Vol. 2 Number 6
June 2001
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"Stories from the Heart":
National Story Circle Network Conference 2002, February 8-10, Austin, Texas
Our online registration form is now available: go to the conference
web page (http://www.storycircle.org/Conference)
and click on "Registration". You can also email us (storycircle@storycircle.org)
or write to us (Story Circle Network, P.O. Box 500127, Austin, TX 78750-0127)
for a brochure.
Remart, Inc, is offering one of a series of art reproductions to all
of our participants. Traveling by plane? Pick one and for the cost
of postage and a mailing tube, we'll send it to you. For a sample, go to
the conference web page (http://www.storycircle.org/Conference)
and click on "Goodies".
Just a reminder that our "Call for Presenters" is out. If you are interested
in presenting at our Conference, please see our online form: go to either
the main Story Circle website (http://www.storycircle.org)
or the conference web page (http://www.storycircle.org/Conference)
and click on "Call for Presenters". There will be 18 90-minute sessions
on Saturday and Sunday and 1 2-hour pre-conference session on Friday. This
will be offered for a $25.00 fee and after SCN takes a small room fee,
the rest will go to the presenter. We would like it to be more of a technical
infromative nature. We have three specific presentations that we need proposals
for: copyright, healing effects of writing, and scrapbooking - if you can
present on any of these three topics, please fill out our Call for Presenters
form!
Questions/comments/offers of help? Contact Judith Helburn (thehelburns@sbcglobal.net)
or see our conference web page (http://www.storycircle.org/Conference.
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Story Circle T-Shirts
Now Available!
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Fruit of the Loom "Heavy Cotton" (100% cotton)
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Beige with purple printing
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Logo on front, motto on back:
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“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world
would split open.”—Muriel Rukeyser
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Available in medium, large, and extra-large
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$16 (shipping/handling and tax included)
Use our online
form to order yours today (and to see photos of the front and back
of the shirt), and pay online (via PayPals) or send your check for $16
(specify size) to
Story Circle Network
P.O. Box 500127
Austin TX 78750-0127
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Internet
Chapter
The Internet chapter now has 124 members! We have 10 very active Writing
eCircles, and 2 Reading eCircles. If you're a Story Circle member and would
like to join our cyber-circle, click on Internet
Chapter. If you're not a member but are interested in joining the Network,
check out the Story Circle web site (www.storycircle.org).
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Austin OWL-Circle Workshops Available
Now
We're delighted to tell you that our Austin OWL-Circle Memoir Project
has moved to its second phase, under the direction of Karen Leach, our
new coordinator. We will be using the workbook developed, tested, and revised
during our grant-funded phase, and expanding our offerings across the Austin
area. Each memoir workshop consists of five 2 1/2 hour sessions, over five
weeks, led by a trained and experienced facilitator--all for the very
low price of $50 for each participant (that's only $10 per session!), plus
a $5 materials fee. If you know of a church, women's group, or senior residence
that would like to sponsor an OWL-Circle workshop, or a woman who would
like to participate in one, please telephone Karen at 512-477-3155
or email her at leachcom@ix.netcom.com.
If you would like to facilitate one of these groups let Karen know of your
interest. Facilitators are paid, but their greatest reward is in helping
women to explore their lives. Visit our website for more information:
www.owlcircle.com.
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National OWL-Circle Workshop Kits
Available Now
We invite the rest of the world to participate in our Older Women's
Legacy Circle project. Our field-tested OWL-Circle kits are now available.
If you know of individual women, women's groups, or churches outside
the Austin area that might be interested in leading or sponsoring a five-week
OWL-Circle Memoir Workshop, please send their names and contact information
to owlcircle@owlcircle.com
or phone 512/454-9833, and we'll send them a brochure and information about
purchase. The OWL-Circle kits, including the right to duplicate the workbooks,
may be purchased for $150, or $100 if the purchaser is a member of theStory
Circle Network, plus $5 shipping. (Remember, the workshop kits are available
only
to those outside of the Austin area. Locally, Karen Leach will be coordinating
the workshops for Story Circle.) Visit our website for more information:
www.owlcircle.com.
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Austin Chapter Reading
Circles
The Austin Chapter
Reading Circles meet monthly to read and discuss women's memoirs, autobiographies,
and journals. You can read the Reading Circle discussion questions
for this month's book (Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey, by
Jane Goodall) on the
Noon
Reading Circle's book list and the Evening
Reading Circle's book list. Our Internet Chapter Reading e-Circle is
reading Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, by Terry
Tempest Williams, this month.
