tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80184188410484627302012-02-19T23:17:41.123-08:00Unitarian Universalist Congregation Santa Rosa CaliforniaGGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182198472263479591noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018418841048462730.post-12164681022457045932011-11-09T13:57:00.000-08:002011-11-09T14:18:10.731-08:00

Please check our "October 17 Post" (click on the words "Poetry Slam" located below in the 'Labels:' listings) for details about the UUCSR Writers sponsoring the "Poetry Slams" at the "Haven Cafe" in the Video Droid located at 1901 Mendocino Avenue in Santa Rosa, CA. That Oct 17 Post has been edited and the information is current as of Wednesday, November 9, 2011.

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"one day, I'd like to write a novel"November is National Novel Writing MonthJoin the Write-In's!Bash out a 50,000-word novel in 30 days • Every Monday in November6:00 to 8:00 pm • Free - Open to the General Public.Monday, October 31 - Introduction and Guidelines MeetingMondays, November 7, 14, 21, 28 - Write-In's!Meet in the "Green Room" at UUCSR, 547 Mendocino AvenueRead Chris Baty's book, NO

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Due to the Sonoma County Library lack of funds and cut back in hours, they cannot offer the Poetry Slams in 2011 - 2012.The UUCSR Writers has picked up the baton and will sponsor the Poetry Slams. Mark Lowe has, most enthusiastically, agreed to have the Slams at the "Haven Cafe" in Video Droid -- one of the few remaining Independent, Authentic Video Stores in Sonoma County. The Video Droid is

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"From Chaucer to Tweets"UUCSR Writers Presents a free all-day "Forum" on Saturday, October 8, with Speakers and Panels on writing craft, language, technology, and an afternoon poetry panel.Music Provided by: Andy Graham and his musical SLAPEROO... Andy is a musician, performer, and inventor of the SLAPEROO, a brand-new kind of electric tuned percussion instrument.Schedule 10:00 am - 4:00 pm10:00

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UUCSR Writers August, Monday Editing Study Groups (Please help spread the word...)"Editing Your Sentences" Grammar and Punctuation Study Groups. Save the following Monday evenings in August if you are interested in editing a "work in progress" word by word, sentence by sentence.Note: This is a UUCSR Writers Community Outreach Project. It is free and open to the general public. We will have three

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You are a first-year student at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. You boarded the train at Station 9 3/4 and the Hogwarts Express has transported you to Hogwarts. You disembark from the train and are met by the groundskeeper Hagrid. You are ferried across the lake and ushered into the great hall. Now you face the pivotal moment that will forever define your

Cynthia Parkhillnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018418841048462730.post-90689291249913650892009-06-28T23:42:00.000-07:002009-07-05T01:58:52.414-07:00

The UUCSR Writers Present • July Write-Ins!Monday Nights in July, 5:00 pm - 8:30 pmIn the Board Room, UUCSR, 547 Mendocino Ave., Santa RosaFree • Open to the PublicWhatever your writing endeavor, fiction or non fiction, you are invited to spend Monday evenings in July at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation Santa Rosa, writing, talking with other writers, and enjoying brief presentations by

GGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182198472263479591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018418841048462730.post-37140995724246577842009-06-12T01:07:00.000-07:002009-06-12T01:41:58.746-07:00

One sunny Spring afternoonI decided to walk to the store The rain had finally stopped And the air washed bright and clean by The Spring rain sparkled As though brushed with diamond dust Along the way, I saw glistening Beside a driveway, an oil slicked puddle. The colors of a rainbow dancing on the surface. Though some would say that was contamination Still I found in those colors

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"The Variety of Storytelling" and "The Art Itself"was held on Saturday, February 28, 2009 from 10am - 4pmFree - Open to the PublicHost Ellen SkagerbergSpeakers and PanelsDorris Lee, Navy Veteran - 10am - 10:50am"Military Journalism: Propaganda - Its Roots and Origins""Special Guest Speaker, Vilma Ginzberg" - 11am - 11:50amVilma Ginzberg is the fifth, and current, Healdsburg Literary Laureate [

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Oh wonderful doctors,With your many degrees,We make our appointmentsTo end our miseries. Do you know I sufferWith aching housemaid's knee?And, painful tennis elbowIs causing agony. I hate this arthritis.My earache causes pain.The headache is throbbing,Could it be caused by rain? There is a tortuous twingeThat I feel in my back.Not to mention the crampWhich started with my snack.Now my stomach

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John Bastone will be reading his latest poem, THE FLAG LAPEL, at the Rincon Valley Regional Library, 6959 Montecito Blvd., Santa Rosa, CA, Poetry Slam competition this Friday, April 18 at 7 pm. This solo event has no accompaniment of any kind. The "Slam is judged on content and performance." So, if you are not "otherwise occupied" you might consider going to this FREE EVENT in support of our own

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Ants are mostly very tinyThough some can get real bigYou’ll see them crawling on the groundOr maybe on a twigSometimes they’re at your picnicEating up your foodAlthough it’s really not politeThey’re really not so rude.It’s just because of how they liveNo fault then of their ownBut if they start to crawl on youYou might be in their zone!Stephen Clemmons3-9-2000Stephen enjoys writing children’s

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I'm new to blogging so I hope this works..."Did you take the Valium the doctor gave you?""Oh, you bet!""Ok, then, all you have to do now is relax."Why am I here? I ask myself. What was I thinking? It's just not natural. Oh, don't be silly - with the Valium it'll be over before you know it I admonish.So I try to relax, close my eyes, prepare for the inevitable. And continue to hold on tight.Why

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Yesterday, 3 pm, Monday. It was quiet with very few people milling around the place. The UUCSR Writers had not arrived yet. I was free to look around and really see the Entry and Social Hall that had been so carefully decorated a few days earlier.I came in the front door. There on a table was a beautiful, white poinsettia greeting all who entered.Once in the Social Hall the table arrangements

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I am in the Captain’s Tent, listening to him,“We are camped close to a concentration camp,Buchenwald.It was just liberated yesterday.We are asking for volunteers to go see it, sothat no one will be able to deny what happened there”.I get on the army truck to go.These scenes are etched in my mind.On the other side of a wire fence,standing silently, are a few emaciated men in dirtyclothes, staring

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Well, I for one find this whole idea very exciting. I am hoping to be able to read poems and prose from other members of our group. Do I have the right idea?Here's a short from me:Hitting the Floor When I was a child and I would trip and fall, my mother would lovingly scoop me up and kiss my bruises. When I stopped crying, she would ask me if that nasty floor had jumped up and hit me.

AnnaLisanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018418841048462730.post-48043581897096855782007-07-04T17:15:00.000-07:002007-12-08T11:48:55.977-08:00

Thanks, John, for getting this blog set up. I think I've gotten registered properly. We'll see.Joanie

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I'm new to this blogging thing. So, someone will probably tell me that I'm doing something incorrectly, but I'll give it a whirl. Also, most of my poetry is about hearing it, not reading it. Although I might recycle some of my youthful poetry. Well, we'll see....Thank you, John for setting this up.Leslie

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