Confession: I Still Cannot Yet Skin A Deer / Skillshare Schedule

[David MacLeod]

Back in 2005, when I was still fairly new to the idea of ‘peak oil’ and ‘culture change,’ I read an article that I remember well even now.  Written from the perspective of a big city dweller – San Fransisco’s Mark Morford. Quite humorous, and a little irreverant, Morford laments that his many urban survival skills may not be of any help “when the devolution comes and oil is $200 a barrel and we are at war with China and the dollar is worth about three cents on the euro.”  The article is called I Cannot Yet Skin A Deer.

Fortunately, we here in Whatcom County have an opportunity to do a weekend reskilling crash course at the Whatcom Skillshare Faire at Hovander Park Homestead Sept. 21 and 22, 2013.

When I read the list of skills being offered, my only response is “WOW!” An $8 ticket gets you in to all of this! And you know it’s gotta be good when Peak Moment TV has made it a priority to be there for filming future episodes of their ongoing series of practical hands-on resilience building interviews on “Locally Reliant Living in Challenging Times.”

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Ongoing demonstrations:

• Appropriate Use of Hand Tools – Brian Kerkvleit of Inspiration Farm
• Archery for All Ages – Laurel Baptist Church
• Art at Home: pastels, watercolors, drawing, clay – Whatcom Women
• Backyard Chickens and building a Chicken Tractor – WSU Ag Extension
• Basic Home Electrical Repair, Outlets, Switches and more – Kelly McClurg
• Beans and Grains for the Pacific Northwest – Krista Rome
• Beekeeping – Mount Baker Beekeeper’s Association
• Building and Using a Rocket Stove – Peter Holcomb
• Building and Using Sundials – Sasch Stephens
• Championship Llamas, shearing and spinning – Jeff and Niki Kuklenski
• Combing and Spinning Wool – Yvonne Madsen
• Cooperative Economies – Fourth Corner Exchange
• Coping with Chronic Pain – Meggan Sheble
• Dry Stone Walling – Derek Duffy
• Electric Car Conversion – Jack McKee
• Felting Soap Balls – Jamie Jedinak
• Fermentation of Raw Crackers – Suki Aufhauser
• Growing a Year Round Food Supply – Krista Rome
• Growing Blueberries and Black Currants – Travis Linds
• Gestalt as a Way of Life – Cindy Sheldon
• Hand Spinning – Carol Osterman
• Herbal Medicine Making and Distillation Demo – Victoria Reddick
• Home brewing Demonstration – Bellingham Beer League
• Homemade Firestarters – Kelly McClurg
• Horse Whispering – Ginger Kennell
• How to Run a Kickstarter/Crowdfunding Campaign
• Kaleidoscope Community Yoga – Lo Nathamundi
• Keep Your Bike in Shape – Josh Hardesty
• Knots for Everyday Use – Mark Richardson
• Learning to Sew – Karen Kucker
• Livestock Information – WSU
• Make an Electric Sewing Machine into a Hand Crank – Karen Kucker
• Making Goat Cheese – Nina Dent
• Making Kombucha – Kombucha Town
• Making Rag Rugs with Crochet – Janice Shepherd
• Making Sour Dough – Gary Sparrow
• Making Wooden Utensils – Jeff Fisher
• Natural Birth – W.I.S.E. Birth Doula Collective
• Northwest Wildllife Rehab Center – Alex Gomes
• Pasture and grazing management – Carol Osterman
• Preparing for an Emergency – Whatcom County Preppers
• Primitive Skills Medley – Earthways Nature School
• Raising Natural Fibers, spinning, weaving and knitting – Carol Boswell (Spindrifters)
• Raising Sheep – Russell Boggs
• Save a Life with CPR – Robin Long
• Seed Saving – Celt Schira and Brian Kerkvleit
• Solar, Wind, and Hydro Energy – Home Energy Solutions/Jeffrey Utter
• Sock Darning – Erma
• Weaving – Nina Dent
• Whatcom Folk School – Information booth – Josh Hardesty
• Wild Honey Elixir Fermentations – Heather Katahdan and Terri Wilde

Scheduled SkillShares

Saturday, Sept. 21

10:30 AM

• How to butcher a turkey – Transition Goshen

11 AM

• Fire by Friction – Wolf College
• Brew Your Own Beer for Taste and Awesomeness  – Bellingham Beer League Co-op – Josh Smith
• CPR – learn to save a life  Robin Long, RN
• Herbal Alternatives to Antibiotics – Michelle Sanger
• Making an Electric Sewing Machine into a Hand Crank – Karen Krucker
• Renewable Energy Basics – Jeffrey Utter of Home and Energy Solutions
• Sewing for Everyone – Whatcom Women

11:30 AM

• Basic Sour Dough – Gary Sparrow
• Nature Based Games for Kids of All Ages – Earthways Nature School

12 NOON

• Jewelry making – Oasis beads – Karen Murphy
• Best Field Guides for Homesteading, Permaculture, Plants, Birds, Insects, etc. – Wolf College
• Kaleidoscope Yoga – Lo Nathamundi
• Making Kombucha – Kombucha Town – Chris McCoy
• Making rag rugs – Laura Sellens
• Water Witching – Colby Styles
• Brew Your Own Beer (cont’d) – Bellingham Beer League Co-op
• Solar Energy – Jeffrey Utter of Home and Energy Solutions

