THURSDAY January 30th at 7pm: EARLY ADVENTURES OF FINN McCOOL

Of all the great heroes of Celtic Mythology, Finn McCool is Ireland's favorite. Even today, in pubs and cottages along the misty country roads, the old story-tellers still spin tales about Ireland's ancient glory and the giant, Finn McCool.

Tonight:
HOULIHAN'S BARN pt.2

ISBN:0-590-07121-1

DON'T FORGET  SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT at 9pm!

THURSDAY, January 30th @4PM: STORIES from OZLAND PICTURES featuring the Art of Derry McMahon

"Puss in Boot Flirts" by Derry McMahon

Inspired by a monthly featured work of art, the OZLAND PICTURES have been creating original stories inspired by these works in a weekly SL event for the last four years.  January's featured artist was our own Derry McMahon.  Come along as Llola Lane shares her story, and her wonderful event with Seanchai in an encore presentation.  Maybe YOU want to be involved?  Come and find out!

Visit their blog: http://ozlandbard.blogspot.com/

Presented live in voice.

WEDNESDAY, January 29th at 7PM: THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE Continues!

"If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill!"

~The Bible - Psalm 137:5

Holmes and Mary travel to Palestine while things cool in London.  Here they explore, and take care of a few "little things" for Mycroft.  All the while, they become closer and closer, never entirely forgetting that a murderous hate awaits them back home.

Caledonia Skytower presents from the book by Laurie R. King, Live in voice.

TUESDAY, January 28th @ 7PM: THE TE OF PIGLET Continues!

The Te of Piglet . . . in which Piglet herein demonstrates a very important principle of Taoism: The Te--a Chinese word meaning "Virtue--of the Small."  THIS WEEK:  "The Eeyore Effect" and "The Tigger Tendency."

Kayden Oconnell and Caledonia Skytower continue with Author Benjamin Hoff (The Tao of Pooh) and his second book, presented live in Voice.

MONDAY January 27th at 7pm: FROM AN ALIEN POINT OF VIEW - Classic Science Fiction

When humans interact with aliens, who are actually alien, we run into the fact that we're as weird to them as they are to us. This can cause the most remarkable misunderstandings....

TONIGHT GYRO WILL REGALE US WITH:

“Architect of Sleep”

by Steven Boyett, 1986

A caver, lost when exiting the cave he was exploring gets some very unexpected help surviving in a subtly changed Florida.  The "help" finds the caver just as unexpected.

STORIES PRESENTED LIVE IN VOICE

SUNDAY, January 26th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street!

Art by white falcon from deviantart

A STUDY IN SCARLET Concludes with Part 4: Grab a 'cuppa and join us at the fireside ~ the game is a foot!

The amazing and horrible history of American Jefferson Hope continues, as Holmes and Watson learn the truth behind the unsolved deaths of Drebber and Stangerson.  Yet Fate is always the final arbiter of Justice, and the fate of this "murderer" has already been determined.  Find out what happened and what happens in the exciting conclusion of A STUDY IN SCARLET .

Presented, live in Voice.

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
 CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN SL SINCE 2008!

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Events at Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:

Sunday, January 26th at 1:30 p.m. - TEA TIME at Baker Street -  "Study in Scarlet" Concludes with Caledonia Skytower & Corwyn Allen


Monday, January 27th at 7 p.m. - FROM AN ALIEN POINT OF VIEW with Gyro Muggins
 
Tuesday, January 28th at - More from THE TE OF PIGLET with Kayden Oconnell & Caledonia Skytower


Wednesday, January 29th at  -  THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE Continues with Caledonia Skytower
 
Thursday, January 30th at:  

• 4 p.m. - STORIES from OZLAND PICTURES with Llola Lane featuring the art of Derry McMahon
• 7 p.m. - EARLY ADVENTURES OF FINN McCOOL Continues with Shandon Loring
• 9 p.m. - SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT 

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All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.  

All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to Second Life (c) Residents.  Guests are welcome to join us in donating to our featured charity. Our featured charity for January - February is The Xerces Society and their efforts at world-wide conservation and education for some of the smallest creatures on our earth.  Learn more about them at www.xerces.org   

Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower.

Want to get schedule information and reminders in-world? Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribers. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them.

THURSDAY January 23rd at 7pm: EARLY ADVENTURES OF FINN McCOOL

Of all the great heroes of Celtic Mythology, Finn McCool is Ireland's favorite. Even today, in pubs and cottages along the misty country roads, the old story-tellers still spin tales about Ireland's ancient glory and the giant, Finn McCool.

Tonight:
HOULIHAN'S BARN pt.1

ISBN:0-590-07121-1

DON'T FORGET  SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT at 9pm!

