Build a Bee Hotel: Wed., Feb 21, 2 pm, Windsor Town Hall

Did you know that there are thousands of different species of native bees in North America? It's true! Together they form our most important group of pollinators. And according to Bee City, USA, "90% of all wild plants and trees rely on pollinators for the survival of their species." Come help us kick-off our community-wide, yearlong effort to protect Windsor's pollinators by building your very own Bee Hotel! All ages are welcome. If you happen to have an empty half-gallon milk carton (wax or plastic), bring it along. We've got spares, and will provide everything else. You’ll go home with a Bee Hotel and we’ll suggest the best places to locate it in your garden. If you have any questions, please call or email Val Kohn: 684-1731 valckohn@verizon.net. —Patty Crane

WINDSOR GROWN: Live, Local Music All Day!

Misty Blues Band

There are so many reasons you won't want to miss the WINDSOR GROWN celebration this Saturday, July 15, 10 am - 4 pm at Notchview. And one of them is THE MUSIC!! Scroll down for a sampling from each of our performers, in reverse order of their stage appearance: One Part Luck (10 - 11 am); Benny Kohn (11 - 12 noon; and 2 - 4 pm with Misty Blues); Moonshine Holler (12 noon - 2 pm), and Misty Blues Band (2 - 4 pm):

Windsor Grown Celebration!

Notchview Visitor Center [Photo by Windsor's own Barbara Connors]

In case you've been hiding under a rock and haven't heard the news: on Saturday, July 15, from 10am-4 pm, we're having a HUGE shindig to celebrate this community and place. Local food vendors! Local beer! Music all day! Kids' activities! Drumming! A raffle of locally crafted items! We'll have over a dozen of Windsor's own craftspeople and growers displaying and selling their goods, and Windsor's volunteer fire squad showing off an engine or two and handing out water. And wait till you see the fabulous new Friends of Windsor Woodland Trail, which is sure to delight kids and young-at-heart adults alike! You won't want to miss this event! Rain or shine.

Community Video Shoot & Bonfire!

WED, JUNE 21
8 pm - 9 pm
WINDSOR TOWN PARK

What would a video celebrating Windsor be without lots of Windsor faces in it? And what better way to celebrate the summer solstice than with a campfire, marshmallow roast, and some homegrown music? Join us at Windsor Town Park and help videographer Kyle Dempsey get those final perfect shots. Marshmallows and sticks provided. Bring your own beverages, chairs, and musical instruments. Will you be there? Let us know!

Call or email for more info: #413-770-4688 or fowindsor@gmail.com
 

A Spirited and Spiritual Windsor Woman

Euphemia Drysdale

Euphemia Drysdale came to Windsor in 1923 -- the first woman to serve as minister of the Windsor Congregational Church. At the time, many congregations were reluctant to embrace the relatively novel idea of a woman preacher. While doing some research into Windsor's houses of worship, I came across a wonderful piece of persuasive writing by Drysdale on this very issue: the fitness of women to preach and to fulfill the role of community religious leader. It was published the year before she took up the Windsor post (which she held until her retirement in 1938) in The Homiletic Review, a monthly magazine of current religious thought published by Funk & Wagnall. It appears to be a reprint of a speech that she gave, but there is no indication as to where or when, so she may simply have written it in the style of a sermon.

I was enormously taken with Drysdale's spirited and humorous approach to what was at the time a fairly divisive issue within Protestant thought. See if you agree!

WOMAN AND THE MINISTRY:
A Speech by Euphemia Drysdale, May 1922