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Save the Date
| | Keep an eye out for an invitation to a celebration honoring Kathy Wade. Invitations will be delivered via email, but for now, please save December 10th on your calendar.
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Upcoming Programs
Growing Gracefully through Thoughtful Caregiving with Liz Tassone, Gerontologist and Spiritual Director, Former Producer of Maple Knoll Village, Tuesday, November 16 7-9 pm Becoming a caregiver for elderly loved ones can be one of the most challenging experiences we'll ever face. And it can be one of discovering even more of our own strength, wisdom and grace. This session will help you to make intentional choices about how you want to operate as a thoughtful caregiver. >>Learn more here>> Dec 11 - Food for Thought: Writing about Holiday Cooking - $30 (1-3:30) Got a favorite recipe, story or memory about holidays in the kitchen? Write it down, share it, feed your creativity. Let by writer and cook Bronwyn Park. No experience necessary. >>REGISTER HERE>>
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Check out writer Heather Snyder's new blog, Two Tykes on a Hike. The blog is a resource for parents and caregivers in Cincinnati who are interested in hiking with their little ones. Congratulations to former Thursday night writer Cynthia Colebrook who was awarded a month-long writer's residency at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont. Congratulations to Kaya Kotzen, Wed night writer, for the publication of her poetry book, Coming into My Wisdom. She pubiished under the name of Kaya Kamins It will be available at the I Universe bookstore on line and at WWFC.
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A UNIQUE PUBLIC READAROUND
SAT, NOV. 6 - 1-3 PM at Kennedy Hts Arts Center.
 Please come and enjoy the first of two public readings, this semester, of the Down Syndrome writing class, facilitated by WWFC faculty member, Mary Ann Jansen. Participants' writings will also be published in a book coming out before the holidays, thanks to a collaboration with Beyond the Trees (two WWFC members, Jennifer Sauers and Kristi Woodworth).
The classes and book project are made possible by a grant from the Fine Arts Fund, now known as ArtWaves, and the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile Jr. / US Bank Foundation.
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Please join us on November 18, 7pm at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center for an inspiring performance of the True Body Project.
This fall, Women Writing for (a) Change and the True Body Project partnered to offer a 5-week series to teen girls combining the best of both organizations. The program kicked off on Sunday, September 26th with 14 enthusiastic and inspiring teen girls.
 Workshop leaders from The True Body Project, Women Writing for (a) Change and area fitness, dance, and drama teachers engaged the teens in an assortment of creative and inspiring activities focusing on what it means to be a girl in the year 2010. Through writing, movement (including Pilates, Yoga, Dance, and Hula Hoop), meditation, and thoughtful discussion, each teen traveled her own path to discovering "The Girl Within" and her "Inner Goddess."
The following is an excerpt from writing by Annie, a current participant:
The girl within me wants to swim.
I ran into rough waters without hesitating.  I splashed and did handstands as the waves tumbled over my soaking body. Mommy, come play? But she said she was fine just watching. I never want to pass up on fun! I told my sister, laughing. I'll never be like that. Years later, as I lay on my striped towel, tanning I wonder what happened to me. I left her in the water.
A large part of the True Body workshop was a collaborated effort by the girls to compose a short performance work of their writing featuring two writing prompts contemplating The Girl and The Goddess within them. The piece will be performed at 7 p.m. November 18th at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center. That same evening, the True Body Project will reprise their CEA-nominated performance of "Walk in our Shoes." Writing to the prompt, "Unless you have walked in my shoes, you cannot know ..." Individuals from Over the Rhine to Cambodia were compelled to speak the truth about their own lives. This performance brings life to the heartbreak, joy, and hopefulness of the human spirit in a special, one night only performance.
3711 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45220, (513) 497-2860, www.cliftonculturalarts.org. Tickets to this event will be $12, available at the door.
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Talk Deeply, Be Happy?
A New York Times blogger, Roni Caryn Rabin, raised that question in a post where she said, "It may sound counterintuitive, but people who spend more of their day having deep discussions and less time engaging in small talk seem to be happier, according to Matthias Mehl, a psychologist at the University of Arizona who published a study on the subject."
At Women Writing we're exploring and experimenting with new ways to provide opportunities for meaningful conversation and connection. We'd love to know what ideas you have about topics or themes of interest that would lend themselves to an evening or workshop that could be created and offered here. Please contact Nan Fischer via email with your thoughts and recommendations. We'd love to hear from you!
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November - Novel-Writing Month
|  Women Writing for a Change is celebrating November as Novel-writing-month, by
offering a Novel-Writing Workshop, on Saturday, Nov. 20, from 12:30 - 2 PM at
the downtown public library.
The Workshop Agenda:
- Hear readings by novel-writers-in-progress
- Share an excerpt from your own writing
- Get feedback from a fellow writer
- Share "trade secrets" in a welcoming circle of writers
Facilitated by Kathy Wade, Exec. Director of WWFC
FREE and open to men and women.
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SHIFT HAPPENS WITH NAN FISCHER
Join host Charlene Taylor Bales as she welcomes Nan Fischer, li fe coach, consultant, writer, and Program Director for Women Writing for a Change Foundation. In this episode, Nan speaks and writes of her personal journey, how she hit upon midlife and started to view her future as a sandcastle, standing invincible then surrendering to "what is".
Nan makes peace with being called "hon" and dearie" by realizing her heart has been stretched by experience and story. She welcomes her role as matron and leader, in particular, in the circles of Women Writing for a Change, supporting and coaching other women as they weather the shifting sands in their lives.
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This is who I am.
Using a Journal to Express your Unique and Creative Self (For GIRLS ONLY!) at the Mt Washington Educational Arts Center
Dates: Wednesdays; November 10, 17, December 1 and 8 (off Thanksgiving week)
Times: 4:00-6:00pm
Cost: $95
Overview: Open to girls in grades 4-7,
Gather together with girls your age to create your own personal journals, discuss topics important to you, learn journaling techniques, and share your unique talents and interests.
>> Click here to register
>> Click here to read more
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Writing Prompt
Monday
by Cindy Gregg
On this first day of November
it is cold as a cave, 
the sky the color
of neutral third parties.
I am cutting carrots
for the chicken soup.
Knife against carrot
again and again
sends a plop of pennies
into the pan.
These cents,
when held to the gray light,
hold no noble president,
only stills
of some kaleidoscope
caught being pensive...
and beautiful,
in the eye of this beholder,
who did not expect
this moment of marvel
while making an early supper
for the hungry children.
Some writing suggestions:
This poem takes a fresh look at something we consider common. What can you find around the house that you might look at with fresh eyes?
What is your favorite household "chore?"
What's for dinner tonight?
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