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Austin
Chapter Writing Circles
Interested in meeting with other women to write and share stories?
Please join one of our Austin Chapter Writing Circles for support, encouragement,
and ideas for life-writing topics. The Circles meet monthly:
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Judith Helburn leads the Tuesday mid-day group; contact
her via email:
writingcircle@storycircle.org
or phone: 512-454-7229. At our June meeting we will circle around "The
Road not taken: other scenarios." We will take a summer break and not meet
in July and August.
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Carolyn Scheider leads the Thursday mid-day Spicewood Springs Writing Circle;
contact her via email:
writingcircle3@storycircle.org
or phone: 512-258-8635. During the months of June, July, and August we
will meet on the third Thursday of each month from 10:00-11:45 A.M. at
the Spicewood Springs Library. We will expand on the topics we’ve
covered since September, 2000. Those topics include:
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Who I Am
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In the Beginning--Day of Birth
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Memorable Thanksgiving and Winter Holidays
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Gifts Given/Gifts Received
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If I had my life to live over, I--; By this time next year I’ll--; and/or
in 2001 I will/will not--
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Passionate Attachments
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Closets
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Springtime
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Mothers
Please come and share what you have written.
For more information, visit the
Austin
Chapter Writing Circles web page.
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Start your own Reading or Writing Circle
We encourage you to volunteer to start your own writing circle or reading
circle. We need to replace a writing circle that was meeting in South Austin
but has been discontinued, due to the facilitator's move. We need more
of these! If you are interested, please email Susan (susanalbert@storycircle.org).
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Your Contributions
Share your life. If you are a member of the Story Circle
Network, please share your story with us. Check the Journal for details,
or click on http://www.storycircle.org/WritersGuidelines.shtml.
Share your love. We offer free memberships to women in
prison and reduced-rate memberships to women in need. If you would like
to help these women find their voices and share their stories, go here:
http://www.storycircle.org/Donations
and then click on "Our Sugar Bowl." (You don't have to be a member to contribute
to this important program.)
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Journal Back Issues
Available
The Story Circle
Journal is a unique, exciting publication that documents women's
efforts to tell their personal stories. If you're collecting the Journal,
now is the time to make sure your set is complete! To purchase the copies
you're missing, go to our website and click on "Buy
Story Circle Journals". You may choose to buy on-line through
PayPals, or you can print out the page and send it to us with your check.
Either way, this is an important opportunity to catch up on the issues
you've missed.
E-LETTERS
Are you signed up for the National Story Circle e-Letter?
We are now publishing two monthly e-Letters. The National e-letter brings
you writing tips, quotes, and book reviews, while the Austin-area e-Letter
brings you news about Story Circle events and activities in the Austin,
TX area. To subscribe to the National e-Letter, either go to http://SCN_eLetter_National.listbot.com
and enter your email address, or send email to SCN_eLetter_National-subscribe@listbot.com
WHO WE ARE AND HOW TO JOIN US
The Story Circle Network is an organization made up of women who want
to explore their lives and their souls through life-writing -- writing
that focuses on our personal experience, through memoirs and autobiographies,
in diaries and journals, in personal essays, in poetry. The Network is
chartered as a 501c(3) organization. Your dues and other contributions
are tax-deductible. As a non-profit, we welcome your gifts to support our
work. Please be generous!
Annual membership is $24 (prorated at $2/month) in the U.S., $30 in
Canada/Mexico, and $36 elsewhere. Members receive four issues of the Story
Circle Journal, a 16-24 page quarterly filled with writing ideas, members'
writing, interviews, articles, and book reviews. To join, fill out our
on-line form (click on "Join
SCN" on the Story Circle website) and send a check to
Story Circle Network
P.O. Box 500127
Austin, TX 78750-0127
(or follow the directions after filling out the online form and PAY online!)
NOTE: If you received this email from a friend and would like to join
our Austin mailing list, either go to http://SCN_eLetter_Austin.listbot.com
and enter your email address, or send email to SCN_eLetter_Austin-subscribe@listbot.com
Compiled and edited by Peggy Moody
pmoody@pobox.com
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us and we'll tell you how to access the information.)
Copyright (c) 2001 by Story Circle Network, Inc.
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