Rafter Digest (published every Saturday) is one of the newsletters of The Raft, the online community of author Phyllis Cole-Dai. We Rafters ride the river of life buoyed by music, poetry, and other arts along with open spiritual practice. Most everything here is free, but patrons (paid subscribers) get some special perks because Phyllis is extra grateful for their support. Sign up here:
In this issue (click links to skip to content):
Rafter Special: Lay a “Blessing Stone”
Three weeks away: “The Heart of Who We Are” with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
How does a novel get born?
☀️ This Week’s Big Announcements
Watch this multi-media presentation about my writing of The Singing Stick, which I gave “live” recently at the South Dakota Festival of Books.
This Week’s Staying Power
No issue this week.
This Week’s Daily Boosts
#831: How we look underneath
#832: Pick up the stones
#833: A clearing waits
#834: The heart and the fist
#835: Trust the way
Last Week’s Events & News
This Week’s Event Replays
Next Week’s Events
Poetry Pick-Me-Up (Zoom, Thursday, 12PM Central). A casual weekly gathering for poetry-sharing and discussion. Hop on the Zoom at this link. Bring a poem you like to read to the group. Or, just come to listen to poems offered by other Rafters and to participate as you’re comfortable in our informal but wholehearted conversation. Can’t make it? Watch for the video replay in this newsletter!
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