GAfilk (part 5), slow cookers, Interfilk, Scrivener

After I heard the sad news of Dave Alway's passing, I went through some old Blathercomments and found a poem that Dave had written for me, inspired by the photo above.

A Poem for a Wordgoddess Piper sitting on the lake,    sitting on the ice, pushing through the snow. Piper sitting on the lake,    sitting on the chair, sounding high and low. Piper sitting on the lake,    sitting in wan sun, sniffing chill wind blow. Piper sitting on the lake,    sitting by the glass, tasting joy's warmth flow. Piper sitting on the lake,    sitting under sky, watching stars 'round go. — Dave Alway, 21 March 2005, Being the 2nd Day of Spring

He had a way with words, that man.

While perusing GAfilk photos taken by other people, I found a room photo taken by Mary Bertke that included Peter and Dave. With Mary's permission, I've cropped the photo to post here (Peter is standing, Dave is seated with the laptop):



Before I get back to GAfilk highlights, I wanted to mention that my Uncle John's triple bypass operation turned into a quadruple bypass (!), but that the procedure went well and he was moved out of intensive care yesterday and is in general care. Thanks for all the healing wishes, everyone.


Rafael, just before we rehearsed "The Chocolate Song."

I still *love* the slow cooker that my Dad gave me for Christmas; I can't believe I haven't tried a slow cooker before this! Yesterday, I made Moroccan Chicken With Chickpeas and Cumin from Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook by Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann. I highly recommend this cookbook; so far every recipe has turned out wonderfully. Jeff isn't a huge chickpea fan, yet he gave the dish rave reviews and even went back for seconds. The recipes in the cookbook are geared towards medium and large slow cookers; I have a 3.5 quart slow cooker, which the cookbook authors classify as "medium." For those with smaller slow cookers, you may want to check out Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Recipes for Two: For the Small Slow Cooker.



Many thanks to Jan di Masi for buying the CD we donated to Interfilk (US$605!), and to Mary Crowell's husband, Wesley, for buying the Kathleen Sloan cookbook.

When I was getting filkers to sign the cookbook at OVFF last October, Wesley told me, "That cookbook? Just want you to know: it will be mine!" When the cookbook was being auctioned at GAfilk, however, Wesley played it cool...slouched down in a chair near the back of the room, pretending to read. One of my con highlights was seeing Mary Crowell "wench" her own husband. Just before Steve Savitzsky's bid of $150 was accepted, Wesley suddenly raised his head and yelled, "$250!" then went back to his paperback. Wesley got the cookbook.

:-D

Thank you SO MUCH, Jan and Wesley, for your contributions to Interfilk! Proceeds from the CD will used to help fly n'Early Music Consort to FilKONtario this year.


Erin, Rand, Allison and Jodi on Friday morning.

Thanks to Jeff for telling me about Scrivener, a new outlining tool for writers. I'm using the Beta version and so far I love it! More geared toward writers than Mori, more streamlined than SuperNoteCard. I'll post a more detailed review in Inkygirl when I've had a chance to thoroughly test it.


Judith, Dave and me.




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