tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61515050588758615062024-03-12T17:29:55.129-06:00Stillpoint: A Center for the Humanities & CommunityStillpoint Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787721702541525686noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151505058875861506.post-77859797228342601812012-06-10T10:15:00.001-06:002012-06-10T10:16:50.830-06:00Under the Spell of Chuck Squier<br />
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November 24, 1864. Visualize a quiet morning on southeastern
Colorado’s high plains. See in your mind’s eye lodges housing Indians who
thought they were safe, at peace with the White people. Then think of the
terror, the horror that ensued as hundreds of heavily armed soldiers of the
First and Third Colorado Volunteer Regiments attacked, killing young men and
old, but mostly women and children.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Consider the biases, the hate, fear, self-righteousness, the
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Under the White Wing:
Events at Sand Creek</i> does all this and more. And on a Sunday afternoon in
March, the full house listening to author Chuck Squier masterfully read his
gripping narrative verse experienced again the distress, the melancholy that
time and place holds. Spellbound by Chuck’s stunning portrayal of those
involved, listeners could well heed these words by Gary Holthaus:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">If we do not know this
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Americans and what we have done as a nation. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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A memorable afternoon. If you haven’t heard Chuck Squier
read from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Under the White Wing</i>, you
have missed something extraordinary.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Attendees settle in for a singular experience.</div>
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Laura Goodman welcomes the group and thanks Chuck.</div>
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Reg Saner, Boulder's first poet laureate, introduces friend and colleague Chuck Squier.</div>
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<br /></div>Stillpoint Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787721702541525686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151505058875861506.post-52787704606885992522012-02-29T19:55:00.000-07:002012-02-29T19:55:58.615-07:00Under the White Wing - An Extraordinary Reading<!--[if !mso]>
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chapters, the Sand Creek massacre. Rarely, if ever, has any episode in that
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">Here we have the tragic events of the Sand Creek massacre of 1864 truthfully told in a language so clear and visual that you will think you have already seen the movie. It is a story that has the power to transform us, if we listen.</span></b></div>
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Suspend that usual notion of power as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">power</i> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">over</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">,</i> Adam tells us.
Instead, consider using the word power as the drive toward self-realization,
the drive “to achieve one’s purpose, to get one’s job done, to grow.” Think of
this as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">power</i> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">to</i></b>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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love without power is sentimental and anemic <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">or worse</b>. We can see both of these degenerative forms in our world,
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mistake. How then can we exercise power and love together? </i> (p. 53)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Adam’s work in more than fifty countries has informed his compelling ideas—from scenarios in South Africa as the country
transitioned from apartheid, to post-civil-war Guatemala, to India, Japan and
others. Continual learning is key, and Adam often uses the phrase, “what I’ve
learned,” or “what I’m learning” as he tells stories of the people he’s learned
from, including those with whom he’s worked and those whose works he’s read,
such as Paola Melchiori, Martin Luther King Jr., Paul Tillich, Rollo May,
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Not flinching from the difficulty of putting these ideas
into practice and the impossibility of thinking of love and power as easily
integrated, Adam offers the analogy of walking. When we walk, we use one leg at
a time. But both legs are necessary. Power and love—use one at a time. Both are
necessary. With practice using both becomes more natural. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Leadership Project of PassageWorks Institute, co-sponsor of this event, to
Naropa University for hosting it, and the the 75+ attendees who engaged so
wholeheartedly. A special note of gratitude to Adam Kahane for being with us, nudging
us to think beyond the conventional, and to do what we can. More good news is
that Adam is finishing his next book.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Leadership Project of PassageWorks Institute</i></b> are pleased to invite you
to a special event, hosted by <b><i>Naropa University</i></b>.<o:p></o:p></a></div>
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<b>ADAM KAHANE</b>,
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Adam is a leading organizer, designer and facilitator of processes
through which business, government, and civil society leaders can work together
