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The NEW Milk Wood Rental Information & Covenant*

Therese Tammas — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:49:50 +0000

Hi all! Just wanted to introduce some thing new: the NEW Milk Wood Rental Information & Covenant. Milk Wood has had a Covenant since the beginning, but it has been more of an informal one; and we knew a more formal one was needed that gave all the information a Resident required. Now we are pleased to announce that we have written a more detailed one for every one, that includes benefits, explanations, pricing, and rental covenant. As always, we are open to Qs!

~*Milk Wood Rental Information & Covenant*~
Your Rights, Descriptions, and Community Guidelines

Thank you for choosing Milk Wood as your home! We are delighted to have you with us. Our goal is to provide a quiet, retreat atmosphere conducive to writing and inspiring creativity, while providing community! Anyone seeking quiet will find repose and inspiration here. Our roomy cottages, situated on quiet isles by peaceful water, OFFER :
[1] two large, cozy rooms with many decorating possibilities! The In world Covenant NC contains an NC for inspiration & pictures of furnishing possibilities (including Tiny); Click on any Rental box to receive it, or contact Therese Tammas and it will be gladly dropped to you!
[2] a large, warm blazing fire place with a mantle, and Touch on/off ability
[3] Tinted windows (at Touch) and doors (All have doors & operate by Touch; if your house appears to have none, Touch the doorway and it should reappear)

RENT PRICING & BACKGROUND
**Please read through thoroughly, especially 1st paragraph**
Milk Wood is the home of the Guild of UK Writers and our artist friends from around the world. Founded by Harriet Gausman, a teacher and writer not backed by any corporation in SL or RL; instead out of love of the written word and the desire to see others achieving their writing goals; provides a significant amount of the monthy expenses, helped by a lone sponsor. Without these contributions and the help from Rentals, small group fees and some donation, MIlk Wood would be unable to exist.

Our region is located in the Loch Lomond Estate, Scotland. They are currently Openspace sims and- after Dec. 31st, 2008- wil be Homestead sims. We DO NOT SEEK to profit by Milk Wood, but instead only charge to cover sim costs. Rent is payable MINIMUM 2 WEEKS and MAXIMUM 6 WEEKS. The Rental Price Chart is as follows :

65 Prims – L$455 a week
100 Prims – L$650 a week
150 Prims – L$975 a week
200 Prims – L$1200 a week
300 Prims – L$1800 a week

As Disclosure, once you pay Rent you will be invited ASAP into the MILK WOOD TENANTS’ ASSOCIATION group. To help cover sim costs that dont get covered in rentals we have a 50L one time group membership fee.

THE COVENANT
In return for your patronage, WE PLEDGE:
1- To be attentive and caring. For problems (not Special Requests) please see “FOR HELP” Section below.
2- To help assist with any problems that might arise, quickly. Please keep in mind that we do have RL responsibilities, however. We would appreciate 24 hours to assist.
3- To keep sim usage balanced so that Residents can enjoy their cottages at any time. As Disclosure, we have a Partnership with another literary group, Bookstacks, in which we exchange resources- we can assure you that it will not impact on the ablility for Residents to access and enjoy their homes. It will only double the fun factor in our public venues!

We do not ask much in way of a Covenant, always having trusted our Residents to be sensible about their prims. As a member of our Family, WE ASK THAT YOU:

1. Please keep to your prim limit.
2. If you drop things (i.e. a picnic basket, chair etc) outside the periphary of your home, please take them back to inventory.
3. Please try not to use objects that make use of temporary rezzers/prims. If you dont know what we mean by this, please contact Therese Tammas for an explanation:D. This third part is important for sim performance.

If you have any special requests as a Resident that are NOT related to problems, please contact Harriet Gausman and we will happily try to work out a solution for you.

FOR HELP WITH HOMES & MARKETPLACE:
Please contact us according to the assigned chart below. Please give us 24 hours to respond and please try to be patient wtih us as well. We are human after all!

