Events & News (11/25/23)

Are you rising to your gifts?

The Saturday Spark

Tell us: What are three of your most “creative endowments” or “gifts”? (This isn’t bragging. This is truth-telling. This is acknowledgment and celebration.)

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 $5 a month, it costs less than a small bouquet of flowers!

Did you get your Thanksiversary gifts? 🎁 🙏🏼

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Don’t miss . . .

☀️ LAST CALL! "Turning Toward Life with a Pen in Your Hand": Exploring Poetry of Presence II. A four-week poetry-writing series with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. Starts Tuesday! Details here.
☀️ * Living from Our Yes": A Conversation about Gratitude, Creativity, & Community. A special celebration with Carrie Newcomer for all supporting subscribers on December 3. Details here.

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Catch up! (event replays)

No event replays this week as I’ve been out of studio for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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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, 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!

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Tell me!

Have specific suggestions for topic or format? Leave a comment or email me at phyllis@phylliscoledai.com.

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Grateful, grateful!

My heartfelt thanks to these folks for their recent gifts in support of The Raft: Amy Adams, Katharina Bossman, Judy Bowman, Deedee Buettner, Jeanne Fracchia, Kristi Johnson, Julie Roehm, and kay@still.

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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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