<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Irresistibly Fish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://brettfish.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[brettfish]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://brettfish.wordpress.com/author/brettfish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Wild Goose Hunting &#8211; Day 1 [aka Of Tetris and Ice&nbsp;[ing]]]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>so the past 4 days the simple way crew headed off to <a href="http://wildgoosefestival.org/intro">the Wild Goose</a> which is a festival of music and speaking and art and a lot more which happened last year for the very first time [and which was one of the first experiences the beautiful Val and myself had after joining the Simple Way] and so i thort i&#8217;d write some reflections on it day to day but nothing too intense because i wanted to be living the festival more than just blogging about it &#8211; so these are very simple or very profound insights or experiences of my time at <a href="http://wildgoosefestival.org/intro">the Goose</a>. Thorts I felt were Irresistibly Fish&#8217;like i will stick here and thorts that were more of a weighing up a thing against a thing i will post on my <a href="https://thesimpleweigh.wordpress.com">&#8216;The Simple Weigh&#8217; blog</a>. </p>
<p>Day 1: Wednesday</p>
<p>Dana [our friend from Boston who had come thru to help us drive to the Wild Goose] walked across just after 6am so we could start the unenviable task of trying to fit a crapload of stuff [don&#8217;t get me started!] into a not crapload of space. and [with some baptist-music-and-drama-team-pickup-packup flashbacks to give me a movie-slow-mo-montage type encouragement] we totally dominated. absolute masterclass of a pack and i celebrate years of Tetris &amp; occasional dabblings of Jenga at having inspired the feat.</p>
<p>the second standout memory of the trip was a tub of dark chocolate icing [or &#8216;frosting&#8217; as they call it. these americaners are crazy (thought Asterix)] and a chopstick. cos when you&#8217;re needing a distractionary and energy-inducing treat to keep you awake and alert while driving a ten hour trip, that will do the trick [aka &#8216;git her done&#8217;] right there. </p>
<p><a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/wild-goose-hunting-day-2-thurs">to continue to day 2 hit this spot, and by &#8216;hit&#8217; i mean &#8216;click&#8217; but your mouse, not your fingers cos that would be silly&#8230;</a></p>
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