dear Alan poetic and right on the heart button as ever…. Marysville will never be forgotten
thank you Romy Romy Shovelton Director Wikima and the 5 star Tyddyn Retreat The Mid Wales Retreat & Holiday Centre www.wikima.com www.walescottageandvenue.com www.greenholidaysinwales.co.uk Facebook: Tyddyn Retreat Twitter: @MidWalesRetreat [email protected] [email protected] skype: romy shovelton 07767 370739 Tyddyn y Pwll Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5JU > On 18 Apr 2015, at 21:03, via OSList <[email protected]> wrote: > > Send OSList mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of OSList digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. This Was My Town [[Marysville] (Alan Stewart via OSList) > > From: Alan Stewart via OSList <[email protected]> > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > <[email protected]> > Date: 18 April 2015 00:50:26 GMT+1 > Reply-To: Alan Stewart <[email protected]>, World wide Open Space > Technology email list <[email protected]> > Subject: [OSList] This Was My Town [[Marysville] > > > G'day fellow participants at WOS2002 and All > > I 'happened' on this song <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0LpKT_-Kmw> > recently through hearing Greg Champion, a well known singer and song writer > <http://gregchampion.com.au/music/> in Australia, on our local radio in > Adelaide. > > For it captures the grief experienced when most of the lovely little town of > Marysville (near Melbourne) in which WOS2002 was held was destroyed in a huge > bushfire in 2009. > > After playing the song several times it came over to me as a beautifully > crafted and poignant reminder of the wondrous time which was had by those who > were fortunate and privileged to participate in this particular international > get together of OST practitioners. And of how ephemeral life can be. > > The venue for our gathering, the majestic largely wooden construction > Marylands Hotel - in the heart of Marysville - suited our purposes > beautifully, not least as we all housed under one roof. One of my favourite > memories was going on a night walk in the nearby forest. > > There was nothing left of Marylands after the 2009 fire. > > A sense of this place, its setting, and the process of the WOS event can be > seen in this exquisite little video > <http://openspaceworld.ning.com/video/wosonosinoz-2002> made by David Smith. > > Also featured in the video is the facilitator of the event, Fr Brian > Bainbridge. Brian, as many would recall fondly, was a staunch promoter of OST > and attended every WOS up until WOS2009 held in Taipei in Taiwan. Sadly he > died shortly after this. > > Please pass this on if you wish to others who you consider may appreciate > seeing and hearing it. > > Looking forward. > > Go well > > Alan > > Alan Stewart, PhD > www.multimindsolutions.com <http://www.multimindsolutions.com/> > Conversare.net <http://conversare.net/> > Adelaide > > ‘If there’s dancing count me in.’ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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