to address their toughest challenges. He has worked in more than fifty
countries with executives and politicians, generals and guerillas, civil servants
and trade unionists, community activists and United National officials, clergy
and artists. Adam is also the author of <i>Solving
Tough Problems: An Open Way of Talking, Listening, and Creating New Realities</i>,
about which Nelson Mandela said: “This breakthrough book addresses the central
challenge of our time: finding a way to work together to solve the problems we
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For more information: <a href="http://passageworks.org/">http://passageworks.org/</a><o:p></o:p></div>Stillpoint Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787721702541525686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151505058875861506.post-45088469269617391362011-09-14T11:30:00.001-06:002011-09-15T15:34:06.131-06:00Music & Stories to Enchant You!<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Award winning poet and essayist Gary Holthaus and internationally
acclaimed musician Lauren Pelon team up to offer a unique new program called
“The Story of Music, Stories from Home<i>.</i>” Pelon sings in her
lovely soprano voice and plays over twenty ancient and modern instruments
ranging from lute, lyre, and concertina, to recorders, gemshorn, cornamuse,
schreierpfeife, shawm, pennywhistles,
double ocarina, hurdy-gurdy, eagle bone flute, Kiowa courting flute, bowed
psaltery, electric wind instrument and MIDI-pedalboard. Holthaus tells
real life stories from his boyhood in Iowa and what he has learned working as a
commercial fisherman in Alaska, a wheat packer at Quaker Oats and a hoist
operator at Iowa Steel and Iron Works, a retail clerk, teacher, professor and
non-profit executive in Massachusetts, Alaska, Colorado, Montana, and
Minnesota. Both the music and the
stories celebrate our sense of place, community, and home. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Theater at the Dairy Center for the Arts.
The program is sponsored by The Stillpoint Center for the Humanities and
Community and Picaresque II, a Minnesota non-profit. It is free and open to the public, but
tickets are required, and seating is limited</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">. Reserve your tickets by calling </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b>303-444-7328, Tues.-Fri. 1:00-5:00</b>, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">or visit the DCA box office, 2590 Walnut Street during the same hours.</span></div>
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performed throughout the U.S. and in China, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland,
Russia, Kazakhstan, Australia, and New Zealand.
She is noted for her versatile use of a diverse array of instruments,
but Pelon has also won recognition for her singing voice, and for her
compelling compositions and arrangements of music from many countries and
cultures. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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performed with symphony orchestras, The Philadelphia String Quartet, on
Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” and at the Russian Institute for
the History of the Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia. She was the recipient of the 2001 “Artist of the
Year” award from the Southeast Minnesota Arts Council, and 2010 Artist
Initiative Award from the Minnesota State Arts Board. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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three books of poems, three chapbooks, and three collections of essays, all of
them rooted in the earth.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">His prose has
been cited in “Notable Essays” in 1994 and 1998, and he was a 1990 recipient of
a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Fellowship for Poetry.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In 2011 Holthaus was awarded an Original Works
Grant from Southeast Minnesota Arts Council to work on a new and selected
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essays titled, <i>Learning Native Wisdom: What Traditional Cultures Teach Us
about Subsistence, Sustainability, and Spirituality </i>was published by the
University Press of Kentucky in 2008. He
worked with the Southeast Minnesota Experiment in Rural Cooperation to write <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">From the Farm to the Table</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What All Americans Need To Know about
Agriculture, </i>a book on farming also published by Kentucky. Holthaus has most recently worked on issues
of community sustainability with the Island Institute in Sitka, Alaska, and
with the Pepperfield Project in Decorah, Iowa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Stillpoint Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787721702541525686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151505058875861506.post-90934693365039192622011-09-14T11:00:00.000-06:002011-09-14T11:07:58.256-06:00Fall 2010, Charmaine Getz & Dick Kreck<i>Colorful Colorado Characters and Places</i> was the final event in our 2010 Literary Series. At the beautiful Academy of Chinese Arts, Charmaine Getz delighted participants with stories from her captivating book, <i>Weird Colorado: Your Travel Guide to Colorado's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets.</i> If you haven't checked this out yet, you're in for a treat. And it includes a story on Stillpoint!<br />
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Dick Kreck spoke about his recent work, <i>Smalldone: The Untold Story of an American Crime Family</i>, providing more Colorado surprise and intrigue, brought to life by Dick's anecdotes and compelling photographs. Another engaging book for your list.<br />
