Month: July 2010

Maple Grove Days was held in Maple Grove, Minnesota this week, with a parade, street festival, face painting, crafts for sale, art projects for kids at the Maple Grove Arts Center, a group book signing by the Night Writers, and a spoken word with musical accompaniment performance by Night Writers John Stanton and Justin Knauss of […]

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A friend of mine once said she loved her Catholic faith because ‘it has all the cool stuff.’  She was talking about the many mystical and miraculous events throughout Catholic history and the lives of the Saints.  St. Columba, 521-597, definitely falls into the category of mystical and miraculous.  His life story contains at least a […]

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What’s better than music?  What’s better than Scotland?  Music and Scotland, of course!  I am lucky enough to have Druidsong’s latest CD, Rebels and Rogues, courtesy of Druidsong and Radio de Danann, available as a give-away.  Druidsong, aka Bruce Golightly, does Celtic music primarily of Ireland and Scotland, on 6 and 12 string guitar, bodhran, and […]

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Today in history, in 1274, Robert the Bruce was born, most likely at Turnberry Castle in Ayrshire. The third of ten children, he was the oldest of five sons.  His older sister, Isabel, became the queen of Norway.  His younger brother, Edward, briefly took the throne of Ireland during the Scottish Wars of Independence.  His […]

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