Harriet Gausman – Cottages@ Cuckoo Down, Blossom Down and Milk Wood Marketplace Rentals

Therese Tammas- Cottages@ Thistle Down and Milk Wood Marketplace Rentals

We have worked hard to provide a beautiful, quiet, and inspiring place , with enough space for both a retreat atmosphere and the community we desire. Thank you so much for reading through this Covenant and we welcome you to the Family!

Love and light,

Harriet Gausman (” Harri”) – Owner and Main Manager
Therese Tammas (“TT”) – Events and PR Manager

12.25.08

One More Poll…

Therese Tammas — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:45:32 +0000

Hello every one! Please, in addition to Harpy’s, please answer the following poll. We would love your input in order to serve you better! Please note, Harpy’s Poll closes on November 30th and I will close this poll on December 1st Thank you so much! Love, TT

(Poll ending Dec 1. 2008)

Poetry & Prose Presents- Lots of Pictures and a Crowd YAY!

Therese Tammas — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:57:19 +0000

First the Flickr Test post was by me; I am trying to make snapping photos easier and I linked the blog to my Flicker account:DD– second…WHoo! Halleluia for screenshot tools! I have finally found some thing that will automate things for me, and let me snap pics without forgetting to put it up! Thank you, snapshot tool!

Poetry and Prose was themed around “New Beginnings” – and phew! We had a GREAT turn out today! To our friends who dropped by from the SomArts Exhibit, and Ms. Jacobs and her family, thank you for supporting us!!

The event was so crowded that a lot of times I crashed and lagged:(. I am sorry if I missed any one! I THINK Harri may have photos too, but I am not sure. But here is my share! Yayy

Flickr

Therese Tammas — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:43:14 +0000

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

!! JIRA on Open Space Sim Hike!!

Therese Tammas — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:01:21 +0000

First of all, to all of you who have given support to Harri while I have been away (arrrrrrgh), thank you, thank you!!
Second, I am so, so sorry about the OpenSpace hike and how this is affecting Milk Wood. I am feeling helpless, being away. Fortunately, midterm week is almost done and I can be in world to help out, again. Thank you so much for all the support you’ve given to Harri!!

Thirdly, there is a JIRA out regarding the Open Space hike. It is the #1 issue voted right now. EVERY ONE, COME VOTE AND BRING FRIENDS TO VOTE:

http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/MISC-1776“

update- To quote the JIRA site: “DOWNTIME ANNOUNCEMENT – jira.secondlife.com will be offline for maintenance between 1am-1:30am PDT on Thursday, October 30″. Just didnt want people to waste their wonderful time tomorrow:-)

Stay on your seats! We will figure this out. Dont give up hope!

Love,

Therese

~*Oct. 19-26th: This Week’s Calendar at Milk Wood!*~

Therese Tammas — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:35:56 +0000

Weekly Calendar of Events at Milk Wood

**MONDAY -Storytelling with Aianna Oh**
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION AT ANY TIME: Please check back at 2PM SLT on Monday’s to see if Aianna Oh will be reading that day. It will only be clarified at the exact time she is scheduled. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Aianna Oh ,Storyteller
Real Life Storyteller, Aianna Oh shares her wonderful fantasy book, “Valley of the Ivory Swan – vol. 1 Warrior Princess”
GATHERING HELD AT THE ROOST.

**TUESDAY: 9 am SLT: Therese Tammas’ ‘Procrastination’ Hour at the Milk Bar:+ **

**WEDNESDAY- 1:00 PM SLT Murder She Wrote**
Published author Cora Hawker reads from her NEW thriller/horror novel TRAIL OF MADNESS. Not for the faint-hearted.
GATHERING HELD AT THE ROOST.

** THURSDAY: 5:30 pm SLT: Therese Tammas’ ‘Procrastination’ Hour at the Milk Bar+ **

**FRIDAY- 3 PM SLT Movie Night! **
Come join us for a great time, which only a movie with literature geeks can ensure! Cuddle with your loved ones on cuddle blankets or sit with your friends and neighbors as we watch a flick on the big screen! Movie still to be announced, stay tuned! But clear your calendars for this GATHERING AT THE ROOST.