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Stillpoint Center and guests appreciated the warm hospitality provided by the Academy of Chinese Arts.<br />
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<br />Stillpoint Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787721702541525686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151505058875861506.post-16742949690956520272010-10-09T13:46:00.006-06:002010-10-09T18:18:45.811-06:00Fall Literary Event<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:black;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><b>Sunday, October 17th, 4:00 - 5:30 </b></i></span></div><div face="arial, sans-serif" size="10pt" color="black" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Academy of Chinese Martial & Cultural Arts</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1750 38th St., Boulder</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(between Arapahoe & Walnut on 38th)</span></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>Local Authors Read Their Work ~ Colorful Colorado Characters and Places</i></span></div></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">• </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>Charmaine Getz</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Charmaine’s book, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Weird Colorado</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, highlights unusual, wonderful and quirky spots in our state;</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br />• </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>Dick Kreck</i></span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- Sometimes referred to as Dr. Colorado, Dick will read from his most recent book, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Smalldone: The Untold Story of an American Crime Family</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The event is free and open to the public. Join us!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">About the Authors</span></b></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">• Charmaine Getz</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is a journalist with a zest for the strange, the unusual and the quirky. Weird Colorado gives the scoop about where to find the pleasurable odd attractions -- and the stories behind them -- that the Tourism Bureau doesn't know about and wild Colorado history you didn't learn in school.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">• <i>Dick Kreck</i> was born in San Francisco, grew up in Glendale, California, and earned his BA in Journalism from San Francisco State College. He worked as reporter and copy editor at the San Francisco Examiner and the LA Times. Dick joined <i>The Denver Post</i> in 1968 and held various jobs there. He wrote a city column for <i>The Post</i> for 18 years and covered television and radio before he retired from the paper in June 2007.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">His books include </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Colorado's Scenic Railroads</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (1997); </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Denver in Flames</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (2000); </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Murder at the Brown Palace </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(2003), which was on the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Denver Post</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> best-seller list for 22 weeks; and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Anton Woode: The Boy Murderer </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(2006); and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Smalldone: The Untold Story of a Denver Crime Family </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(2009).</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><br /></p></div></div></span>Stillpoint Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787721702541525686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151505058875861506.post-68646032846946679202010-09-19T10:18:00.005-06:002010-10-09T14:11:25.328-06:00<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-size:large;">Save the date! Sunday, October 17th </span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-size:large;">4:00 - 5:30 p.m.</span></div><div><br /></div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;"><b><i>Local Authors Read Their Work ~ </i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;"><b><i>A Fall Literary Event</i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">held at the Academy of Chinese Martial & Cultural Arts, 1750 38th St. in Boulder (between Walnut & Arapahoe on 38th).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">• Oct. 17th ~ <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">with the theme of Colorful Colorado, Characters & Places, we'll hear from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;">Charmaine Getz,</span> whose book <i>Weird Colorado </i></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">highlights unusual, wonderful and quirky places in our state; </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;">Dick Kreck</span>, sometimes referred to as Dr. Colorado, reading from his most recent book, <i>Smalldone The Untold Story of an American Crime Family. </i></span></span></span></p><!--StartFragment--> <!--EndFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14.0pt;">The event is</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;"> free and open to the public. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Do plan to join us!