Winter 2000, Volume 5, Edition 2

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New Features Feedback Needed:
We need your help. We'll soon be offering discussion groups --via email lists-- and newsletters for artists, writers and other creative people -- including yourself. We need to know what focus these interactive discussion groups and newsletters should take: how-to workshops, emotional support for the creative woman, which genres, meet the author or artist, or ????? You tell us. We're listening. Post a suggestion in the Forum.

Have you seen the poetry discussion on the forum: How is poetry a part of your life? We'd like to know and so would our other readers, so talk to us and energize our poets by telling them what poetry means to you in the Forum

The author of "Surviving Ophelia" is looking for mothers of teenage daughters to contribute their experiences. Here's one excerpt from the forum discussion --Deciding what path my life purpose will be-- "As bad as things are, in the middle of our struggles I realized there was no book to guide mothers of troubled daughters. This idea would not leave me as I thought of all the women who have supported me by sharing their stories and experiences."

Read more in our discussion forum: http://www.moondance.org/forum/

Transforming Our Spirit In Winter
 
Depressing, cold, dark. These are words often used to describe the descent of winter. Yet, others might say invigorating, exciting, a bright world of white. Most would agree winter is a time of being still and conserving energy. This makes winter a season of reflection, looking back at years past and forward to new creative energy. While we hibernate, we can also renew.

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By Loretta Kemsley

Winter is a time of consciousness, of examining our feminine side, of learning to live at one with that nature and how our roles are affected through the choices we make. During the dark dreary months, we can be working on our ideas and developing a personal nurturing time. It is a time to look back not only on the past seasons but on the millennium itself and reflect upon our accomplishments while looking ahead to the coming years. Join our "Best of Theme" authors and artists as they explore our winter theme of self-awareness.
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