THURSDAY, January 23rd at 4:00pm: More from THE BALLAD OF DONNY GRANGER

Join Author and Poet Freda Frostbite (aka Author, Stephanie Mesler) continues sharing her current "Work in Progress" - THE BALLAD OF DONNY GRANGER.  As a "WIP," you will be invited to give feedback that is vital to the author as she continues to craft this tale, sculpting and shaping the narrative as it works its way towards completion.

Presented Live in voice.

WEDNESDAY, January 22nd at 7PM: THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE Continues!

Caledonia concludes "Book Three: Partnership"  and moves towards "Book Four: Mastery" from the Mary Russell - Sherlock Holmes Mystery Series THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE by Author Laurie R. King.  Mary and The Great Detective face a formidable adversary, bent on destroying Holmes and everyone who matters to him.  Leaving England to let things cool seems the logical way to proceed, but nothing is ever easy with Holmes, and certainly nothing is without danger and intrigue.

Presented Live in voice.

TUESDAY, January 21st at 7PM: THE TE OF PIGLET

The Te of Piglet . . . in which a good deal of Taoist wisdom is revealed through the character and actions of A. A. Milne's Piglet. Piglet? Yes, Piglet. For the better than impulsive Tigger? or the gloomy Eeyore? or the intellectual Owl? or even the lovable Pooh? Piglet herein demonstrates a very important principle of Taoism: The Te--a Chinese word meaning Virtue--of the Small.

Kayden Oconnell and Caledonia Skytower begin a new series with Author Benjamin Hoff (The Tao of Pooh) and his second book, presented live in Voice.

MONDAY, January 20th at 7:00PM: FROM AN ALIEN POINT OF VIEW - Classic Science Fiction

When humans interact with aliens, who are actually alien, we run into the fact that we're as weird to them as they are to us. This can cause the most remarkable misunderstandings....

TONIGHT GYRO WILL REGALE US WITH:

“Pelt”

by Carol Emshwiller, 1958

Queen of Venus was a white dog with a wide face and eager eyes.  Her master was human, but what were the big furry men on the planet Jaxa?  Should she accept the opportunity they offered her?

“Space-Time for Springers”

by Fritz Leiber, 1958

Gummitch was a superkitten.  He alone in both catdom and human-kind knew what he would really grow up to be.

STORIES PRESENTED LIVE IN VOICE

SUNDAY, January 19th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street

A STUDY IN SCARLET continues with Part 3: Grab a 'cuppa and join them at the fireside ~ the game is a foot!

A STUDY IN SCARLET  was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new characters, "consulting detective" Sherlock Holmes and his friend and chronicler, Dr. John Watson, who later became two of the most famous characters in literature.

The story, and its main characters, attracted little public interest when it first appeared. Only 11 complete copies of Beeton's Christmas Annual 1887 are known to exist now and they have considerable value.Although Conan Doyle wrote 56 short stories featuring Holmes, A Study in Scarlet is one of only four full-length novels in the original canon. The novel was followed by The Sign of the Four, published in 1890. A Study in Scarlet was the first work of detective fiction to incorporate the magnifying glass as an investigative tool

A STUDY IN SCARLET will be presented in four parts, live in Voice.

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
 CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN SL SINCE 2008!

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Events at Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:

Sunday, January 19th at 1:30 p.m. - TEA TIME at Baker Street -  "Study in Scarlet" Part 3 with Caledonia Skytower &; Corwyn Allen


Monday, January 20th at 7 p.m. - FROM AN ALIEN POINT OF VIEW with Gyro Muggins
 
Tuesday, January 21st at - THE TE OF PIGLET Begins! with Kayden Oconnell & Caledonia Skytower


Wednesday, January 22nd at  -  THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE  with Caledonia Skytower
 
Thursday, January 23rd at:  

• 4 p.m. - THE BALLAD OF DONNY GRANGER with Freda Frostbite
• 7 p.m. - EARLY ADVENTURES OF FINN McCOOL Continues with Shandon Loring
• 9 p.m. - SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT 

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All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.  

All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to Second Life (c) Residents.  Guests are welcome to join us in donating to our featured charity. Our featured charity for January - February is The Xerces Society and their efforts at world-wide conservation and education for some of the smallest creatures on our earth.  Learn more about them at www.xerces.org   

Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower.

Want to get schedule information and reminders in-world? Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribers. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them.

THURSDAY January 16th at 7pm: EARLY ADVENTURES OF FINN McCOOL

Of all the great heroes of Celtic Mythology, Finn McCool is Ireland's favorite. Even today, in pubs and cottages along the misty country roads, the old story-tellers still spin tales about Ireland's ancient glory and the giant, Finn McCool.