</span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <div> </div></div>Stillpoint Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787721702541525686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151505058875861506.post-80998159058156977922010-08-17T09:06:00.002-06:002010-08-17T09:13:51.371-06:00Venue Change for August 17th<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br />The Stillpoint Center reading, scheduled for <b>4:00 - 6:00</b> on August 17th at Healing Tea, is to be at <b>Gindi Cafe instead. 3601 Arapahoe,</b>#181. It's on the southeast corner of the big condo development. (From Healing Tea, it's across Arapahoe and a couple of blocks east.) Plenty of parking and a lovely space.<br /><br />Join us and hear Jennifer Wert and Tom Gilboy read from their intriguing work.<br /><br /><br /></span>Stillpoint Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787721702541525686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151505058875861506.post-36212302714184335102010-08-11T19:54:00.001-06:002010-08-11T19:57:59.083-06:00August 17th Reading - Summer Literary Series<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><div><br /></div>Join us Tuesday afternoon, August 17th, 4:00 - 6:00, at Healing Tea, 3216 Arapahoe, for the third and final reading in Stillpoint Center's Summer Literary Series. (Fall schedule coming soon.) Two more talented local writers will read and discuss their work. </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">• Tom Gilboy "Bark Mice: The Lion and the Mouse Fable Expanded" - Here the mice have opposable thumbs and the lion is an Irish spirit, a pooka, who is fleeing human pursuers in the contemporary US. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">• Jennifer Wert "Pattaya," "Juarez," and "San Sebastian" - Short stories exploring place and culture, Jennifer's traveling the distance between the two, and her place in the larger world. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">We hope to see you there!<br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', monospace;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:15px;"><br /></span></span></div></div>Stillpoint Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787721702541525686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151505058875861506.post-41078745049640069242010-07-22T10:05:00.006-06:002010-07-22T10:28:06.049-06:00July 20th Reading at Healing Tea<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Our latest Stillpoint reading at Healing Tea was on July 20</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">—the prime of summer when nature's radiance pulls us outside our limited self to explore a more expansive consciousness filled with the promise of community.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Outside we heard the roar of thunder followed by a gentle rain and the appearance of numerous rainbows. How auspicious to experience nature while she served as the theme of our gathering. Thirty-five of us centered our bodies via Qi Gong, led by Master Ki, and listened to three fabulous female Colorado writers.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Rachel Weaver</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> offered a </span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_48v9fcQUvdc/TEhtsuemWtI/AAAAAAAAADk/YFZuMR97mXA/s200/IMGP4794_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496763960363735762" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 200px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">haunting experience of life from the southeast coast of Alaska. Inhabitants finding razor-thin lines between life and death, confronting the necessity of coming to terms with the inevitable. Suspense and poignancy, masterfully interwoven.</span></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_48v9fcQUvdc/TEhuGWnfnQI/AAAAAAAAADs/XyMc1NzZtRM/s200/IMGP4795.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496764400635190530" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Priscilla Stuckey</b> led us to Lopez Island and the "call of the eagle" which guided her to a shift in paradigm from heartbroken Ph.D. researcher to genuine searcher. She emerged with a humbleness that left us with goosebumps as if our being too had been stroked by a feathered being. The gentle waves of awakening resonated with us long after her voice had merged with the sky. We felt the presence of a truly refined soul.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Kate Krautkramer</b> is a</span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_48v9fcQUvdc/TEhue0MTgjI/AAAAAAAAAD0/dQLbtWuDzYs/s200/IMGP4797.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496764820891075122" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> performance artists whose storytelling is brilliant and whose voice truly captured us. Her story snaked and wound our minds from cruelty to hardship and back again until poisonous snakes rattled our souls into a deeper understanding of the nature of relationships. She held us at the tip of her tongue where we remained spellbound. We were both fascinated and terrified about the struggle of farm life. Her singing was like rain during a drought. We are left thirsty for more.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Carmen Baehr</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_48v9fcQUvdc/TEhwVCUuxvI/AAAAAAAAAEE/4bRHE-pin-k/s200/IMGP4071.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496766851909076722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Stillpoint Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787721702541525686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151505058875861506.post-3891503630367994522010-06-20T11:27:00.011-06:002010-07-03T12:05:05.871-06:00June 15th Author Readings at Healing Tea<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_48v9fcQUvdc/TB6YmAqqp5I/AAAAAAAAADc/Oe3manvh7jo/s1600/IMGP4703.