As of today, I have 5 $30.00 sponsorships left. And will always welcome gifts to Camp Shakespeare! Doc On Mar 17, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Maggie Megaw wrote: > I'll pipe up here, in case anyone else wants to contribute to the > cause. Doc spent just north of $400--I think it added up to $435-- > on the roses, compost, and irrigation supplies. I think with Gail's > rose bush he's half way there. > > Xxxm > > maggie megaw | business affairs, inc | 2415 main street santa monica > ca 90405 | ph 310 954 8440 | fx 310 362 8707 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: weeklong-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:weeklong-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org > ] On Behalf Of McDonald G. > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:40 AM > To: weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Weeklong-l] Virginia's Roses > > Dear Doc, > > I'd like to send money for the roses. Could you remind me of your > mailing address? I wish I could have been there. > > Love, > Gail > ________________________________________ > From: weeklong-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [weeklong-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org > ] On Behalf Of James Ayres [jayres@cvctx.com] > Sent: 16 March 2011 02:22 > To: weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Weeklong-l] Virginia's Roses > > And that's the way it was. > > > On Mar 15, 2011, at 5:00 PM, Clay Stromberger wrote: > >> Thanks for the note, Doc, and for bringing all the moving parts >> together so perfectly. >> >> This sport, well carried, SHALL be chronicled. >> >> Though I also think that as always Doc's concrete and brief >> chronicle of the time says it very well. But perhaps there are a >> few other moments to recall and pass along.... so here's a note to >> those that we love and to them that love us. We want you all there >> for the next planting project. >> >> >> It was a gloriously cool and sunny verge-of-spring morning, very >> fitting for such a special person as Virginia Elverson. The birds >> were talking all at once, as Townes Van Zandt used to sing. I even >> saw a bright red cardinal in the Barn, perched atop a metal folding >> chair, when I went in there to change out of my longjohns (it was >> warming up by then). As Doc said at one point with a grin, "Some of >> these folks haven't been out here before when it's nice." The grass >> was so soft and lush that Willa, 10, could not resist springing into >> a few cartwheels, which inspired Emma, 8, to try the same. Mini- >> lessons from Willa ensued, but must be continued at a future date, >> as Emma still hasn't perfected that essential skill of girlhood. >> >> Backing up a bit: Aug, Em and I arrived a bit late to the lovely >> sight of a whole line of folks working hard along the fence line >> (first in view: Maggie in her broad gardening hat and shades), >> enlarging the perfectly round post-holes dug by Doc (how did he do >> it? Those digger things are heavy. The holes were all perfectly >> shaped...!). In the classic Winedale tradition, everyone pitched >> in and figured out what needed to be done and brought their >> particular gifts to bear as needed. Jeff and Stan were the old >> gardening hands when it came to such things as setting up the >> irrigation system Doc envisioned (a long plastic hose running the >> length of the fence, with little smaller lines plugged in at >> intervals to run off and drip water at the base of each particular >> rose) and finding the right mix of mulch and dirt and "root food". >> Joy was resplendent in a bright white longsleeved shirt and red >> bandana as she fussed happily over her digging project. It was >> great to see Augie and Finlay, fellow "Midsummer" Campers last >> summer, working side by side again. Susan and Maggie kicked off the >> rose songs spontaneously at some point, shovels in hand (final tune >> was "Love is a Rose," Linda Rondstadt's cover of the Neil Young >> original, which Emma was too shy to sing solo, but Susan convinced >> her to sing one line with me and then the rest of the crew repeated >> it while shoveling the leftover compost into the back of Doc's >> pickup). Finlay and mom Liz looked up the colors of the different >> roses, and, at Doc's suggestion, lined them up to ensure a variety >> of color as you drive or walk or bicycle past later this spring. >> >> Part of the fun of digging is the occasional surprise you find. >> Exhibit #1 was an old horseshoe (muleshoe?) that Will discovered -- >> time for an archeological dig at Winedale? Then Jeff found some old >> iron nails in a few other holes and began to wonder if the folks >> who'd planted the original roses had put these things in there to >> add some iron to the soil...? Any of you History Detectives out >> there have a clue on that one? Not sure where the horseshoe ended >> up, but I hope it can eventually find a home in the Barn. Meanwhile >> Willa and Emma set the record for finding the most grubs -- eight, I >> believe (six of them alive!), which they named "Harry," and then >> "Harry II," "Harry III".... an little unconscious touch of >> Shakespeare in the morning. >> >> Elroy, the jovial groundskeeper with the musical drawl and