Tonight:
SCROLL OF DEBTS
THE BOAR OF BALLINOE

ISBN:0-590-07121-1

DON'T FORGET  SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT at 9pm!   
More from X-1!!!

THURSDAY, January 16th at 4:00pm: More FIRST NATION TALES!

"Confession to the Moon" by Andy Everson

The moon is full, shining brightly on earth: water, tree, mountain, birds, animals, and man.  Dubhna and Caledonia share more adventures from the Native Tribes of North America, some of which might just be a little "looney."

(The tales, not the tribes)

Presented live in voice, downstairs by the fireside at Seanchai Library.

WEDNESDAY, January 14th at 7PM: THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTCIE Continues!

Caledonia continues as Mary and Holmes travel to London and, in the bosom of Mycroft's care, finding little safety.  Their mysterious opponent stalk Russell and Holmes by savaging their cab and leaving a puzzling series of slashes on the cab seat. They deduce she is a formidable woman who knows Holmes's methods thoroughly and has infiltrated some of his secure boltholes in London. Faced with a powerful opponent, Holmes elects to frustrate her by leaving England entirely with Russell. The pair set off for Palestine for six weeks on a mission with two of Mycroft's spies.

Presented Live in Voice.

TUESDAY, January 14th at 7PM: The Conclusion fo TREASURE AT THE HEART OF THE TANGLEWOOD

Faerie brings this amazing saga of a young woman's mystical journey to an end this week.  Her friends, Badger and fox, will no doubt be along for the ride.  Come and find out how it all comes together as Hannah reaches the end of her journey and finds herself connected with the truth about who she is that has been hidden within.

Faerie Maven-Pralou, live in Voice.

MONDAY, JANUARY 13th at 7:00PM: MIRACLES: A TRIO OF ISLAND TALES

Caledonia presents a preview of her latest story collection, soon to be released.

Belief is essential part of life.  If there is a through-line to most of my work, it is the essential need for all of us to believe in something beyond ourselves.  It does not matter what.  Simply believe.  By believing in something beyond yourself, you learn to better understand your world: to believe in yourself.

Belief is woven into all three stories in Miracles: A Trio of Island Tales.  These stories are fictionalizations of family stories shared by my collaborator, Saane Tome.  She is a native born Tongan and devout Christian. The power of her stories is moving and undeniable.  You may or may not share her belief system, and that does not really matter.  It is hard to hear her stories and not recognize the essential power of them.

Presented Live in voice.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 12TH AT 1:30PM - TEA TIME at Baker Street!

A STUDY IN SCARLET continues with Part 2: Grab a 'cuppa and join them at the fireside ~ the game is a foot!

A STUDY IN SCARLET  was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new characters, "consulting detective" Sherlock Holmes and his friend and chronicler, Dr. John Watson, who later became two of the most famous characters in literature.

Conan Doyle wrote the novel at the age of 27 in less than three weeks. As a general practice doctor in Southsea, Portsmouth, he had already published short stories in several magazines of the day, such as the periodical London Society. The story was originally titled A Tangled Skein, and was eventually published by Ward Lock & Co. in Beeton's Christmas Annual 1887, after many rejections. The author received £25 in return for the full rights (although Conan Doyle had pressed for a royalty instead).

A STUDY IN SCARLET will be presented in four parts, live in Voice.

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library!

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
 CELEBRATING OVER FIVE YEARS OF GREAT STORIES!

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Events at Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:

Sunday, January 12th at 1:30 p.m. - TEA TIME at Baker Street -  "Study in Scarlet" Part 2 with Caledonia Skytower &; Corwyn Allen


Monday, January 13th at 7 p.m. - MIRACLES: A TRIO OF ISLAND TALES with Caledonia Skytower
 
Tuesday, January 14th at - TREASURE AT THE HEART OF THE TANGLEWOOD Concludes! with Faerie Maven-Pralou


Wednesday, January 15th at  -  THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE Continues! with Caledonia Skytower
 
Thursday, January 16th at:  

• 4 p.m. - FIRST NATION TALES with Dubhna Rhiadra & Caledonia Skytower
• 7 p.m. - EARLY ADVENTURES OF FINN McCOOL with Shandon Loring
• 9 p.m. - SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT 

       

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All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.  

All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to Second Life (c) Residents.  Guests are welcome to join us in donating to our featured charity. Our featured charity for January - February is The Xerces Society and their efforts at world-wide conservation and education for some of the smallest creatures on our earth.  Learn more about them at www.xerces.org   

Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower.

Want to get schedule information and reminders in-world? Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribers. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them.

