The bride of Lord Robert St. Simon disappears right after the wedding. Everything had seemed fine; what could have happened? And where is the bride? Her dress and ring have washed up on the shore!.jpg)
Let's celebrate Spring by sharing our favorite selections of poems about Nature, Earth, Spring, growth, abundance ... you get the idea!
Join Gracee Andel (Ellen Anthony in RL) for the writers' support group. You'll find her downstairs at the library, writing to meet her next deadline.
Fairies, Elves, Gnomes, Giants, Ogres, a Prince and an ill-considered "gift" of obedience. Sound like the Cinderella you know? Not quite! But Gail Carson Levine's 1997 Newbery Honor book Ella Enchanted is a Cinderella Story with more than one twist and a spirited, rebellious, clumsy heroine who remains true to herself and those she cares for.
Our friend Dubhna Rhiadra joins us from 'across the pond' with tales of the ancient Celtic Saints. Will it be St. David and the Dove? St. George slaying the dragon? These are not pious preachy stories but intriguing tales of men and women who played a very important role in the history of the peoples of the British Isles.
"Robin Hood is here again: all his merry thieves
Hear a ghostly bugle-note shivering through the leaves,
Calling as he used to call, faint and far away,
In Sherwood, in Sherwood, about the break of day."
Caledonia shares some adventures of Jolly Robin and his merry band of men who famously redistribute wealth, combat oppression, and right injustices in old Nottingham.
Tonight, join Seanchai Shandon Loring for a rollicking adventure. We'll have a few tears, some laughter, and healthy amounts of whiskey as we take a look at the Irish tradition of the Wake. We'll share some intimate moments in the neighborhood pub, we'll talk to a real ghost, hear from the Banshee, learn the secrets of Ireland's best undertaker, experience the hope of the Irish immigration to America, and even attend a wake for the living!
"My Friend the Doctor says
The World is full of Fantasy-
And who are you and I to disagree?
Let's hope and pray
That is the way
The life we love will always stay
For my friend the Doctor and Me!"
Discover more about the author and his famous denizen of
"Puddleby-on-the-Marsh" with these online resources:
Puddleby-on-the-Marsh
Wikipedia
About Hugh Lofting - Online Literature
About Hugh Lofting w/ links to other sites - Free Library
The Avatar Repertory Theatre in Second Life will be performing their production (a YEAR in the making!) of Alice in WonderSLand. It opens Sunday, May 2 and plays for six public performances, including the final presentation which will be a subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
The audience will be immersed into WonderSLand, where they will see magical places bloom around them, with a panoramic view of the scenes built by JubJub Forder and his talented crew.
Visit the White Rabbit's house, enjoy a Tea Party with the Mad Hatter, Dormouse and March Hare, attend a Croquet game hosted by the Queen of Hearts, and witness the trial of the Knave of Hearts in a courtroom where rules are meant to be broken.
Get ready for a little lunar baying as Gina Pralou and Caledonia Skytower present moon-related literature, including James Fenimore Cooper's The Eclipse and excerps from the original Detective novel written in 1868: The Moonstone . . . and more bits of "lunacy."
There was so much fun to be had last week with ALADDIN, where there were just two or three villains. Imagine what will happen with forty! Caledonia continues with more tales from the Arabian Nights and ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES.
It's time to meet the Caterpillar! The Duchess, The Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter and Company! it is also time to for an introduction to a Queen!
Join Gina Pralou for the conclusion of this delightful book...
More adventures with that amazing bear of very little brain, Winnie-the-Pooh. Caledonia will be sharing stories from A. A. Milne's books Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, as well as from the Milne Estate approved Return to the Hundred Acre Wood by David Benedictus. 
