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Writer’s Workshop 8/27/12

Heroes, by Laura Many people think of heroes as firemen who run into a burning house to save a trapped child, policemen who risk their lives facing down armed criminals, doctors who perform life-saving surgery and others whose heroic deeds end up in the newspaper or...

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Writer’s Workshop, 8/25/2010

Spirit Dancer by TariLea Up on the wings of the Eagle I fly Over the trees and past, into the horizon, Into the blue sky - Where I am free of everyday drama. No Form. I soar to the heavens, Free from all that is. No illness, no pain, no illusions. Just freedom, to...

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5th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION!

Yes indeed, it has been FIVE years! Come celebrate with us at our Open House on December 7 from 10:00-2:00! The Center was begun by the Daughters of Wisdom in 1999.  They had to leave the work in 2008 and a local group of women organized to continue it, with Trinity...

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INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY EVENTS

International Women’s Day (March 8) has been celebrated around the world for just over 100 years.  It is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and...

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Save the Date – Next Wise & Strong Women Speak

Our next "Wise and Strong Women Speak" will take place in recognition of International Women's Day. The two women featured who will enter into a public conversation about their life, are Rita Dube (recently retired founding Director of the Franco American Heritage...

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Full Moon Singing Circle Begins!

The next FULL MOON SINGING CIRCLE will be on the "snow moon" which is Monday, February 25th from 6-8:00. The inspiration comes from the “Women With Wings” group in Bangor that unexpectedly sent us a copy of their songbook and CD. Their purpose: “Women with Wings”...

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WISE & STRONG WOMEN SPEAK!

  Friday evening 5:00-7:00 October 12, 2012 A conversation between Marjory Zoet Bankson and Tammie Fowles. Both women are authors, one is a theologian, the other a therapist. These incredible women will share stories about their lives and how they found and...

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THE GOOD NEWS by Thich Nhat Hanh

Today for our Tuesday lunch poem we read the THE GOOD NEWS by Thich Nhat Hanh.  After discussion we wrote our own list of good news that we want to share.  Here is our version of the poem:  The good news they do not print. The good news we do print. We have a special...

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Favorite Poems

Amanda (l) with Companions Pat and Sarah, and volunteer Diana. Here is a list of our favorite poems from this year's Tuesday Poetry Lunch.  Amanda Solche comes each week with a poem.  Yesterday was her last day for this school year.  She will be back in the fall. ...

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Writer’s Workshop 5/21/12

WHAT DO I SEE IN FRONT OF ME?   - Anonymous I see many white things.  Those things would be an apartment building that has at least 20 window, painted lines, arrows, and crosswalks along with frames of the windows and doors, and the porches and poles at Healey...

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Book Recomendations

A Poem About Listening   (Ray Houghton, M.D.) Please, just listen. When I ask you to listen to me, and you start giving advice, you have not done what I asked. When I ask you to listen to me, and you begin to tell me why I shouldn't feel that way, you are trampling on...

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