Wisdom Blog

EQUINOX & SOLSTICE EVENTS

QIUET DAYS Held on Saturdays nearest the Equinox and Solstice from 10:00-2:00! The day begins with a spoken meditation, and ends with shared reflections. A reading is offered during lunch. Otherwise the day is in silence. A simple meal is provided for those who sign...

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Writer’s Workshop – Making Things

Quilting is fun but there is a lot of work.  Hats I made by hand and they are real pretty; one yellow with some flowers on it and one with a blue button on it and a bow.  I made dolls and paintings.  And I made cards on paper and I made jewelry: rings and earrings,...

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Writers Workshop 8/25/2014

We live in Turner, out in the puckabrush.  Around 4:30-7:00 the deer come out.  We use binoculars and watch the deer kick up their heels.  It is so much enjoyment.  Our dog lays down and watches them too.  She never bothers them. We sit on the bench, smell the phlox...

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Next WISE & STRONG WOMEN SPEAK

MARCH 7, 5:00-7:00 p.m.  On Friendship, Creativity and Imperfection Join Anne Kemper, Gretchen Rosen and Eileen Fair on March 7, on the eve of International Women’s Day, for the next semi-annual “Wise and Strong Women Speak” program at The Center for Wisdom’s Women....

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Writer’s Workshop 9/23/13

Cooking by Joan   I took the time last Wednesday with my peer person to make vegetable pasta. I felt real good about myself n' I took charged of my hole kitchen by myself n' my peer person watched me the hole time n' she kept telling me how good I did the hole time I...

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Writer’s Workshop 9/15/13

Beautiful by Lisa White  Beautiful -- a cool early fall day -- my dog laying asleep. Beautiful -- purple pink leaves fallen on sand by the ocean -- and the thunder & rain that tore the leaves down to begin with. Beautiful -- my old man revving his Harley in the...

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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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