At the moment, it is still under construction, but I hope it will soon be a fun place and music/writing promotion tool. If it doesn't crash somehow, or I forget my password to get into this thing.
Be sure to check out the links on this homepage (and I hope their originators don't mind my linking to them!)
Today, June 20, 2001, is the birthday of this site. May it have many more anniversaries.
--Karen I. Olsen
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LAIRLINKS DIRECTORY INDEX
The LairMistress's Musician's Bio
Musician's Resume
Youngblood Circle (The Confundus Conspiracy)
The LairMistress's ReverbNation Profile
Karen the LairMistress: New Spotify Profile
The LairMistress on Bandcamp (In Progress)
NEW! Karen on Instagram
Karen's Flickr Profile
The LairMistress Profile at BigStockPhoto
LairMistress Imagekind Profile (Original Pics for Sale!)
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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...
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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: |
The Lair of Cards: Our first Premium LairShop, entirely Dedicated |
Barefoot Bandit North American Tour 2010: |
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2025: Good Evening from Edmunds, WA, LairLurkers of Unusual Duration! I'm here on one of my twice-a-year Solo writing retreats, where I can catch up on blogging and Such without Constant interruption from human and canine neighbors in my building. Not that I don't enjoy the company of Human and Canine neighbors; but I have trouble focusing when humans and canines keep knocking and tiptoeing in to request a bowl of water or Whatnot.
Anyway, here I am at the Best Western Plus in Edmonds, in a first-floor room, typing a new post for the Lair about what it's like to live under a Fascist regime while keeping watch from a distance over Gaza, and doing physical therapy exercises to get my upper right arm muscles fully Functional again. So far, I haven't been Arrested by ICE or Detained by the totally Unnecessary presences of National Guard Troops; but it's not for lack of trying (just kidding; I'm not trying to be Arrested. But I'm also not censoring my written views and opinions any; the First Amendment is still on the books, Last I checked). Meanwhile, the Orange Excrescence is taking wrecking balls to the White House, as if it was his very own personal property! I kid you Not this time. He's destroyed the entire East Wing of the White House in order to build a Gilded Age Ballroom priced at $300 million. Did he get anyone's approval for this? Did he consult with Congress, or even his own Sycophantic advisers?? Word on the street says, Hell, No. He just got some blueprints Drafted up, and called in the wrecking crew to start reducing the 123-year-old East Wing building to rubble, like it was an Alleged terrorist command center in Gaza.
[TO BE CONTINUED...]
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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...
CommonDreams.org
Salam Pax's Weblog
AlterNet Online
Back To Iraq 3.0 (Christopher Allbritton's blog series)
CREDO Action (formerly Working for Change)
Independent Media Center (Archived)
Baghdad Burning: Riverbend's Weblog (Archived)
School of the Americas Watch
ZNet/Z Magazine (New URL)
The Shalom Center (New URL)
OneAmerica (formerly Hate Free Zone)
World Can't Wait
NEW! Fridays For Future
Michael Moore.com
Electronic Iraq.net (New URL)
Salam Pax's New Blog
Southern Poverty Law Center
Salam Pax's Wordpress Blog
CorpWatch.org
Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC):Temporary New URL
Voices in the Wilderness (Archived)
Fellowship of Reconciliation
World Youth Peace Organization
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2025: The season of Samhain is back Already, folks! Damn, just blink and you missed Summer entirely! Now I'm another year into my 60's (though I don't look or act my age, the Plain and Simple Truth is that I personally witnessed the First Lunar Landing, at age 4 1/2, in the summer of '69!), and my brother is retiring from Texas Instruments in a fortnight or So! Now, it's time once Again to collect Autumn leaves and fresh sprigs of cedar, while reading up on European witchery and seeking a Spiral Dance to join...
Dia de Muertos Festival Seattle (Nov. 1-2)
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Seattle Hmong New Year (Nov. 8)
Halloween at Waterfront Park (Oct. 31)
PNW Witches' Market 4th Annual Samhain Celebration (Kirkland, Oct. 26)
North Seattle Samhain Gathering (U-District, Oct. 31)
Earshot Jazz Festival 2025 (Various Venues, Oct. 10-Nov. 2)
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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...
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.
Jason Webley: Independent Musician/Accordion Guy
Patheos: For some reason, Beliefnet (formerly "the mother of all multi-religious news sites", etc.) went all Monoreligious on us some time Ago. Fortunately, Patheos stepped Up to fill the Pluralistic void.
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
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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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