Kari's Lair: Home of the Virgo Folkie

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...

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!
GoddessKRING also has three Cafepress eStores: multi media aRtmaker KringCOLLAGE Art Shoppe Face of KRING	All Bunnyz, All The Time: Another Cafepress Store. My dad sent me this Bunny pic. It looks a little spooky, But some people dig that stuff.	Also, check out The Violin Case eStore: Cool Products with a Violin theme, by my childhood friend, violin teacher Julie Tebbs of Kirkland, WA!!

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So, How's the Weather in Your Home Lair..?

(WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012): Greetings, LairLurkers, and a very good evening to all who Slink into the Home Lair! That last Macabre post was dated December 2011; but I actually finished it well into the New Year. Anyway...this will be one of those "newscap" posts, if you can stand another one of those during an election year. So, without Further ado:

Well, on top of everything Else we do Online, I've finally succumbed to temptation and opened a new Twitter account! Just so it won't be a Complete waste of time, I've been attempting to restrict my "following" activities to musicians and music-Related organizations. And Stephen Fry. Okay, he's not a musician (at least, not to my knowledge); but WTF, everyone and her pet iguana is following Stephen Fry on Twitter these days. I just happen to be follower #4,255,617, or Somewhere in that ballpark. Now that our dear Hitch has passed Away, I certainly hope, pray and so on that Stephen stays Healthy for a while Yet...

Speaking of death, some Sad news reached us about a month Ago: that of the deaths of not one, but two of my Irish Studies professors over in Dublin with whom I studied in 1984-85. The first was Folklore/Mythology professor Daithí Ó hÓgáin; the second was my overall-Favorite instructor, Irish-language professor Eoghan Ó hAnluain, both of University College Dublin. These LairLinks lead to their Irish Times obit notices, with a fair amount of biographical details Included for both these fine gentlemen (both fluent Irish-speakers, by the way). I wish I'd kept in touch with both of them better than I did. Is fada liom uaim iad...

I had a gyn-Oriented exam a couple of weeks Ago, with test results showing up on my new MyOnlineChart profile (a New and Interesting way to get medical test results quickly). Not the most thoroughly Pleasant thing to go through on a spring afternoon (specula of Various sizes are NOT my idea of a sexual experience! Gah...); but the Resulting info is Nice to have on hand. Long and short, I do not, thankfully, have any sign of endometrial or cervical malignancy; but I do seem to be mildly Anemic. Probably because I haven't had nearly Enough greens in my diet over the past several months. That, of course, can be Remedied fairly cheaply, even without iron supplements.

There appears to be the possibility that I can do at least some of my own instrumentation to recorded Original songs by way of Finale Songwriter and Audacity audio-editing software, both of which are now on my laptop's hard drive! I wrote up a Short exercise on Finale last night, and was very Impressed with the sounds of contrabass, harpsichord and percussion that it produced. If the stereo functions on Audacity cooperate with mp3's of Finale instrumentation, maybe some of my songs will begin to sound Marketable and Licensable to Various online markets! The possibilities are kind of Exciting, should all these mechanisms work well Together (I've currently got the 2005 version of Songwriter; I wonder if I need an upgrade?)...

I still need someone to perform and tour with regularly. I need to make all my recorded material Available for sale via download. I need a Zzounds Zoom H2 or H4 to record more stuff. I also need to get back to busking bigtime. Folklife and the U-District Street Fair are just around the corner!!

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...

Seattle Spring Festivals Upcoming: The Newest Update (well, More or Less...)

THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012: Bloody Internet Explorer! It decided to shut down on me Yesterday, while I was right in the middle of updating these festival listings! I didn't lose too much info; but it's Infuriating nonetheless. So, let's try this Again: It's May! It's Spring! Time to start busking at festivals, on street corners, Wherever, with all instruments, cute dogs, and/or any other equipment one can cobble Together!!

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By the way, these decorative links above and below lead to Affiliate Programs in which the Lair is currently Participating.
We are in the process Now of dropping some affiliate programs, and joining up with new ones. We will Soon be ending our relationship with BooksOnline.com Book Club, and with Apollo's Axes, while staying with Indie-Music.com, and our new Affiliation (see LairBanners above and below). All this, in addition to our Brand-New PhotoStockPlus stock photo gallery!

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What I Hope To Accomplish Here

Market freelance articles, poems, the Great American Short Story Collection...
Promote My Own Music (MP3, here I come!): Here is a partial list of Original Songs written between 1978 and the Present.
LINK (at last!) to my favorite websites.

Here is a more detailed discussion of my musical and other creative goals for the rest of 2001 and beyond.

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My Favorite Web Sites (a Partial Listing...)

Liam Clancy: A World of Music

Guess what?! Liam's site has a Brand New Message Board, that's What!!

Jason Webley: Independent Musician/Accordion Guy

Here Again is our lovely Jason Webley Halloween 2001 Special Page.
Awaiting the Spring, the Jason Crowd continues to post messages and nostalgia at the
Jason Webley Forum; and, more Recently, the Jason Webley LiveJournal Community.

NEW! Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Turkish Fansite: The new Nusrat site we've been waiting for!

Nusrat Forever.com is Another Strong contender for "Nusrat site we've been waiting for"!
Read a personal tribute to Nusrat, penned by the LairMistress.
Here, also, is an Interview with Nusrat, excerpted from Inside The Music by Dimitri Ehrlich.

GoddessKRING: Shannon Kringen's Website and ArtShrine: Caution! Delicious Adult Photographic
Artwork and other Audio/Visual Delights to be found Within!

My Epinions Record Review Collection

BeliefNet.com: The Mother of all Multi-Religious discussion and news sites. Never a dull moment.

Starhawk's Tangled Web: 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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Kari's Lair: Home of the Virgo Folkie

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So, How's the Weather in Your Home Lair..?

Seattle Spring Festivals Upcoming: The Newest Update (well, More or Less...)

<<<>>>PAX IN TERRA * SÍOCHÁIN AR AN DTALAMH * PEACE ON EARTH<<<>>>

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What I Hope To Accomplish Here

My Favorite Web Sites (a Partial Listing...)

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