From: Edward Agro <eagro@igc.org>
Subject: WTR: A Celebration of Colrain
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: University of Missouri
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 18:23:41 GMT

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You may want to publish the following lighthearted piece in your 
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If you publish, Please credit Peacenet and the Capitol Conscience 
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/* Written  6:41 pm  Mar 10, 1992 by ckc in cdp:nonviolent.act */
/* ---------- "WTR: COLRAIN AFFINITY GROUP NOTES" ---------- */

           "Week-Long Sojourn in Western Massachusetts
                Wonderland for War Tax Resisters"

Come to Western Massachusetts for a week's stay in mountainous Colrain.
The Colrainians, Shelburnians, and other local tribesfolk are extremely
friendly, frequently dropping by to discuss the weather and political
climate, and to tell ancient tales.  They tend to bring gifts, often 
of local manufacture.

Accommodations:  Live in a quaint, century old farmhouse or a newer
poet's loft in a barn.  (Caution: barnyard "animals" sometimes make
strange noises during working hours.)  In order to be allowed to sleep
in farmhouse, patrons must perform ritual six-hour training in non-
violent approach of local tribe of Colrainians.

Outdoor Activities:  
1.  On Saturday mornings, renowned war tax naturalists give one and
a half hour hikes around post office.  Guaranteed sightings of various
species of political birds.
2.  Walks in noted horticulturist Betsy Corner's "Greenhouse of Eden",
with many wonders expected upon the arrival of spring.
3.  Wood splitting, hauling and stacking whenever you wish, and stoking
the stove like your grand-mothers used to do.
4.  Walks on country roads with peace activists at your request.

Food:  Abundant outpouring of delicious, wholesome, mostly vegetarian
foods, cooked sometimes on old-fashioned wood stove.  Latest design
of cooking and eating utensils used with ecologically sound methods of
disposal.  Cooperative cooking and eating arrangements available.  
Catering to barn "lookout" also available.

Entertainment:
1.  On Sunday mornings at 10:00 am, "Waffles" (aka Joshua Jay) arrives
with boundless energy and turn of the century waffle-irons, to make
such delicious waffles that even your great-great grandmother couldn't
compare!  Wonderful toppings that force you to diet Sunday evening.  
Rousing cheer as flavoring!
2.  Local revival meeting in town on Sunday evening, March 1, with 
preachers Daniel Ellsberg and Randy Kehler.  Other noted guest
preachers at other times.
3.  Trips to Woolman Hill to visit with Wally and Juanita Nelson to
learn how we all should be living.
4.  Guaranteed fill of strategy and political discussion with other
guests and local tribespeople.
5.  Video presentations of important war tax resistance moments shown
at your convenience in "The Shed/Headquarters".
6.  Voluntary attendance at numerous committee meetings is available
for those wishing to observe locals in council settings.  Local custom
allows participation of guests from outside the tribe.

WARNING: Governmental authorities are hostile to Colrainian custom of
refusing to kill and pay for the killing of other human beings.  Guests
in farmhouse are subject to arrest under oppressive policies of 
national government.  Indeterminate jail sentence possible, but previous
inmate reports that other prisoners are friendly.





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To be in touch with the Colrain Actions, contact

WTR Support Committee, c/o Traprock Peace Center
Keets Road, Deerfield MA 01342
(413) 774-2710
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