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Welcome to OWL's Inaugural e-Letter!
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This is the first in a series of regular email letters from the Older Women's Legacy Circle, a memoir workshop project of the Story Circle Network. The OWL-Circle was created in 1998 to encourage older women to share the stories of their lives with family, friends, and the wider world. This OWL-Circle e-letter is designed to spread the word about the project, put OWL-Circle story-tellers, teachers, workshop sponsors with one another, and keep everyone informed of the project's activities. We've sent it to you because you are on SCN's national or Austin e-Letter list, but in order to receive it regularly, you will need to subscribe. (Just go to the bottom of the right-hand panel of this letter and click on the "Sign up" button.) Please feel free to forward this e-letter to interested friends.
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Austin OWL-Circle Workshops
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Have you always wanted to write down those family stories before they're forgotten? Are there events in your life that you'd like to share with your family? Join us at Seton Southwest for five workshop sessions and learn how to organize and write your story. For information, click here: www.storycircle.org/owlcircle/austin/workshops.html.
If you know of a church, women's group, individual's home, or senior residence that would like to sponsor an OWL-Circle workshop, or if you would like to facilitate one of these groups, let Pat Flathouse know, at pflat@austin.rr.com or 512-347-7687.
Upcoming OWL Workshops:
There are three OWL-Circle groups beginning the first week of October:
- 12:30-3pm, Wednesdays in October, at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 101 Westlake Dr, Austin TX 78746 (see map: www.storycircle.org/graphics/STJOHNNEUMANN_map.jpg), led by Jane Ross
- 6:30-9pm, Thursdays in October, at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 101 Westlake Dr, Austin TX 78746 (see map: www.storycircle.org/graphics/STJOHNNEUMANN_map.jpg), led by Pat Flathouse
- 9:30-noon, Thursdays in October, at Seton Southwest Hospital, 7900 FM 1826, Austin TX 78737 (see map: www.storycircle.org/graphics/SETONSW_map.jpg), led by Jane Ross
The cost of the workshop is $55. If you are interested in attending any of these workshops, please contact Pat Flathouse at pflat@austin.rr.com or 512-347-7687.
OWL Facilitators Gathering:
Pat Flathouse held a gathering of OWL Facilitators on September 4. Attendees included three former facilitators and two new women who want to begin their own groups (at St. Helen's in Georgetown, and at a retirement center).
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OWL & Seton Good Health
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The Seton Healthcare Network, the leading provider of healthcare services in Central Texas, is a major supporter of the OWL-Circle project, offering classroom space and helping to promote the project in the Austin senior community. Recently, the Seton Good Health Magazine wrote about the importance of continuing learning for seniors, and featured the OWL-Circle project. You can read the article here: www.seton.net/Wellness/GoodHealthMagaine/
JulAugSepC00C/LearningShouldNever0A42.asp. The gorgeous dames in this picture (from left) are Margaret Long, Catherine Cogburn, and Susan Albert.
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Meet Our Director
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Pat Flathouse
is the volunteer director of the Austin OWL-Circle. She schedules workshops (and occasionally facilitates), coordinates project activities, trains facilitators, and keeps the project moving forward. Thank you, Pat, for all you do!
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About the Story Circle Network
The OWL-Circle memoir workshops are a project of the Story Circle Network, a non-profit organization that honors women's voices and celebrates women's lives. Membership in SCN is open to women everywhere. We offer:
a quarterly newsletter with features on women's lifewriting
opportunities to publish your work
workshops, classes, on-line courses
an Internet Chapter
Speaker's Bureau
much more
Annual membership is only $24 U.S., $30 Canada/Mexico, $36 elsewhere. To join, click on Join SCN and pay on-line, or send a check to
Story Circle Network
P.O. Box 500127
Austin, TX 78750-0127
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E-Letters
SCN publishes two monthly e-letters: the National Story Circle e-Letter (which brings you writing tips, women's quotations, and news about our national activities; and the Austin-area e-Letter, with information about SCN events and activities in the Austin TX region.
To subscribe to the National e-Letter, go here and enter your email address.
To subscribe to the Austin-area e-Letter, go here and enter your email address.
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We appreciate your help in spreading the word about Story Circle Network. Please forward this e-Letter to anyone interested in lifewriting -- family and friends, students, clients, members of your writing group.
If a friend has forwarded this to you, add your e-address and click below to get your own subscription.
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The OWL-Circle Memoir Workshop project began with a generous grant from the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word and is now in its fourth year. To learn about the project's history and goals, click here: 
