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December 2018
Reading: Georgann Eubanks
Telling the stories of twelve North Carolina heritage foods, each matched to the month of its peak readiness for eating, in The Month of Their Ripening: North Carolina Heritage Foods Through the Year, Georgann Eubanks takes readers on a flavorful journey across the state. She begins in January with the most ephemeral of southern ingredients-snow-to witness Tar Heels making snow cream. In March, she takes a midnight canoe ride on the Trent River in search of shad, a bony fish with a…
Find out more »January 2019
A Week of Quiet and Writing in January
Wouldn't you like a week full of quiet days to think and write? Come spend a week of quiet and writing with a supportive group of women at the beautiful Trinity Center on Emerald Isle, NC. We observe silence in the daytime so participants can read, write, or rest. In the evenings we gather to reflect on the day and often share our work with one another. Room and meals are included. Everyone gets her own room. Her own space.…
Find out more »Art of Conscious Aging: A Group for Women
Meet in Parlor in Carr Building (enter at door by playground off Gregson Street parking lot) Bring a bag lunch and something to drink. Newcomers welcome. No fee to attend. No need to register.
Find out more »Get Your Best Night’s Sleep Ever! A Sounder Sleep System® Workshop
Learn to work with the wisdom and rhythms of your own living, breathing body to create more peaceful awake time, more pleasurable approach to sleep and more restful and restorative sleep. Leader: Betty Wolfe, M.Div., BCB, GCFPcm authorized Sounder Sleep System Teacher. Cost: $75 prior to 1/22/19; $95 after 1/22 and on-site. Cash or check preferred, major credit cards accepted on site. Limited class size. Registration: bettywolfe@lessonswithease.com, 919-794-4139
Find out more »February 2019
Women’s Wisdom – Telling Tales of the Heart: A Storytelling Workshop for Women of All Ages
Do you have stories to tell? Sharing our stories can deepen our understanding of ourselves and each other. As we craft and tell our stories with other women, we find our own authentic voices and increase our internal authority, dignity, and personal power. In this participatory workshop, you will: learn seven simple steps to craft your stories, whether they be joyful, sad, happy, angry, or silly; listen and be heard in an affirming, sacred space; build connection and community with…
Find out more »Reading: The Last Straw by Bryant Holsenbeck
Environmental artist Bryant Holsenbeck had long wondered where trash goes when we throw it "away." Realizing that what we discard never really goes away, she became concerned about all the disposable plastic that piles up in landfills and clogs our streams. Bryant began saying NO to single-use plastic, and she spent a year discovering ways to live without it. The Last Straw: A Continuing Quest for Life Without Disposable Plastic documents her journey and the creative alternatives she found. Free and open…
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