Magpie
Immortal
Oct 17 2009, 6:39pm
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a few more photos of goodie bag items : check out the donors and people who helped
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I didn't get all the items from the TORn goodie bag photographed when I first created my photo album. I've since added the last two items and wanted to highlight one in particular.
Laithaine, who I believe was a member of TORn's older boards (someone clue me in, I never was able to identify everyone in the TORn moot planning committee), has a body products company called Mythology Body. She hand made two bags of soap and drove them into the city... a little late for the Friday moot but Loresilme carried them from the hotel to the Sunday panels. I just wanted to make sure that anyone who got one of those soaps knows where they came from and were aware of the connection to TORn and the efforts of three TORnsibs: Laithaine and Loresilme (in regards to the soap) and Smeagirl/Girllum who did an amazing amount of work to collect all the items offered in the bags.
Mythology Body's website
I grabbed one of these soaps before they left for the panels and I've been enjoying the scent since I returned home from NYC. I think it will sit in my room until the scent fades and then I'll use it for soap. :-)
Also, I just added an image (captured from the web, I will admit, since I'd already put away the camera before remembering) of the DVD, Satanic Rites of Dracula. Anticipating your puzzled looks, the connection is Christopher Lee. :-)
And the connections to LOTR for other puzzling items:
potato pins & potato pamphlets from the Idaho Potato Commission : PO-TA-TOES
Honey : this honey is from NZ. But it's more than mere honey.
The Maori and early European settlers have been using the Manuka and Kanuka trees for centuries for their medicinal properties. The bark, sap, leaves and oil of the trees have been used as teas, poultices, wound dressings and skin products. Today, manuka products including its honey are recognized throughout the world for their powerful antibacterial strength.
Honey bees collect nectar from the Manuka and Kanuka flowers. It is then produced into a dark, rich, distinctive flavoured honey known as Manuka Honey. There are two different types of manuka honey, one is ordinary manuka honey which has a beautiful taste but contains small amounts of antibacterial properties and then there is UMF active manuka honey. UMF manuka honey is a potent antibacterial honey that is recommended for therapeutic use.
It's my understanding these packets were shipped all the way from NZ.
When we ran out of potato pamphlets, Smeagirl/Girllum personally donated a collection of NYC postcards and notecards she had.
So, perhaps a few of you will be inspired to click on some of those links or even shoot a thank you to one of those donors.
Thanks to the TORnsibs who worked to solicit, donate, store, transport and stuff items into bags: Smeagirl/Girllum (the mastermind of it all), S/G's Mister, Thorongil, Thor's traveling companion (whose name escapes me - is this the 'Nim' that greendragon lists?), Laithaine, Silneldor, Ordinary Hobbit, and Loresilme.
Magpie's photo album with pics of the goodie bag items and more mementos from the weekend.
LOTR soundtrack website
Torn Image Posting Guide
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(This post was edited by Magpie on Oct 17 2009, 6:41pm)
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