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Women Breaking Boundaries with Janet
Kalven
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 Host Kathy Wade, Executive
Director of Women Writing for a Change, interviews long-time member,
Janet Kalven, age 96, about her work as a Grail founder, feminist,
farmer and writer. As a young woman
living in Chicago, Janet was a student of the Great Books, and soon
became involved with the Grail movement which gave birth to Grailville,
in southern Ohio. The Grail was
known for its mission of women leading women and the assertion that
women possessed the leadership qualities that could bring about world
peace and justice. Janet shares stories from her book, Women Breaking Boundaries,
recounts her days of milking goats and cows while living at Grailville,
and opens up about her experience at WWfaC whose "rituals help draw
people out of their ordinary dayness and into a deeper realm." For more information about Grailville or to order Janet's book, "Women Breaking Boundaries", visit www.grailville.org |
News from Young Women Writing for (a) Change
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 YOUNG
WOMEN'S FALL MINI-SEMESTER on SUNDAY AFTERNOONS:
For girls & teens who love writing! Registration forms online.
Teens begin Oct. 25.
A Special Treat:
COME TO GIRLS' READAROUND - Sunday, Oct. 18, 3-4 pm.
Come and hear what our girls have been writing - ages 9-13.
Teachers: Andrea Rotter and Donna Maile
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COMING IN NOVEMBER
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Nov 7 - CELEBRATE
MARY'S NEW BOOK: BOOKSIGNING & PARTY at WWFAC: 1-3 PM - NO
CHARGE! Mary will sign books, read excerpts, invite conversation, and
PARTY!
RSVP, please. (272-1171)
Nov 14 -
WRITING MARATHON, 10 AM - 2 PM: $35
Get inspiration and new ideas for your writing, without the pressure, in a safe
and supportive community! Register online
or call 272-1171.
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DID YOU KNOW?
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IN SEARCH OF HOLIDAY STORIES
The New Media Circle is soliciting
holiday stories from diverse traditions for a December podcast. If you
have a piece, humorous or poignant, or anywhere in between, we would
love to see it. We plan to record several women reading their
works on Tuesday, December 8 at 11 a.m. The podcast would be posted
by mid December. Send your work to Jenny Stanton at by November 15.
KUDOS to...Meg Hanrahan, a WWfaC writer,
who is the writer/researcher for the documentary on Cincinnati parks
now airing on CET. It aired Sunday 7-8 pm, right before the Ken Burns
series on national parks, and undoubtedly will repeat many times.
Meg was also writer for the Sacred Spaces documentary, which won an
award at the state level, and has been featured on our WWfaC podcast program.
A VIRTUAL WRITING CLASS
OPPORTUNITY
Email Phebe Beiser to learn more.
YOGA AND WRITING WORKSHOP
Saturday, October 24th, 1-5pm, Moye Center, Melbourne, KY
With Suellen Hugan and Phoenix Wilson, RYT. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged as there is limited space. The cost of the workshop is $45 by October 10th, $50 after the 10th. Please contact Suellen (859-653-5663 or ) or Phoenix (859-341-9642 or ) to register.
Evening with Gail Collins
Saturday, November 4, benefits Cincinnati Early Learning Centers. Email for details or call 513-961-2696 x 10.
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WRITING PROMPT
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October Day
Rainer Maria Rilke,
translated by Robert Bly
Oh Lord, it's time, it's time. It was a great summer.
Lay your shadow now on the sundials,
and on the open fields let the winds go!
Give the tardy fruits the command to fill;
give them two more Mediterranean days,
drive them on into their greatness, and press
the final sweetness into the heavy wine.
Whoever has no house by now will not build.
Whoever is alone now, will remain alone,
will wait up, read, write long letters,
and walk along sidewalks under large trees,
not going home, as the leaves fall and blow away.
Pull out your calendar and schedule four thirty minute writing sessions over the next two weeks.
1. Autumn is indeed upon us now. Take some time outside. Write the first thing you notice with each of your five senses. Organize your observations into a poem - five lines, maybe?
2. Was it a great summer? Make a gratitude list. Consider writing a thank you note to one person, place or thing on your list. Share that note, or not.
3. Autumn is a time of transition. What is stirring in you this October?
4. Write a line from the poem on the top of your page. Set a timer and write without stopping for 10 minutes. Tell your inner critic to take a smoke break.
5. Commit to writing 500 words in your journal every day for a year. Think of the collection you'll have in a year!
6. Do you blog? Do you wonder what the heck people are talking about when they say they blog? Try this exercise. Go to Google.com (or your favorite search engine) and type in the words BLOG ABOUT then something you are interested in, like cribbage or petunias or Harry Potter. You'll be surprised by the communities you'll find.
7. Take or leave any of these suggestions. Follow your muse!
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