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January 01, 2007

The Rambling House

All are welcome.

Driving down to Los Angeles from Monterey I listened to a beautiful little snippet on NPR about "Rambling Houses." Here is a portion of the NPR article by Jacki Lyden:

"In recent years, in County Kerry, a tradition known as the 'rambling house' has been revived. In times past, a rambling house was regularly organized to provide residents of a province or even a small city a venue for entertainment: song, recitations, stories, and jokes."

I love the idea of the Rambling House so much. I decided that it would be a great model or reference for establishing a community meeting of friends, artists, writers and theologians. And not just as a model, I wouldn't think twice about naming my house after this Irish tradition.

Here are some pictures from the County Kerry house from the article:

Posted by libbystokes at January 1, 2007 07:28 PM

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Posted by: jamie Uretsky at January 16, 2007 03:13 PM