Also: 9 am SLT: Therese Tammas’ ‘Procrastination’ Hour at the Milk Bar+

**SATURDAY: 2PM Poetry & Prose! **
Whether from your favorite authors, or your own writing, come share poetry or prose (short stories allowed) and enjoy the company of fellow writers! GATHER AT THE STONE CIRCLE.

**SUNDAY: **
1) 2 pm Plot Sharing Night for NaNoWriMo!!
Revving up for THE month we’re all dying for! Brainstorm and sharing night for plots exclusively- come share your ideas with other SL Wrimos! Please remember to be respectful and kind, and be prepared to be critiqued and likewise provide critique!
GATHER AT THE ROOST.

2) 3 PM Book Club with Harpy Convair
Join us at Milk Wood’s chic, savvy Milk Bar for Harpy Convair’s book talk on ‘ Snow Crash and The New York Trilogy’ ! Enjoy free drinks, cozy seating, and intelligent conversation with maybe even a few real life authors to converse with.
UPSTAIRS AT THE GUILD HOUSE.

~ MILK WOOD NEWS ~

-Cottages still available to rent at BLOSSOM DOWN AND CUCKOO DOWN. Please note that the rent for these helps pay the tier for MILK WOOD and allows us to keep going, if you want to help, this is the perfect way to do so. IM Harriet Gausman for details or pop over to the main house and have a look at the selection available in the vendor on the outside wall of the house.

- Oh no! TT has moved to a Bar! The Milk Bar that is. Startin’ this week, I’m gonna start hanging out at the ubber-cool Milk Bar, and after this week I’m hoping I can make it daily (this depends on my schedule with my Uni ‘course)! And since all I really do as young, bad, bad (-giggle-) 21 year old is procrastinate I am going to christen it my ‘Procrastination’ Hour! So come procrastinate with me! Bugging at hour-time coming up!

Oh, and this is Eli Hamaski. She’s (one of my) Alt, and she is taller and doesnt look like me (5-foot-3 whilst I’m 4 foot 10). While she won’t write on here, she’ll – as I’ve discussed with Harri- be helping me with my job for Milk Wood, with her free group slots and snazzy smile!

Eli (at our dock) says "VOTE FOR MILK WOOD!!!"

-TT

Dread, Love, Time, Togetherness, Beginnings and Endings– and FUN were themes of Poetry & Prose Night!

Therese Tammas — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:18:38 +0000

Whew, guys! We had a real rockin’ time yesterday with a mix of poetry from our own fridges, and from classic authors we love! We read poetry by Alexandre Pushkin, Thomas Moore, Edgar Allan Poe, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton , Yeats- wow, and more! And a number of us read our own; thank you Rafe, Morgue and Simeon!!! It was really all a giant conspiracy to have fun….

First, much apologies to Thirza Ember – Thirza, I just realized just now that I haven’t got any pics of you!! I’m sorry!! But think of it this way, Thirza was the special agent in this big conspiracy … She definitely rocked the boat, folks!!

Harriet briefs us in our Mission ….

Morgue details on Plan A…. (Here she reads some of our classics!)

Simeon ponders and thinks, “Wow, a tough variety!” (And indeed it was- quality poetry folks!!0

More and more secret agents filtering in to listen to Plan A…

Secret Agent Lemonheart details Plan B- should Plan A- backfire on all of us (Mmm both plans would work quite well I think- both Morgue and Thirza chose awesome poetry!)

“The secret is in the sharing stone”

(By the way,some of our readers’ contributions can be found, still, here . See that dark dark stone, the most different one against all the other white stones? We have placed some of our shared poetry there for your enjoyment!)

All the other Agents had started leaving for their assignments, and left four of us to listen to some more of Rafe’s poetry!

It was just a really, really nice time. And then stragglers afterwards- just as you see, too, in the last picture above– just sat around and talked about writing and their dreams and (oddly) avatars. I got to put my puppy on, whoot!

