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Tuesday, August 19: Sewing night at the Makerspace, 6pm, Independent Media Center, Urbana, Illinois. Saturday, August 24: Baroness Duchess Wars, Annual camping event with all the trimmings – combat, rapier, archery, merchants, royal court, classes, arts competitions. Christian County Fairgrounds, Taylorville, Illinois. Sponsored by the Shire of Swordcliff. Sunday, August 25: Caer Gwyn demo and […]

Some great activities are coming up in Caer Gwyn and around the region. Be sure not to miss a thing! Tuesday July 30: Monthly Arts and Sciences meeting, 7pm , Illini Union, Urbana, Illinois Sunday, August 4: Monthly Business Meeting, 5pm, Illini Union, Urbana, Illinois Tuesday August 19: Sewing night at the Makerspace, 6pm, Independent

My apologies in advance for beginning this weeks blog with a grisly family story. I was watching Call The Midwife recently. The episode was about an illegal abortion that went very wrong. I was reminded of a similar tale from my own family. Way back in the 20s I had a Great Auntie Lizzie. She

Sometimes I love weeds. Well, at least a plant others consider being a weed. I mean they have an insatiable desire to thrive no matter where they are. Unlike some more “well-liked” puny garden annuals, that have to be constantly babied. So what is better than a weed that not only thrives without help but also

Good Morrow, When I have the chance to meander down a country road I do. As I trek the byways of rural Logan County I gaze upon the wild flowers growing abundantly wherever Mother Nature has chosen for them to sprout. It is in Four of these plants, and their medicinal uses that I base

La maith duit, Good day to you in Irish Gaelic. In my last blog, I spoke of the many topics I would cover over the next year or so. Then I thought, in what order shall they go ? Should I start with gardening since I love digging in the soil, historic sites, since I

Taobh amuigh, gaelic for outsider. One of the first words I learned from my maternal grandfather, Robert Allan. He was descended from the MacDonald clan of Glencoe. He arrived in America, or the colonies as he always called it, as a Scottish immigrant in 1919.  I must admit I felt like taobh amuigh many times

Caer Gwyn received the Award of the Purple Fretty from TRM A’Kos and Bella for their part in the Dragonshire event 12th Night/Festival of Maidens, 2019. Scroll by THL Cydeaux of Brittany. The award was granted at Better War Through Archery in Sternfeld, March 30, 2019. Thanks to everyone who volunteered at the event and