Come to WTB and hear profound, personal stories \u2026 and if you wish, share your own. Our program on storytelling began with three women sharing little stories from their lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A\nsnippet of a choir song still remembered from a girls\u2019 school in London in the\n\u201840s: \u201cLet us now praise famous men and fathers that begat them,\u201d and later in\nthe song: \u201c\u2026 yet some there be that have no memorial, but their names liveth\nfor evermore.\u201d Perhaps that gave rise to Joan Burstyn\u2019s openness to the feminist\nmovement in the 1970s and involvement as an editor in \u201cThe Women\u2019s Project in\nNew Jersey\u201d in the 1980s. This was a huge project and involved research of 300\nwomen in New Jersey past (way back to the natives on the continent before the\nEuropeans arrived) and present and included 250 writers. Now that is a\nmemorial!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A\nchallenge from a pastor at a Unification Church to travel and get to know about\nother cultures that led Joy Pople to a trip to the Central African Republic\n(unaware of the US State Department\u2019s travel advisory because of riots). She\nended up in a small village where there was so much love and so little food\nthat the women from many households would contribute a little to a common pot\nso that all would eat. The trip led to many African visitors staying with her\nfamily for various lengths of time over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During\na trip to a farm for a day of horseback riding. at the end of the day, waiting\naround for friends, Danya Wellmon saw a malnourished, rescued horse that had\nbeen mistreated. The horse needed her so she purchased the horse and nursed him\nback to health slowly over time. Healing was received as well as given. Years\nlater, another horse seemed to understand her emotions, and came over to her\nfor a touch when needed most. Animals can give us so much, and we can learn\nfrom them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These\nthree women got us thinking; we were enthralled by their little stories and we\nbroke up into six small groups and all shared stories. Then we switched to different\ngroups and did it again. Some were about family members, some were about\nanimals, and some were about fateful occurrences. It was gratifying and interesting,\ntouching and poignant. Stories were funny, sad, loving, fascinating,\nsurprising. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\nwere all treated to a sampling of the beautiful, useful and unique craft items\nmade by our Bhutanese and Nepalese friends, more of which can be found\ndisplayed at the Art Mart this holiday season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As\nwe went home, everyone felt good with all the connections we made. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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