Re: Hopework-l Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1 | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: annagambucci (annagambucciyahoo.com) | |
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 07:25:47 -0800 (PST) |
I'm coming! Anna Gambucci > On Feb 18, 2014, at 5:16 AM, hopework-l-request [at] hopework.org wrote: > > Send Hopework-l mailing list submissions to > hopework-l [at] hopework.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.hopework.org/mailman/listinfo/hopework-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > hopework-l-request [at] hopework.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > hopework-l-owner [at] hopework.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Hopework-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Invitation: Hopework Supper and Circle, Sunday, Feb 23, 4-7 > PM (Lynn Englund) > 2. Melting this list [was: Invit...Supper Sun, Feb 23 (Fred H Olson) > 3. Re: Melting this list [was: Invit...Supper Sun, Feb 23 > (Philadelphia Community Farm) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 08:34:18 -0600 > From: Lynn Englund <lynn [at] hopework.org> > Subject: [Hopework] Invitation: Hopework Supper and Circle, Sunday, > Feb 23, 4-7 PM > To: Hopework Folk School list <Hopework-l [at] hopework.org> > Cc: Hopework-L <hopework-l [at] hopework.org> > Message-ID: <15091351-1C1E-4985-A478-F9C8389EB4F9 [at] hopework.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Dear Hopework friends, > > The days are getting longer and the trees are starting to glow with the > faintest green. Despite today?s blizzardy weather, warmer days are coming > soon, and spring is sure to be around the corner. John and I invite you to > join us for this month?s Hopework supper and circle on Sunday, February 23, > from 4-7 PM. We will share a simple meal followed by the pleasure of > listening to each others? stories. > > Last month brought new visitors and long-time friends with a delightful > sharing of stories on what we were adapting to in the new year. This month?s > topic is on the image of ?melting? and how it can be used to describe parts > of our lives. Icicles melt drop by drop in the sun, glaciers melt more slowly > with rivers flowing deep below the surface before surface change is visible. > Dig back in your memory and find a story of a time of melting. Was the > melting from the outside first, like an icicle, or a slower and deeper shift? > Was something freed when the ice thawed? Did anything flow with the ice melt? > > Please let me know if you are coming: I have room for about 12 people around > the table (maybe 20 if we move it out of the way). Call or email Lynn or John > by Saturday night (2/22) to let us know how many plan to attend. > > Time: Arrive between 4:00 and 4:30 pm. The meal will begin about 4:30 pm. We > usually finish telling stories and cleaning up about 7:00-7:30 pm, depending > on the size of the group. > > Menu: Bring food or a favorite beverage if you are able to share. I'll > provide a main dish (usually vegetarian) and will offer coffee and my > assortment of teas. > > For those of you who are new to this invitation, Hopework is the practice of > creating opportunities intended for people to get to know and like each > other, and to find renewed hope and purpose with and from each other. > Hopework evenings are a way to reconnect with friends who have shared in our > work and meet new acquaintances who share our interests. Each month we look > forward to greeting Hopework friends, Philosophy Camp/Lives Worth Living > alumni and fellows, and welcoming new friends and acquaintances. Hopework > gatherings occur on the last Sunday of the month from January through April > with a different topic each month. > > Email or call 612-710-7287 (Lynn?s cell) to RSVP or with questions. > > Lynn Englund, John Wallace > The Metro Lofts > 2650 University Ave West, #315 > Saint Paul, MN 55114 > Map and directions: http://tiny.cc/FkhvY > > Lynn > > BUS: Take the 16 or 50 bus to Berry Street. The Metro Lofts is the building > with Snap Fitness and Dunn Bros on the main floor. > > PARKING: Park on the streets to the south or west of the building. Parking in > the large lot off University Ave on the east side of the building is marked > for commercial customers only, but is convenient for short-term guest parking. > > BUILDING ENTRY: Push "451" on the security box for John to buzz you into the > building, or "300" for Lynn. The elevator is to the right of the lobby. Turn > left on the 3rd floor when you get off; we're in unit 315 on your left. