This Sat come on out for food, art, music and suprizes during this highly recommended all ages event on the westside of OLY.

Here is a tenative map and schedule:

It is 3pm on a gorgeous autumn afternoon and there about 40 of us in this west side Oly Seamar medical clinic waiting room. We are all ages, several of us are using wheel chairs, and most of us look exhausted. There is a general air of shared good will, a few children are playing in the kids area, even when two stressed out women begin arguing loudly, we all seem to take it in stride. And the two women take it outside.

The young man seated next to me is waiting for his friend. He and his friend are homeless. His friend has grand mal seizures and is out of medication. They have about $1.20 between them. A group of us offer ideas and the young man ends up with a job offer.

The clinic is understandably running behind schedule so we all keep talking. I can summarize our conversation as "Most everyone is doing the best we can and times are tough.". Sharing our stories and troubles and successes seems to relax us all while pulling us together.

His friend joins us in the waiting room and we are quiet for a moment as we get the visuals - we see how ill this young man is. The two of them load their back packs on and are out the door, but first the older woman seated next to me hands them some money. She says she doesn't have much but she needs to help. And then she comes up with some 2 for 1 burger coupons and one of us runs after the guys to give them this too.

We tell her thank you, because really she has done this for all of us, including herself. I think about how much I have to be grateful for. I have a home, a phone, reasonable health, food, medical care. I am so fortunate.

The afternoon continues, my checkup is routine, I'm soon on my way. I wish those two young men well. I hope the one gets his prescription filled soon. I hope the other stays clean, he says he has 90 days clean and sober under his belt. And I hope, I wish, everyone could be as fortunate as I.

Back in May Rob Whitlock brought these weird posters to our attention and the comment thread gave us some more info. I've heard that recently one was seen in Aberdeen. And today I found this one thumb tacked to a utility pole up on the west side of Oly.

Word had it that related rallies of some sort would be held in Olympia or Aberdeen in October, anyone know of any? Anyone know anything further on what all is behind these posters?

Sticker conversation with weird posters

Celebrate 20th Annual Chemistry Week by stopping by the library’s meeting room anytime from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. for a chemistry workshop. Students from Evergreen State College join Professor Darshi Bopegedera to bring science up close and personal. Sponsored by the Puget Sound Section of the American Chemical Society. Library: Olympia Timberland Library.

This program is for ages 6 and up-including teens. Join us for some hands-on Chemistry Fun!

In the spirit of the season we are collectively pleased to bring you this message from the grave... Oh, I almost forgot; Joe Hill says hello and would like to remind you, "Don't mourn, organize!" -He said he is serious! Voltairine De Cleyre wanted to express her disappointment with all the petty infighting and bickering and Emma, with twinkle in her eye, said to get busy...and not to be elitist but that she had done more in her short life to advance the anarchist movement than many of us have done collectively in the last 20 years -she did throw in a wink. And now, without further ado, as communicated across the void by Errico Malatesta and dictated verbatim to the empirically tangible instantiation and only living member of the Union of Anarcha-Insurrectionists Beyond (me!), we bring you: Anarchist Propaganda It must be admitted that we anarchists, in outlining what we would like the future society to be a society without bosses and without gendarmes have, in general, made everything look a bit too easy.

While on the one hand we reproach our adversaries for being unable to think beyond present conditions and of finding communism and anarchy unattainable, because they imagine that man must remain as he is today, with all his meanness, his vices and his fears, even when their causes have been eliminated, on the other hand we skate over the difficulties and the doubts, assuming that the morally positive effects which will result from the abolition of economic privilege and the triumph of liberty have already been achieved.

Sweet Wishes Workshop

Learn how to transform candy wrappers into Sweet Wishes Fairies: shiny little dolls made from the stuff that most people would throw away. You need to bring candy wrappers left over from Halloween (or any other day) and Dumpster Diving Diva Diane Kurzyna will share her supplies and some of her secrets. We will be using low temperature glue guns, so this workshop is only suitable for folks eight years old on up to one hundred and eight years young.

Sunday, November 4, 1 pm - 3 pm, $10/participant, space is limited so sign up now at Whirligig, your source for eco-innovative living, 314 Capitol Way N, Olympia, WA or contact Christine Philippsen: psycalico@comcast.net / (360) 943-1403 for more information/workshop reservation.

One of the really interesting/wonderful things I've picked up on since dipping my toe in the urban art movement is the worldwide sense of community. Artists are sharing their art in a manner that leads to wide spread criticism/copying/inspiration, and it's amazing watching the network expand globally. For an excellent example of the global scope one need only peruse the Wooster Collective for a few minutes to see the mounting wave.

One night a few years ago as I was tangentially web browsing I came across a really interesting website called Graffiti Archaeology. Needless to say it stuck with me and fueled my notion of the urban landscape as ephemeral sculpture/canvas. Graffiti Archaeology updated it's news page today...and beyond f'ng awesome Olympia now has its very own page.

Thank you Cassidy. In the words of Bill & Ted, you're most excellent.