THURSDAY January 9th at 7pm: EARLY ADVENTURES OF FINN McCOOL

Of all the great heroes of Celtic Mythology, Finn McCool is Ireland's favorite. Even today, in pubs and cottages along the misty country roads, the old story-tellers still spin tales about Ireland's ancient glory and the giant, Finn McCool.

Tonight:
FINN AND THE SNAKES
THE WINTER BURNING

ISBN:0-590-07121-1

DON'T FORGET SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT  at 9pm Tonight!

THURSDAY, January 9th @ 4PM: THE BALLAD OF DONNY GRANGER

Join Author and Poet Freda Frostbite (aka Stephanie Mesler) as she shares her current "Work in Progress" - THE BALLAD OF DONNY GRANGER.  As a "WIP," you will be invited to give feedback that is vital to the author as she continues to craft this tale, sculpting and shaping the narrative as it works its way towards completion. A unique opportunity to contribute to a working authors journey!

Presented Live in voice.

WEDNESDAY, January 8th at 7pm: THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE Returns!

Caledonia returns with "Book Three: Partnership" from the Marry Russell - Sherlock Holmes Mystery Series THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE by Author Laurie R. King. 

The Game is a foot once more as Mary and The Great Detective take on a new case together. Everything else leading up to this point has been a warm up, training for a crisis that will bind Mary and Holmes together, or forever break them apart.

 "The ambushes laid by a hastening twilight ... the cold menace of winter."

Presented Live in voice.

TUESDAY, January 7th @ 7PM: TREASURE AT THE HEART OF THE TANGLEWOOD Continues!

It has been a long and arduous journey, full of the unforeseen and unexpected - and that was just trying to schedule the reading session!  Faerie will be wrapping up the amazing adventure of self-discovery Hannah undertakes.  The next two weeks will be the final chapters of this mysterious adventure.

We are so close! Come and find out how it all comes together as Hannah reaches the end of her journey and finds herself connected with her true self.

Faerie Maven-Pralou, live in Voice.

MONDAY January 6th at 7pm: THE PLANETS ~ CLASSIC SCIENCE FICTION

Gyro continues with selections from his amazing library of classic Science Fiction, emerging with more jewels to share.

TONIGHT:

The planet Saturn - "Pressure"

Your ship can only go down into Saturn. Your way back is via matter transmitter. Don't you hope it works?

Live in Voice. 

SUNDAY, January 5th @ 1:30pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street Returns!

Corwyn and Caledonia are back for a New Year of TEA TIME, beginning with the first Holmesian adventure ever written: A STUDY IN SCARLET  Grab a 'cuppa and join them at the fireside for another thrilling adventure

A STUDY IN SCARLET  was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new characters, "consulting detective" Sherlock Holmes and his friend and chronicler, Dr. John Watson, who later became two of the most famous characters in literature.

Conan Doyle wrote the story in 1886, and it was published the next year. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to Doctor Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it." (A "study" is a preliminary drawing, sketch or painting done in preparation for a finished piece.)

A STUDY IN SCARLET will be presented in four parts, live in Voice.. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR from Seanchai Library - This Week!

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
 CELEBRATING OVER FIVE YEARS OF GREAT STORIES!

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Events at Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:

Sunday, January 5th at 1:30 p.m. - TEA TIME at Baker Street -  "Study in Scarlet" Part 1 with Caledonia Skytower & Corwyn Allen


Monday, January 6th at 7 p.m. - THE PLANETS -  Science Fiction Short Stories with Gyro Muggins
 
Tuesday, January 7th at - TREASURE AT THE HEART OF THE TANGLEWOOD with Faerie Maven-Pralou


Wednesday, January 8th at  -  THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE Returns! with Caledonia Skytower
 
Thursday, January 9th at:  

• 4 p.m. - THE BALLAD OF DONNY GRANGER with Freda Frostbite
• 7 p.m. - EARLY ADVENTURES OF FINN McCOOL with Shandon Loring
• 9 p.m. - SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT 

       

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All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.  

All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to Second Life (c) Residents.  Guests are welcome to join us in donating to our featured charity. We will be announcing our Jan-Feb featured charity shortly.  Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower.

Want to get schedule information and reminders in-world? Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribers. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them.

THURSDAY January 2nd at 7pm: EARLY ADVENTURES OF FINN McCOOL

Of all the great heroes of Celtic Mythology, Finn McCool is Ireland's favorite. Even today, in pubs and cottages along the misty country roads, the old story-tellers still spin tales about Ireland's ancient glory and the giant, Finn McCool.

Tonight:
INTRODUCTION
FINN SERVES THE SALMON

ISBN:0-590-07121-1