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 10:04:52 -0600 (CST) > From: Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org> > Subject: [Hopework] Melting this list [was: Invit...Supper Sun, Feb > 23 > To: Hopework-L <hopework-l [at] hopework.org> > Cc: Hopework-L <hopework-l [at] hopework.org> > Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1402170900300.32550 [at] web02.tigertech.net> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > This is a reply to Lynn's message > [Hopework] Invitation: Hopework Supper and Circle, Sunday, Feb 23, 4-7 PM > > The Hopework mailing list by which you got Lynn's and this message > goes to about 185 email addresses. Lynn's apartment holds about 12 > people for Supper and Circles. Over time many more than 12 people have > attended as indicated by names on the reuseable name tags kept in a > basket. But I'm guessing most of the 185 people that could read this > have not gotten to a circle (yet). > > This message is an attempt to "melt" this list a bit and try to get a > bit of circle like conversation to flow. It would be particularly nice > if some folks who have not gotten to a supper would write a few lines. > > In case you've never gotten to a Hopework Supper, they are very > friendly, informal, home-like events. If numbers allow (usually?) > everyone gathers around one table of a size that one conversation can > be conducted. My impression is that unlike most informal gatherings, > Hopework suppers tend have more "most/everyone in one conversation" > time (not counting the circle which of course is) rather than > conversations between 2 or a few people. > > The circle conversation held after supper is a very respectful (as > circles tend to be) sharing of a wide variety of personal experience > related (sometimes quite loosely) to a theme. A key feature of circles > is that one person talks with no interruptions often for an extended > period. When they are done the next person in the circle talks (they > can pass and take their turn after others). > > This month's theme is "melting" : >> On Mon, 17 Feb 2014, Lynn Englund wrote: >> >> This month's topic is on the image of "melting" and how it >> can be used to describe parts of our lives. Icicles melt drop by drop >> in the sun, glaciers melt more slowly with rivers flowing deep below >> the surface before surface change is visible. Dig back in your memory >> and find a story of a time of melting. Was the melting from the >> outside first, like an icicle, or a slower and deeper shift? Was >> something freed when the ice thawed? Did anything flow with the ice >> melt? > > Conversation flowing (melting) vs lack thereof (frozen) > > For me I note that situations that could host rewarding conversation > do not always do so. I find that when I am in mingling social > situations, for example at social hour at the Unitarian Society, > sometimes I run out of time talking to people for me -- conversation > flows. But other times I feel like I'd like to be elsewhere when I am > not finding converstation. My personlity is clearly a factor, > sometimes I'm more outgoing and talkative but I dont think I am > unique. And I do think there is a related group phenomenon. > How the group has structured the situation can encourage melting/ > conversation. Hopework circles are very successful at hosting > satisfying conversation. > > I encourage you to write a few lines about "melting" here. > > > BTW - The train to Lynn's is coming and the instructions: >> BUS: Take the 16 or 50 bus... > will need to be modified on Jun 14 when the green LRT line (central > corridor) opens with a stop in front of Lynn's. I suspect there > will be a day with free rides and celebration as there was for the > Hiawatha line. > > Fred > > -- > Fred H. Olson Minneapolis,MN 55411 USA (near north Mpls) > Email: fholson at cohousing.org 612-588-9532 > My Link Pg: http://fholson.cohousing.org My org: > Communications for Justice -- Free, superior listserv's w/o ads > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 10:12:55 +0000 > From: Philadelphia Community Farm <pcomfarm [at] centurytel.net> > Subject: Re: [Hopework] Melting this list [was: Invit...Supper Sun, > Feb 23 > To: Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org> > Cc: Hopework-L <hopework-l [at] hopework.org> > Message-ID: <12F2BAF2-5AED-453D-8721-E83BC78757BE [at] centurytel.