Saturday, Oct 28: Woke up to four inches of wet sloppy snow and a thick gloomy fog hanging over the village....with the threat of freezing rain hanging over our heads. Hopefully it won't affect the turnout for today's screenings. Last night saw a goodly crowd here to see the artist's videos and a showing of "Signs Out of Time", a film about Marija Gimbutas, the archeologist who postulates the existence of a prehistoric goddess culture. An interesting and provocative film. The goddess returns to the Wilno Hills courtesy of a woman archeologist who was born in Wilnius (now Wilno) Lithuania. Serendipity is everywhere! Barney was most excited as his new photography exhibition features several goddess deities including Hathor the Cow Goddess and this film, of course reinforced his faith in these ancient cultural beliefs. We also saw a short film about Hilkka who is a very talented artist from Finland who lives here in the hills with her ursine familiars...bears visit her cabin regularly...and Adam Thompson, a Wilno boy, sent us a compilation of videos he has produced for such varied interests as Turkish tourism promotors, a Peace Guerilla project in Africa and some really lively Cuban musicians. The children of the village make us proud when they go out into the larger world. We also saw some made for television pieces on artists Linda Sorensen, Alex Sztasko, Joyce Burkholder, Ramona, Ed Roman, the Andermans of MorningGlory with Cool Hemp ice cream and the self-generated hydro created by Andreas and Petra at the old Killaloe Mill. Such a varied and talented group of settlers in these hills.
The lazy snowy morning saw a stream of local visitors in for coffee and chit-chat around the stove. Mike and Liz and Leslie and Henning,Pete and Barney and later Corinne from the Wilno Tavern. Village life is settling in for the long winter ahead. We have inn guests arriving later today. I hope they didn't choose Wilno today for the weather! The rain is steadily falling and we will hope for the best for tonight.
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