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”...

  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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

Ed note:  Every Tuesday Amanda Solch, a Bates student who volunteers at the center, brings a poem for lunch. This week we read and discussed "I'm Alive, I Believe in Everything" by Lesley Choyce.  We then wrote a group poem in the same style. I'm alive!  I believe...

Women’s faces, Seeking….. Peace Acceptance Embraces? Women’s eyes Searching….. Fearful, Courageous, Wise. A step through the door Means a step to new life; Breathing freely Finding others Learning new ways Beginning new days Seeing oneself in a different light. Who...

For women abused, and women used, For women in tears and women with fears, For women neglected and women not respected, For women despised and women patronized, For women here and women everywhere, May they know Your loving presence among them, through us.    Amen....

Ed Note:  Today the group read the children's book Something Beautiful by Sharon Dennis Wyeth.  They then wrote a story about something beautiful. The most beautiful thing I can think of is hope.  Hope that spring will soon come, even though the wind is blowing, a...

We are a day drop-in center where women can go to break their isolation and build community toward the bettering and enriching of their lives. All women are welcome. All programs are free of charge. Come and see what we are all about! Our logo is the sunflower: Like...

Not Your Puppet on a String... - Judy Smith I am me... That is all I can be... All that you see... Is all I can be... So you tool... I am not your fool... I have no strings for you to pull... No strings to make me sing and dance... I am not here for you to poke or...