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;">Thanks to the authors who read their compelling work at the first event, June 15th, of the Summer Literary Series at Healing Tea. And thanks also to Master Ki who led participants in movements to relax our bodies and open our minds--and to Carmen Baehr for providing the following commentary on the event.</span></div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> •••</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">••••</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Laura Goodman reads her work</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_48v9fcQUvdc/TB5WX3FknvI/AAAAAAAAACs/9UJoxxXTtVM/s1600/IMGP4696.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_48v9fcQUvdc/TB5WX3FknvI/AAAAAAAAACs/9UJoxxXTtVM/s200/IMGP4696.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484916364108144370" border="0" /></a>The theme of the Stillpoint Center reading evolved around how trauma imprints the stories of our lives and that through writing, our stories can be re-told. First Laura Goodman eloquently interwove her understanding of her dog's PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) symptoms with the death of her mother and grief over an absent father.<br /><br />These three lives were affected by or suffered from PTSD. Laura unravels a deep understanding of the consequences of trauma from a scared and hurt puppy-mill survivor to a warrior who lost the battle with his heart and therefore was incapable of being a son, spouse or father. Laura's writing is razor smart and tender. A true artist.<br /><br />Next Lara Robinson and Tim Hilmer blurred the lines between teacher and student as they collaborate on a book that reflects their ability to both learn from and teach each other. Age difference and given roles are overcome as they deal with trauma and life's challenges from domestic violence to cancer. They do so with inspiring poise, clarity of speech and an intelligence that leaves you yearning for more. ~ by Carmen Baehr ~ <br /><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />Jennifer Wert, who will read August 17th, and Jaye Zola</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:16px;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_48v9fcQUvdc/TB6X_zXYXnI/AAAAAAAAADU/3qlXB2ghcvU/s200/IMGP4699.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484988518559669874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></span> </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">photo on the right---Lara & Priscilla </span><span style="font-size:78%;">Stuckey, who will read July 20th </span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_48v9fcQUvdc/TB6YmAqqp5I/AAAAAAAAADc/Oe3manvh7jo/s200/IMGP4703.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484989174965249938" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Joe Yarrow & Carmen Baehr ------------- photo on right, John Zola, Lara Robinson, Tim Hilmer </span></span><span style="font-size:78%;">& Janelle Lynn </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_48v9fcQUvdc/TB5U9_lwtVI/AAAAAAAAACk/5zGn9zO7QQs/s1600/IMGP4702.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_48v9fcQUvdc/TB5U9_lwtVI/AAAAAAAAACk/5zGn9zO7QQs/s200/IMGP4702.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484914820202411346" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_48v9fcQUvdc/TB5X2lXX92I/AAAAAAAAAC8/IT2a9q4bSqI/s1600/IMGP4701.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_48v9fcQUvdc/TB5X2lXX92I/AAAAAAAAAC8/IT2a9q4bSqI/s200/IMGP4701.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484917991438546786" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div>Stillpoint Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787721702541525686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151505058875861506.post-86419389736785365592010-06-06T07:57:00.007-06:002010-06-06T12:01:54.957-06:00Kenya Project<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_48v9fcQUvdc/TAvS7bCGS3I/AAAAAAAAAB0/dOGUOsKHJDc/s1600/Wlzz.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_48v9fcQUvdc/TAus63TsNfI/AAAAAAAAABU/z1HDgLsF6Nk/s200/DSCN1266.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479663498905269746" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span>The Kenya Project</span></span> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b>by Marco de Martino</b></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b> </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b>Here’s a review and short summary of where we stand today with the Stillpoint Kenya Project. </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b> </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b>The idea behind our project is to create a situation where families can become independent and self-sufficient by owning a piece of land with a house on it, mortgage free, so that they can use the money they would normally spend on rent to put towards a better education. Good schools that can help elevate one’s social status and economic condition cost money in Kenya, a cost that most families cannot afford primarily due to excessive rents and other forms of usury. In fact, most Kenyan families of lower socio-economic status are stuck in cycle of debt, as most wages cannot cover the cost of rent and food for a family of four.</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b> </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b>For our three families we have purchased three pieces of land. For the family that we were originally going to adopt from, the Edung family, but could not due to the bureaucracy in Kenya, we have completed the building of a small house (1rm, 1bath) for them to live in, which they do, and have laid the foundations and raised the walls for a main house. The idea being that once they move into the main house (2bdrms, 1bath), they can rent out the smaller house for a small sum to help pay for their four boys’ education.