Monday, June 25

Please Don't Rain, Please Don't Rain, Please Don't Rain


It seems that no matter what day we choose for our Strawberry Social, chances are it will rain. Does that sound familiar to anyone? Sometimes even if it isn't raining the grounds are so saturated that we have mud ruts everywhere. Other times we have moved the date only to get rain again. Sigh! One glorious year it poured then the sun came out an hour before our event. Hurrah!

Even though the national weather person predicted drought this year we have had lots of rain this June. It is necessary to always have a Plan B. One year we moved our event to the Legion, too small a space.

This year we set up the canopies on June 22. Our summer exhibit on softball in Cupar was set to go and then we waited to see. We continued to wait the morning of June 23 to see what the weather would do. Our event is scheduled to start at 2:00pm and at 12:30 the call or calls were made. Messages went out on social media and posters downtown quickly changed.

We moved to the recently renovated Town Hall. The band Blue Country was able to spread out nicely and they commented on how good the acoustics were. Our crowd of about 60 people may have been smaller than other years, but of course the weather is mainly to blame. Everyone had a great time, but of course we would have preferred to be outside in the warmth and sun. Sigh! Maybe next year.

Thursday, June 14

MUSEUM ASSOCIATION OF SASKATCHEWAN: 50th Anniversary & Conference



What a delight to attend the Museum Association conference in Humboldt this June.
The theme of the conference was “Authentic Storytelling for future Narratives”.
All workshops including the keynote speech centered around variations of storytelling sprinkled with concrete examples.
 I was also pleased that this was a
joint get together with MAS and 
Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society.
It is an obvious overlap but I did get to meet new people 
and re-new old friends.
 
I wish I could have attended all workshops, but I couldn't be in 3 places at the same time.


My favourite workshop was entitled “Story Shaping”
with Danica Lorer was simply inspiring and thought provoking.
Objects can assist in triggering stories, but other senses like sound taste
touch can come in to play.
Often when we hear a story we begin to recall our own story. Everyone
experiences a memory in a different way and all are valid.





We were all given a chance to choose an item from a table and develop a story
to share with a partner within a minute and if we chose later with the whole group.








 We all have stories no matter what our age. We need to share with each other.




 I am pleased I do not have to wait to share my stories until I am in a nursing home.







I'm afraid of heights. I'm afraid of heights. I'm afraid of heights. I'm afraid of heights.

We all had a chance to take a a self directed tour of Humboldt museum, art gallery and
original Humboldt. Great to go at our own pace.

The water tower, what a beautiful 360 view of Humboldt and surrounding area. The view WOW.
Over 80 feet high. The interior spiral staircase has 143 steps up and of course down, way down.

I'm afraid of heights. I'm afraid of heights. I'm afraid of heights. I'm afraid of heights.

I clung to the bannisters, I looked at my feet, at the stairs, I counted the stairs.
I did not look up. I did not look down.
I had no choice but to also make it down, really really worth the fear and anxiety.

     I'm afraid of heights. 

     I'm afraid of heights. 
  
     I'm afraid of heights. 

     I'm afraid of heights.