the bushy >> grey mustache under his glasses, was a huge help, zipping around in >> the white Winedale pickup and providing us with tools and a >> wheelbarrow. >> >> This was the kind of work that allowed for catching up with your >> neighbor the next rose-bush over. I found out that high school >> senior Noah Sgovio, whom most of you will remember from his always- >> wonderful "I do much wonder..." speech this summer, is headed off to >> UT in August as a philosophy major and theater minor. Perfect for >> one of the best Hamlets ever to lecture Horatio in the Barn. Will >> and Augie riffed in fine teenage-boy form on the word "clod" while >> piling excess dirt on the little red wagon. >> >> At some point we finally looked up and saw the work was done, and it >> was good, and the water was dripping. So Doc and Maggie headed for >> Mercantile for sandwiches (Maggie's treat) and after some chatting I >> suggested a hike to MacGregor House. A group of us headed that way >> and soon came upon one of those I-wish-I-had-my-camera images: Jeff >> and Susan sitting in the two memorial benches under the stately >> pines, the bright green meadow beyond them. Jeff had his jaunty >> straw riverboat-gambler hat on, and had his right arm looped over >> the back of Henry Wilkinson's bench on the left as they talked; >> Susan sat in the beautiful new bench on the right. Ah, I realized, >> the bench for Lizz that Matt told us about. An "On Golden Pond" >> moment (yes, we are heading into those golden years...). We all >> stood around and talked about how to arrange all of our future >> memorial benches. Susan wanted a circle that extended into the >> meadow; Jeff pointed out how this might make mowing difficult. >> Susan countered with the idea of a trail extending into the meadow >> to sort of anchor the benches; Joy suggested a labyrinth in the >> center (vetoed). We then segued inevitably into a discussion about >> the Winedale Retirement Complex and then set out for MacGregor. >> >> We wondered how we'd know when Doc and Maggie were back -- well, of >> course, we heard a distant pealing as Doc rang the bell by the >> Barn. I raced Augie back (still can beat him, ha ha! -- though not >> much longer...) -- and then followed my second camera-pang moment, >> as I looked back and saw, like something out of a film (my Michael >> Barker influence kicking in), the players of the day heading my way >> across the broad green meadow, at varying distances, singly or in >> pairs, gesturing (Jeff to Joy I think) or skipping (Emma) or >> strolling and laughing.... but all set against that green in the >> sunlight, so peaceful and beautiful, no one in a hurry. I just had >> to stare at it for a moment. Not sure a photo could capture that, >> really. >> >> We wrapped the day up with lunch at the picnic tables and yes, at >> Stan's smiling insistence, a four-person (one line each) reading of >> the Stein poem sent by Mary. >> >> What did I miss, fellow early-rosers? >> >> Augie told me afterwards back at home, in his classic Augie way of >> making little pronouncements out of the blue, "Dad, you know, it >> felt good to be out at Winedale, working on planting the roses.... >> I'm not sure why, it just felt good to be doing that." >> >> Yep. You said it, buddy. >> >> >> >> cheers, >> >> cs >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 15, 2011, at 6:42 PM, James Ayres wrote: >> >>> We planted 14 roses for Virginia this morning. Look for Clayton's >>> chronicle of the event. Thanks to Kirsten, Joy, Maggie, Susan, >>> Clayton and son Augie and daughter Emma, Jeff and son Will, Noah >>> Sgovio and Finlay Scanlon (Camp Shakespeare kids), Willa and Liz >>> (Finlay's sister and mom), we completed the task with rose songs >>> and a >>> reading of Mary's rose poem. >>> >>> We set up a "Rose for Virginia" sponsorship to defray the costs of >>> the >>> antique roses, the compost, and the watering system we put in >>> place. >>> Should any of you wish to sponsor a rose for Virginia, please send >>> me >>> a check for $30.00. We planted 14 roses. And have already 6 >>> sponsorships. >>> >>> We had great weather and great fun. >>> >>> Doc >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Weeklong-l mailing list >>> Weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/weeklong-l >> >> Clayton Stromberger >> Outreach Coordinator, UT Shakespeare at Winedale >> College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin >> www.shakespeare-winedale.org >> cell: 512-363-6864 >> UT Sh. at W. office: 512-471-4726 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Weeklong-l mailing list >> Weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/weeklong-l >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Weeklong-l mailing list > Weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/weeklong-l > > _______________________________________________ > Weeklong-l mailing list > Weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/weeklong-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Weeklong-l mailing list > Weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/weeklong-l > _______________________________________________ Weeklong-l mailing list Weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/weeklong-l