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > While I have never been to a Hopework Supper and Circle, I am very > interested in the work as I know John and Lynn from when they were > more directly involved in Philadelphia Community Farm years ago. It > is fascinating to read the invitations and imagine this work going on > over the years. I wish you all well. Blessings on the continue work > where ever it may be finding root. > > Verna Kragnes > Philadelphia Community Farm > > so, please keep me on the list! > >> On Feb 17, 2014, at 4:04 PM, Fred H Olson wrote: >> >> This is a reply to Lynn's message >> [Hopework] Invitation: Hopework Supper and Circle, Sunday, Feb 23, >> 4-7 PM >> >> The Hopework mailing list by which you got Lynn's and this message >> goes to about 185 email addresses. Lynn's apartment holds about 12 >> people for Supper and Circles. Over time many more than 12 people >> have >> attended as indicated by names on the reuseable name tags kept in a >> basket. But I'm guessing most of the 185 people that could read this >> have not gotten to a circle (yet). >> >> This message is an attempt to "melt" this list a bit and try to get a >> bit of circle like conversation to flow. It would be particularly nice >> if some folks who have not gotten to a supper would write a few lines. >> >> In case you've never gotten to a Hopework Supper, they are very >> friendly, informal, home-like events. If numbers allow (usually?) >> everyone gathers around one table of a size that one conversation can >> be conducted. My impression is that unlike most informal gatherings, >> Hopework suppers tend have more "most/everyone in one conversation" >> time (not counting the circle which of course is) rather than >> conversations between 2 or a few people. >> >> The circle conversation held after supper is a very respectful (as >> circles tend to be) sharing of a wide variety of personal experience >> related (sometimes quite loosely) to a theme. A key feature of circles >> is that one person talks with no interruptions often for an extended >> period. When they are done the next person in the circle talks (they >> can pass and take their turn after others). >> >> This month's theme is "melting" : >>> On Mon, 17 Feb 2014, Lynn Englund wrote: >>> >>> This month's topic is on the image of "melting" and how it >>> can be used to describe parts of our lives. Icicles melt drop by drop >>> in the sun, glaciers melt more slowly with rivers flowing deep below >>> the surface before surface change is visible. Dig back in your memory >>> and find a story of a time of melting. Was the melting from the >>> outside first, like an icicle, or a slower and deeper shift? Was >>> something freed when the ice thawed? Did anything flow with the ice >>> melt? >> >> Conversation flowing (melting) vs lack thereof (frozen) >> >> For me I note that situations that could host rewarding conversation >> do not always do so. I find that when I am in mingling social >> situations, for example at social hour at the Unitarian Society, >> sometimes I run out of time talking to people for me -- conversation >> flows. But other times I feel like I'd like to be elsewhere when I am >> not finding converstation. My personlity is clearly a factor, >> sometimes I'm more outgoing and talkative but I dont think I am >> unique. And I do think there is a related group phenomenon. >> How the group has structured the situation can encourage melting/ >> conversation. Hopework circles are very successful at hosting >> satisfying conversation. >> >> I encourage you to write a few lines about "melting" here. >> >> >> BTW - The train to Lynn's is coming and the instructions: >>> BUS: Take the 16 or 50 bus... >> will need to be modified on Jun 14 when the green LRT line (central >> corridor) opens with a stop in front of Lynn's. I suspect there >> will be a day with free rides and celebration as there was for the >> Hiawatha line. >> >> Fred >> >> -- >> Fred H. Olson Minneapolis,MN 55411 USA (near north Mpls) >> Email: fholson at cohousing.org 612-588-9532 >> My Link Pg: http://fholson.cohousing.org My org: >> Communications for Justice -- Free, superior listserv's w/o ads >> >> Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: >> http://lists.hopework.org/mailman/listinfo/hopework-l > > > > ------------------------------ > > _________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: > http://lists.hopework.org/mailman/listinfo/hopework-l > > > End of Hopework-l Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1 > *****************************************
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