</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b> </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b>For the second family, the Munene family, we have purchased the property, laid the foundation for a main house that’s essentially is a duplex so that they can live on one side (2bdrm, 1bath) and the other side they can rent out (2bdrm, 1bath).</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b> </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b>For our third family, the Gachoka family, we have recently purchased a plot of land in hopes of eventually raising a house.</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b> </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b>I have hired a close friend of mine in Kenya to oversee the distribution of funds and manage the construction process. Once we complete these projects the families will be completely independent and their children in particular will face a much brighter future. Please feel free to contact me at any time at: marco.a.demartino@gmail.com</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b> </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b>The Kenya Project represents one of the more important undertakings for our family, so thank you so much for your support and</b></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b> </b></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" 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class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Baskerville Semibold"font-family:";font-size:16.0pt;"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Stillpoint Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787721702541525686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151505058875861506.post-42836289339972626412010-06-01T10:04:00.021-06:002010-06-16T16:39:27.351-06:00A Summer Literary Series at Healing Tea<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_48v9fcQUvdc/TAvWAO1YfQI/AAAAAAAAACE/2wyjz9XUC-4/s1600/Lauren+Pelon+color1.jpg"></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Cochin, serif;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Cochin, serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Local Authors Read Their Work</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Cochin, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">3216 Arapahoe Avenue</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(free and open to the public)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">June 15th, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.</span></u></b></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">• <b>Laura Goodman</b></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"> <i>Then As Now</i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"> A personal essay dealing with battle fatigue/PTSD and its immediate and far-reaching effects on her father & family <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">• <b>Tim Hilmer and Lara Robinson</b></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"> <i>Will You Read My Story?</i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"> A teacher and student reconnect after 26 years and reflect on the year that changed their lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"> </span><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">July 20th, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.</span></u></b></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">• <b>Rachel Weaver</b></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"> <i>Point of Direction</i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"> A novel of nature and self-discovery<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">• <b>Priscilla Stuckey</b></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"> <i>A Wider Circle of Friends: How a Scholar of Religion Learned Spirituality from Trees, Animals, and Rocks, a</i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"><o:p> book-in-progress, which blends memoir and environmental philosophy to explore the wide-awake world of nature and the relationships possible with many kinds of friends.</o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">• <b>Kate Krautkramer</b></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"> <i>In the Garden</i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"> A short story about the problem of being human trapped in human social systems and culture, but also being an animal interested in survival</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">August 17th, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><!--StartFragment--> <!--EndFragment--> <!--StartFragment--> <!--EndFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">• <b>Tom Gilboy</b></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"> <i>Bark Mice: The Lion and the Mouse Fable Expanded </i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">Here the mice have opposable thumbs and the lion is an Irish spirit, a pooka, who is fleeing human pursuers in the contemporary US.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">• <b>Jennifer Wert</b></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"> <i>Pattaya</i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">, <i>Juarez</i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">, and <i>San Sebastian</i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"> Three short pieces exploring place and culture, Jennifer’s traveling the distance between the two, and her place in the larger world.