1PM

• Process and tanning Hides for Leather and Parfleche – Wolf College near
• Gardening in the PNW – David Pike
• Hoof trimming for Goats – Cheri McKay
• Wine Making at Home – Kelly McClurg
• Water conservation and sustainable living – Scott Durkee of Transition Vashon
• Jewelry making – Oasis beads – Karen Murphy
• Storytelling for parents, grandparents and families – Doug Banner
• Scything and other sharp ideas  (2 hrs)– Brian Kerkvleit, Inspiration Farm
• “EM” at home – culturing effective micro organisms – Colby Styles
• Brew Your Own Beer (contd.) – Bellingham Beer League Co-op
• Making Biochar from Charcoal – Larry Williams
• Wind, Hydro, and Solar Energy – Jeffrey Utter of Home and Energy Solutions

1:30 PM

• Making Milk Kefir at Home – Randy Card
• Fire by Friction – Cody Beebe of Earthways Nature School

2PM

• Herbal and Critter Forage for Healthy Chickens – Wolf College
• Making rag rugs – Laura Sellens
• Bow Making – Steve Sahlin
• Wild Honey Elixir Fermentations – Heather Katahdan and Terri Wilde
• Irish Music Workshop – Cayley Schmid and Clea Taylor
• Water conservation and sustainable living – Scott Durkee of Transition Vashon
• Edible, Medicinal and Useful Plant Walk – Kim Bauer, ND, LM
• Yoga for posture, pain and performance – Kathleen Grimbly
• Water Witching – Coulby Styles
• Biochar from Charcoal (cont.) – Larry Williams
• Brew Your Own Beer – Bellingham Beer League Co-op
• Making Traditional Bows and Arrows – Wolf College

3PM

• Biochar from Charcoal (cont.) – Larry Williams
• Brew Your Own Beer (cont.) – Bellingham Beer League Co-op
• Beans and Grains for the PNW – Krista Rome
• Jewelry making – Oasis beads – Karen Murphy
• Hoof trimming for Goats – Cheri McKay
• Compost teas for Your Plants – Alison Kutz
• Juice Cleanse for Health – Rhys Faler
• Gardening in the PNW – David Pike
• Juice Cleanse for Health – Rhys Fahler

3:30 pm

• Outdoor Worm Bins – Alicia Wills
• Nature Based Games for  Kids of All Ages – Earthways Nature School

4PM

• Cooking Wild Edibles – Cattails, Crickets and More – Wolf College
• Meditation Practices, Bhakti Yoga – Lori Erbs
• Jewelry making – Oasis beads – Karen Murphy
• Edible, Medicinal and Useful Plant Walk – Terri Wilde
• Splicing Double Braid Rope – Canh Khong from Samson Rope
• Water Witching – Colby Styles
• Processing Nettles, Willow and other fibers for rope, baskets, and sitting mats – Wolf College

5PM

• Bodhran Drumming – Derek Duffy
• How to run a Kickstarter/Crowdfunding campaign – Matthew Brouwer
• Qi Gong – Ronaye Carmen
• Water Witching – Colby Styles

Sunday, Sept 22

10 AM

• Basic Sour Dough – Gary Sparrow

11am

• Home funerals and greening the end of life – Raven DuBois and Nora Cedarwind  (2 hours)
• CPR – learn to save a life – Robin Long
• QiGong  – Ronaye Carmen
• Edible, Medicinal and Useful Plant Walk – Shana Lewis
• Worm bins and compost tea – Alicia Wils

12 noon

• Kaleidoscope yoga – Lo Nathamundi
• Making rag rugs – Laura Sellens
• Jewelry making – Oasis beads – Karen Murphy
• Making Mead – Mary Tully
• Water Witching – Coulby Styles
• Biochar from Charcoal w/ a little garlic – Larry Williams

1 pm

• Water conservation and sustainable living – Scott Durkee of Transition Vashon
• Edible, Medicinal and Useful Plant Walk – Terri Wilde
• “EM” at home – culturing effective micro organisms – Colby Styles
• Bow Making – Steve Sahlin
• Jewelry making – Oasis beads – Karen Murphy

2pm

• Yoga for posture, pain and performance – Kathleen Grimbly
• Growing a Year Round Food Supply – Krista Rome
• Making rag rugs – Laura Sellens
• Jewelry making – Oasis beads – Karen Murphy
• Biochar from Charcoal (cont.) – Larry Williams
• How to Run a Kickstarter/Crowdfunding Campaign – Matthew  Brouwer
• Making Mead – Mary Tully

3pm

• Edible, Medicinal and Useful Plant Walk – Shana Lewis
• CPR – learn to save a life – Home Central
• Juice Cleanse for Health – Rhys Faler
• Jewelry making – Oasis beads – Karen Murphy

4pm

• Meditation Practices Bhakti Yoga – Lori Erbs
• Bodhran Drumming – Derek Duffy

Performance Schedule

Saturday, Sept 21

11:00 Storytelling with Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor
12:00 Giant’s Causeway
12:45 Storytelling with Kelvin Saxton
1:00 Echo Mill
1:45 Storytelling with Doug Banner
2:00 Bellow Wing
3:00 Kaleidoscope Yoga with Bellingham Bhajans
3:30 Dana Lyons
4:00 Coulby Styles
5:00 Misty Flowers
5:45 Storytelling with Kelvin Saxton
6:00 Square Dance with the Gravel Grinders & Lisa MacAvoy calling
7:00 Swil Kanim
7:30 The Devilly Brothers
9:00 Swil Kanim
9:30 Hot Damn Scandal

Sunday, Sept 22

12:00 Quickdraw Stringband
1:00 Lindsay Street
2:30 Tap Dance
3:00 Kuungana
4:00 Mike Marker
4:30 Daddy Treetops
5:00 Mike Marker, Daddy Treetops, & Bill Sterling
5:30 Critical Mass Marching Band

In between sets Saturday/Sunday:

Bellingham Storyteller’s Guild
Eric Schmitz
Matthew Brouwer