Events & News (01/14/23)
What island are you living on?
The Saturday Spark
Tell us: What’s one aspect of your life right now in which you’re especially aware of the growth of your own knowledge and/or ignorance?
Still time to get involved our 30-day Cento Quest!
Several ways to participate, even if you’d only to join the Zoom audience in late February to hear the centos other Rafters have composed! Learn more here.
Got yours?
This week’s featured title from my store is the award-winning Beneath the Same Stars: A Novel of the 1862 US-Dakota War ($14.95, before Rafter discount; also available as ebook).
August 18, 1862. On the Sioux reservation in southwestern Minnesota, Indians desperate for food and freedom rise up against whites in the region. Sarah Wakefield, the wife of a physician, is taken captive with her two babies by the warrior Ćaske. As war rages, little does she know how entwined their lives will become.
This is the gripping story of two people, caught between worlds, who are willing to do almost anything to defend those they care about—including each other. But the drama is bigger than themselves. Tragic forces have been set in motion.
Sound interesting? Give it a read, then share with a friend.
Remember to enter your Rafter discount (“rafter25”) at checkout to receive 25% off your order.
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Next week on The Raft . . .
Creatives’ Coffee (Zoom, Wednesday, 4:00-5:30PM Central). A casual conversation group for Rafters who like to “make stuff,” whether for fun or as a profession. Need companionship and support? Creative inspiration? Cross-fertilization of ideas? You’ll find oodles of all this and more at the Coffee. Hop on the Zoom at this link. Can’t make it? Watch for the video replay in this newsletter.
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!
Know somebody who could use a Secret Peace Package?
Each Secret Peace Package includes your choice of one of my books, a pouch of soothing lavender buds, several sachets of premium "self-care" tea, and a "Deep Peace" mug. All on me! I randomly select one recipient per week from the pool of nominees.
Grateful, grateful!
My heartfelt thanks to these folks for their recent gifts in support of The Raft: Janice Fialka and knowthyneighbor.
Whew! That's all for now. Stay well. Stay witty. Stay tuned into your true spot and create from your radiant, beautiful self.
Nature connection through finches at feeder. Winter activity showing healing protective energy from the fairy realm.