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 16pt; "><span style=" ;font-family:Cochin;font-size:14pt;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;">About the Authors</span><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;"><b><u>Tom Gilboy</u></b></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;"> works on novels a couple of hours each morning before work, co-writes screenplays, and co-wrote and illustrated a couple of children's books. <i>Bark Mice</i> is in its fourth and final draft after more years than Tom cares to admit.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"><b><u>Laura Goodman</u></b></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"> is a Boulder-based writer of both nonfiction and fiction. Through the past thirty years her stories and short pieces have appeared in many national literary journals and anthologies, winning awards and grants along the way. She is also a freelance editor who specializes in clients working in fiction and memoir writing. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">At present, Laura has two projects in the works. One is a novel. The other is a collection of personal essays which deals with battle fatigue/PTSD and its immediate and far-reaching effects on her own father and family. Her reading is an essay from this collection.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;"><b><u>Tim Hillmer</u></b></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;"> has been a teacher and mentor in the Boulder Valley School District for the past 26 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;"><b><u>Lara Robinson</u></b></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;"> was a 6th grade student in Tim's class during his first year of teaching in 1985-1986. She is now a working mom and writer with two children who lives in Louisville.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;">Lara became the basis for one of the main characters in Tim's second novel, <i>Ravenhil</i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;"><i>l</i> (University of New Mexico Press). They are now working on a book about the powerful relationship that can occur between teacher and student.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;"><b><u>Kate Krautkrame</u></b></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;"><u>r</u> holds an MFA in poetics from the Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She has been a columnist for <i>The Denver Post </i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;">and <i>High Country News </i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;">and currently lives with her husband and children in rural, Northwest Colorado, where she teaches writing at South Routt Elementary School.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;">Krautkramer’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in such publications as <i>Blue Mesa Review, Colorado Review, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, The High Plains Literary Review, National Geographic, The New York Times, The North American Review, Zone 3, So To Speak, The Seattle Review, Mississippi Review, South Dakota Review, Front Range Review, Washington Square </i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;">and<i> Weber: The Contemporary West, </i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;">as well as in the anthologies <i>The Beacon Best</i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;"> and <i>The Best American Nonrequired Reading</i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;">. She has also been featured on National Public Radio’s <i>Morning Edition </i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;">and <i>Day to Day.</i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"><b><u>Priscilla Stuckey, PhD</u></b></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">, teaches nature spirituality in the graduate programs of Prescott College in Prescott, AZ. She is a longtime book editor and writing coach as well as an avid hiker, native plant gardener, and birdwatcher in and around her home in Boulder.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"><b><u>Rachel Weaver</u></b></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">: A writer and teacher, Rachel has taught creative writing classes in a variety of settings including schools, libraries, as part of a glacier backpacking trip in Alaska, and at the Hospice Center for Grief Education. Rachel formerly worked as a wildlife biologist in Alaska studying songbirds, raptors, and black and brown bears. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">Excerpts from both <i>Nineteen-foot Tide</i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">, and <i>Point of Direction </i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">were chosen to represent Naropa University in 2006, 2007, and 2008 in the Harcourt Brace Best New Voices in American Fiction contest. In 2006, she was awarded the Katie O’Brien Scholarship for Fiction and a position as the Writer-in-Residence at the Footpaths to Creativity Center in Portugal. Her work has appeared in <i>The Ontario Review, Fly Fishing New England, Alaska Women Speak, Bombay Gin, The Blue Mesa Review, and is forthcoming in The Gettysburg Review</i></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;color:black;">. In June 2009, Rachel was awarded an honorary mention in the New Millennium Fiction Contest.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;"><b><u>Jennifer Wert</u></b></span><span style="font-family:Cochin;font-size:14.0pt;">: <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">A Boulder resident for 15 years, she works as a birth doula and yoga instructor. She is also at work on a memoir that chronicles her journey towards becoming a mother and the woman she wants to be.</span></span></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></div>Stillpoint Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787721702541525686noreply@blogger.com0