Events & News (01/07/23)

What does it mean, "to arrive"?

The Saturday Spark

Tell us: When you sense that you have inwardly “arrived” somewhere significant, what’s one word that describes how you feel?

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Have you signed up yet for the 30-Day Cento Quest? Read all about it here!

Not a Quester? You may still attend our happy “Cento Celebration” at 6:00PM Central on February 27! Bring your own cento to share (must be based on Staying Power 2). Or come to listen! Register for this free Zoom event using the button.

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What’s up with The Singing Stick?

The Singing Stick is my novel-in-progress about Simon, an eighty-year-old former professor who suffers from dementia, and the clarinet that helps anchor him in the strange world he inhabits. That clarinet, inherited from his mother, has its own story. Where will it lead?

A number of you have been asking how my work on the novel is coming along. (Smile.) I’m slow as the proverbial turtle. That’s what happens when you decide to undertake three books at the same time, in different genres, while also publishing The Raft. But I’m a very happy turtle.

Thanks for your kind interest. I’m happy to say that the novel is in the skillful hands of my editor. It’s slated for release this fall. Stay tuned.

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Next week on The Raft . . .

• Poetry Pick-Me-Up (Zoom, Thursday, 12-1PM Central). A casual weekly gathering for poetry-sharing and discussion. Hop on the Zoom at this link. 

  Bring a published poem that has recently struck you to read to the group. Or, just come to listen to poems offered by other Rafters and to participate in informal but wholehearted conversation. Can’t make it? Watch for the video replay in this newsletter!

• My serial audio reading of Staying Power 2: Writings from a Year of Emergence continues each Friday for all paying subscribers. Upgrade to get this and other modest perks, plus the joy of helping to keep most content on The Raft free for everybody!

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Grateful, grateful!

My heartfelt thanks to these folks for their recent gifts in support of The Raft: Chuck Behrens, Ruth Harper, Lydia Holsten, Stephen Johnson, Carroll Jones, Shirley Koepsell, Susan Long, Jennie Quinn, and Shankari.

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Whew! That's all for now. Stay well. Stay witty. Stay tuned into your true spot and create from your radiant, beautiful self.