Stay tuned for more mission assignments!! Who knows what next week will bring?

Therese Tammas

~*Milk Wood Events for October 13-19th!*~

Therese Tammas — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:55:44 +0000

Clear your calendars! Here comes another great line up of fun from Milk Wood!

For Week Beginning October 14th.

TUESDAY

12 NOON SLT Poetry and Prose at MILK WOOD

Theme: Beginnings and Endings

Bring along any poetry or prose (short stories allowed) that you would like to share.

Gathering held at THE STONE CIRCLE

WEDNESDAY 1:00 PM SLT: MURDER SHE WROTE

Published author Cora Hawker reads from her NEW thriller/horror novel TRAIL OF MADNESS.

Not for the faint-hearted.

Gathering held at THE ROOST

THURSDAY 2:00 PM SLT: MILKWOOD TEAM WRITING CONTEST

Host Therese Tammas and two teams of 3 players beat it out and see which team can create the best story! Join us for this pilot contest! Please contact Therese for more info.

Gathering held at THE READING GARDEN, by the Roost.

FRIDAY 3PM SLT: MOVIE NIGHT AT MILK WOOD

Movie to be announced. Come along, enjoy some popcorn and watch a movie on our new big outdoor screen. Bring along a friend and snuggle beneath a blanket of stars.

Gathering held at THE ROOST.

See you there!! Also, Cottages still available to rent at BLOSSOM DOWN AND CUCKOO DOWN. Please note that the rent for these helps pay the tier for MILK WOOD and allows us to keep going, if you want to help, this is the perfect way to do so. Please IM my boss, Harriet Gausman, for details or pop over to the main house and have a look at the selection available in the vendor on the outside wall of the house. ~Therese

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WHO IS THIS THERESE BUTTING IN?

TT says"Get your Word On!"

Hi there! My name is Therese Tammas and I’m the new Events Manager at Milk Wood! I will be helping Harri and managing the events we bring to you! I rezzed on August 2007 and, like so many of us, had a few transformations in SL, before I found my niche. Milk Wood is becoming part of that niche and I’m lovin’ every single bit of it! Please feel free to drop me an IM or notecard about any ideas or if you’ve got any questions!

Well, a little about me. First, I don’t always look like the above – I love to change avatars! Some days I’m a wolf, some days, I’m a dragon, some days (actually 50% of the time), I’m like this:

Me as a Tiny Warrior with (Seriously) damaging arrows. Rawr!

I was a kid who sent a manuscript into the publisher (and got rejected- nicely. It came with a nice fairytale book, yippee!) at 9 and kept writing random stories. Now SL is helping me revive my childhood passion again and I’m so excited to do it with you! I also like to fence, spar, and shoot arrows (I’m an Archer-Initiate with the Last White Knights of SL), and roleplay. Hit me up for any!! And I live on Milk Wood so please drop by for tea!

Virtual Writers' World » Therese Tammas

The NEW Milk Wood Rental Information & Covenant*

One More Poll…

Poetry & Prose Presents- Lots of Pictures and a Crowd YAY!

Flickr

!! JIRA on Open Space Sim Hike!!

~Oct. 19-26th: This Week’s Calendar at Milk Wood!~

Dread, Love, Time, Togetherness, Beginnings and Endings– and FUN were themes of Poetry & Prose Night!

~Milk Wood Events for October 13-19th!~

Virtual Writers' World » Therese Tammas

**The NEW Milk Wood Rental Information & Covenant***

One More Poll…

Poetry & Prose Presents- Lots of Pictures and a Crowd YAY!

Flickr

!! JIRA on Open Space Sim Hike!!

~*Oct. 19-26th: This Week’s Calendar at Milk Wood!*~

Dread, Love, Time, Togetherness, Beginnings and Endings– and FUN were themes of Poetry & Prose Night!

~*Milk Wood Events for October 13-19th!*~

The NEW Milk Wood Rental Information & Covenant*

~Oct. 19-26th: This Week’s Calendar at Milk Wood!~

~Milk Wood Events for October 13-19th!~