make butter, soft cheese, ice cream, and yogurt. Go home with resource lists, your own copy of Joanne Grohman’s Keeping a Family Cow, a slew of recipes and MOOre!
The FAMILY COW workshops run from 10:00 to 1:00 and include a pot-luck lunch. Cost is $35/person or $50/family (up to 4 members). For more information and to register, call (860)672-0229 or send an email to farmer@rlocalfarm.com.
The 2010 workshops will be on Saturdays: May 22 and September 25. We will be happy to consider scheduling other dates if you contact us.
For photos and reports about past Family Cow Workshops, visit our blog. … …(home)
Family Contra Dance
Another Motherhouse event providing place, support, and time for mothers by promoting thriving families and vibrant communities.
Each Family Dance is taught and led by a “caller,” who explains how the dance flows and helps the dancers “walk through” the dance before the music starts. S/he continues “calling” instructions throughout the dance. Dancers of all ages and levels of ability are welcome to join in this everybody-wins team sport.
Dances run from 7:00 until 9:30 and are held at the Cornwall, CT Town Hall at 24 Pine Street. Call Jim or Jane Prentice 860-672-6101 for more info.
Callers scheduled for 2010 are:
January 10 – Bill Fischer July 3 – Fern Bradley
February 6 – Jim Gregory August 7 – Anne Banks
March 6 – Bill Fischer September 4 – Bill Fischer
April 3 – David Kaynor October 2 – David Kaynor
May 1 – Jeff Walker November 6 – Paul Rosenberg
June 5 – Bill Fischer December 4 – Bill Fischer
OSLSS Pi(e) Equals What?
Celebrate the harvest season with a homegrown pie. Pluck a ripe squash, collect eggs, milk a cow, grind flour and render lard to make a delicious “pumpkin” pie from scratch.
All our Old Style Life Skills Series workshops take place in or near Cornwall, CT, run from 10:30 to 1:30 and include a pot-luck lunch. For more information, click on OSLSS in the Pages menu box below.
New Moon Gathering
Inspired by the book The Red Tent and ancient Jewish tradition, Motherhouse friend, Rachel Gall leads a monthly gathering for women of all ages on the eve of the new moon. Now meeting under a growing canopy of sewn-together red fabric scraps, women celebrate their fertility cycles and all creative endeavors with an unstructured evening of food, music, dance, story-telling, or just hanging out. These informal women’s get-togethers are an opportunity to celebrate Life’s cycles and femininity. All women, all ages, and their dependents (you can define “dependent”) are welcome at 12 Noon of the new moon. Call Rachel for details at 860 824-8404. Visit our New Moon web log for info on the last gathering and the upcoming moon at noonnewmoon.blogspot.com
Debra crashes after a great meal
August 07
OSLSS Serious Dough
Cheer up seasonal grumps with the smell of fresh bread. Grind wheat, mix and knead dough, form and bake your own loaf of bread. Sample a variety of home-made breads and discuss the use of different ingredients.
All our Old Style Life Skills Series workshops take place in or near Cornwall, CT, run from 10:30 to 1:30 and include a pot-luck lunch. For more information, click on OSLSS in the Pages menu box below.
OSLSS A Time to Rest
Taking our cue from Mother Nature we will slow down and rest during this winter season so that we may greet the spring with renewed vigor. 