"When you seek the truth, ask the wise woman within."

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Autumn 2012

And so Summer has vanished! We were so busy movin and shakin, Summer just flew past us as if only a dream...

We continue to promote True, Melinda is headed to the southwest in a few days, speaking to book clubs and signings in bookstores, and I will be back here holding down the fort!  We have been busy on so many new projects: Poems for Ample Ladies is going to press as we speak and should be available by October 1st, so happy for Wesley Cook and Carla Gaydos, what a fabulous project! Wesley's illustrations and Carla's words together are just plain yummy!!! 

We love all our friends on Facebook, so many fascinating women whose stories must be told! We want to feature a couple of women in this newsletter, the first is a woman we have known for quite awhile. Helene Van Manen a life coach extraordinaire~ 
If  you are  a woman seeking to tap into her abundance and prosperity at the soul level. The retreat process is one of the highest forms of self growth and Retreat Coach Diva Helene Van Manen, Founder of the RetreatCoaches.com, has an upcoming Prospering Woman Retreat in the magical mountains of southern Colorado November 7 -11th  Details and registration are here
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs001/1101539435305/archive/1110917707891.html

Between the upcoming elections, babies, kids and all that life has to offer, I've got that big urge to reach over and hit the snooze button, but the reality is that we've all got responsibilities and goals in front of us that have to be tended to! Gutters cleaned out ,check...lawns racked and thatched, well not quite...water pipes drained and ready for winter (which by the way is here at night, our temp has hit 31 degrees) almost, the list is endless and so our the joys. New beginnings, new ideas, working on creating a foundation that benefits the disadvantaged youth of Siskiyou County, creating new workshops for writers, building foundations for the young women coming out of Juvenile Hall, looking for ways to be of service and extending a hand to those in need of transformation. 

The writers workshop that we had here on October 7th, The Alchemical Heart: Writing Into The
Sacred - An Afternoon with Dora E. McQuaid, Poet, Activist, Speaker and Teacher, was phenomenal!


Dora McQuaid http://www.doramcquaid.com

We realized just how valuable these workshops are to our community and the need to create an even bigger space to continue with needs to become a priority!  Thank you again Dora for bringing so much to the table, an afternoon that will never be forgotten.