It¹s now safe to say that some of us went through the back door and paid the man under the table.
You ALL, I love you! A
From: "Barker, Michael" Michael_Barker@spe.sony.com Reply-To: weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:57:16 -0700 To: "'weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org'" weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Weeklong-l] Virginia's Roses
It's an auction! Who's next? Come on, step right up! Going once, going twice........ m
From: James Ayres [mailto:jayres@cvctx.com] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 06:48 PM To: weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Weeklong-l] Virginia's Roses
Now we are three away, Thanks, Bruce.
Doc
On Mar 17, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Bruce Meyer wrote:
My cash is in the mail for one if those....
Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone James Ayres wrote: Thanks, Michael. Now we are four away.
Doc
On Mar 17, 2011, at 4:30 PM, Barker, Michael wrote:
I sent you 30 today and a dvd of Inside Job today. m
----- Original Message ----- From: James Ayres [mailto:jayres@cvctx.com] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 05:35 PM To: weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Weeklong-l] Virginia's Roses
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 http://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
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
UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. _______________________________________________ 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