Events & News (11/11/23)
Use the power of deliberate attention
The Saturday Spark
Tell us: Pay deliberate attention to where you are at this moment, then share something sublime you notice.
Here’s the latest news regarding my work and this online community. Asterisked content (*) is fully accessible only to supporting subscribers. Care to sustain The Raft by upgrading your membership? At less than $5 a month, it costs less than a small bouquet of flowers!
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Don’t miss . . .
☀️ "Turning Toward Life with a Pen in Your Hand": Exploring Poetry of Presence II. A four-week poetry-writing series with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. Details here.
☀️ * "Living from Our Yes": A Conversation about Gratitude, Creativity, & Community. A special celebration with Carrie Newcomer for all supporting subscribers. Details here.
Catch up! (event replays)
☀️ Creatives’ Coffee (11/08/23)
☀️ Poetry Pick-Me-Up (11/09/23)
Next week on The Raft
☀️ Poetry Pick-Me-Up (Zoom, Thursday, 12-1PM Central). A casual weekly gathering for poetry-sharing, celebration, 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 in informal but wholehearted conversation. Can’t make it? Watch for the video replay in this newsletter!
Grateful, grateful!
My heartfelt thanks to these folks for their recent gifts in support of The Raft: Carroll Jones, Rona Klein, Jackie Langetieg, Lana Phillips, Pam Phillips, Mary Rowin, Shelly Wemhoener, and Bruce Williamson.
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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.
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The morning sun streaming in and setting aglow my lover’s face.
I wonder at my own power, once I decide to move or do. Normally I stay off the computer on the weekends, but I'm being led to some action in my own life and I'm amazed at the quiet and the momentum I feel gathering. There is almost always blue, blue sky out my office window and endless music from my streaming platform that helps me focus and turn inward when the sparks to create are firing.