Living Lightly gathering at Michigan Friends Center, 11/22/08
I've registered for the annual Living Lightly gathering in Chelsea, MI, 11/22 from 9 am to 4 pm. How about you? Here is a flier. Topics include "Changing Joyously to Achieve Sustainability" with Jim Crowfoot. Great opportunity to connect with others who are creatively engaged in living more harmoniously (and lightly, of course) on the planet. See MFC Center Web site to register..
National Novel
Writing Month
Yow! I just committed
to writing 50,000 words during the month of November.
Which is to say, I signed up for
National Novel Writing
Month.
Conscious aging
I've been doing some speaking and singing on conscious aging. Check out my article
on the topic in the Fall 2008 Crazy Wisdom Community Journal. It's only two years til I turn 60! It's not that
I've got it all figured out, but I'm certainly familiar with
the terrain.
Here's more info about the September 2008 events.
Chant
recording
I brought
together the Chants for Peace Project, a group of 22
wonderful singers and instrumentalists, to record a CD, "Home
to the River of Love."
Engineered by Leigh
Daniels, the album consists of 30 simple, rhythmic chants,
with accompaniment on harp, flute, percussion, guitar, and
sitar. We chose chants that are easy to learn, that
lift the spirit and bring a sense of hope and connection.
Singing together about
peace, community, and the natural world is an antidote to
all the fear and anger in the air these days. The
recording took place in the sanctuary of Temple Beth Emeth/St.
Clare of Assisi Episcopal Church in Ann Arbor. It was a
wonderful mix of experienced and novice singers, united by
our desire to ‘be the change’ we wish to see in the world,
as Gandhi said.
Jeanne has a workshop on women at midlife called "Coming
Into Our Years." Here's
an
article she wrote on the topic, from the Mountain
Messenger in Lewisburg, West Virginia..
And there's always a vintage youtube video, if you need some inspiration:
