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ISSN: 1530-5775
July 2009, Vol.11 #7

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A little bit in writing about what's happening at
LadybugLive.com, MooseMeals.com, and TeenTalkNetwork.com

 

Serious and Entertaining
We have it all

This Month:

Mary Lou Sanelli has a NEW BOOK!

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Rae Quigley wants to be on "Ellen"!
Contact Ellen

 

Have you been to our new audio site? Maybe you are asking: What's so new about OverTheGardenFence.com? Well, it is there to find our what YOU have to say, to encourage your participation. You can have your say and be heard right along with our hosts and their guests, simply by calling in on our toll-free comment line.

It is always exciting to announce a new poetry program at LadybugLive.com, but Blake More would be exciting to announce in any context:

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    A 1987 graduate of UCLA and a lifetime member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Blake More is an artist with many creative voices and expressions, poetry being her first obsession, though her work spans the spectrum: from book, magazine, poetry and playwriting to performance art, dance and yogic trapeze; from teaching poetry, video and drama to theatrical costume design, functional mixed media art/life pieces, assemblage sculpture and wildly painted poetry art cars (including Eartha Karr, a 1978 Mercedes that runs on Bio Diesel (www.snakelyone.com/EARTHA/done.htm).

    Blake is the author of three full length books; New Age Anonymous: 12 Steps for the Recovering New Ager, The Photon Energy Diet, and How To Heal Your Headache Naturally) and five books of poetry: Lingua Franca, Late-Eve(all) Woman In Paradise, I Scribble, Therefore I Am, postcards from the sun, and godmeat. Blake's work has also appeared in magazines and journals worldwide , including Utne Reader, Yoga Journal, Alternative Medicine Digest, Japan International Journal, Nippon View, Tokyo Today, and Tokyo Time Out. Similarly, her poetry has been wildly published and anthologized.

    Her original solo performance pieces and ensemble plays have appeared on streets and stages in New York, Tokyo, San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Los Angeles, Marin, Sonoma, and the Mendocino coast. She has collaborated with a diverse range of creative organizations, including the Oakland East Bay Symphony, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the Bay Area Video Coalition, Awate Productions, The Marsh Theater, The Arena Theater, Gualala Arts, California Poets In The schools, Laughing Squid, KZYX Radio, KTDE Radio, KPOO Radio, SF Liberation Radio, Point Arena Pirate Radio, and Radio Amsterdam.

    She coordinates the monthly poetry series in Point Arena, as well as the Poetry & Jazz event for the Redwood Whale & Jazz festival. As a teacher, Blake works part-time as a poet teacher and Mendocino County Area Coordinator for California Poets in the Schools; in addition, she receives private and public grant funding to guide high school students in the creation and production of original plays, videos, artwork, and poetry anthologies. She also designs costumes for the San Francisco Mime Troupe Youth Theater Project, and is the creative director of The Arena Technology Center, the city of Point Arena's arts and technology center. She has sat on several non-profit arts and education boards, including the CITYARTS Gallery Board (www.cityarts.ws) and California Poets In the Schools Executive Board (www.cpits.org). She is a member of the Oddfellows Fraternal Society.

    Currently, Blake lives in the tree, ocean, and character-lined pastures of the not-so lost Mendocino coast. Her newest book godmeat (Beatitude Press, January 2008), is a collection of poetry, prose and color artwork and includes a poem movie compilation DVD. To learn more about godmeat, go to www.godmeat.com. To explore Blake's many other creative endeavors, please go to her website, www.snakelyone.com.

 

Know someone who might want to be a host at TeenTalkNetwork.com? We have two teens on now and both are growing up fast. The only requirement is that they want to do it enough to stick to a schedule. They all find their voice as they go along. Desiree Nelson is older of our teens—she's in her first year of college this year and she and mom, Linda Nelson, are now cross-programmed to our site at LadybugLive—got a scholarship from Discover in large part because of her program. The other, Rae Quigley is a senior this year and has done several shows on how important it is for colleges that you do something outside the usual. So there are lots of benefits for the teen who can do this, not the least of which is the experience itself. It's a great gig for any teen!

 

If you are a writer and would like to become a NewVoices author or artist, contact:

Georgia@ladybugbooks.com
Please use the subject title: NewVoices Information

 

Now Hear This     It's Not Your Same Old Radio!

"There are people who have something to say and those who have something to sell. We are interested in the ones with something special to teach the world."

For LadybugLive, TeenTalkNetwork, and MooseMeals to continue growing, we need correspondents and readers. The process is quite simple: submissions are by email. If accepted, a reader calls, either our local or our toll free number as directed in the acceptance email, to record. What will you be recording?

We are looking for: readings of original creative work, comment and commentary, and ideas for regularly appearing programming that can be done within this format. We are not able, as yet, to do direct call in shows, but shows that require listener (delayed) response are OK. All of this, of course, within the same guidelines as everything we do: Of interest to women (no particular restrictions). This format might also be ideal for some of those traditional topics, such as clothing and makeup, with a fresh "twist."

Send ideas and proposals to Georgia@ladybugbooks.com

We strive to bring you the best in women's writing.

And...

Keep up to date on what is happening at NewVoices and LadybugFlights by signing up for our monthly announcements!

We know online radio is new to many of you but we also know how rewarding it can be. So, if you need help to get started, don't hesitate to contact Georgia for help... And, hey! Our hosts love hearing from you!

Our teen site, TeenTalkNetwork.com programming is safe — no porn or other unwanted promotions are attached to our files.

The Internet promised and we are delivering.

New programming is always available at:
TeenTalkNetwork.com
MooseMeals.com
LadybugLive

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Beatrice Spreadmoore's Financial World

Happy Birthday!

Georgia

 

This months article recognizes the life and contributions of Georgia Jones. She makes all of this and so much more possible. Perhaps her most important contributions have been in helping young women find skills and possibilities for their lives that they otherwise would not have experienced. Her impact on others lives has reached around the world.

Please join me in wishing Georgia a Happy Birthday (July 6th) and in recognizing the value of the many types of communication she has made available and the fascinating people she has introduced to us.

A life worthwhile

Georgia Jones has been an active journalist and was regularly published in local Washington DC publications, such as the DC Gazette, and in feminist publications such as oob- A Woman's News Journal between 1968 and 1980. The scope of this work included short stories, feature articles, science, self help, and articles and reviews of the arts. She interviewed well known political and feminist figures of the day, including Gloria Steinem, Bella Abzug, and Betty Friedan. Her article documenting the first person experiences of women using the Dalcon Shield and Copper 7 IUD's was one of the earliest on this important subject, and was adapted for broadcast by WAER Radio in Syracuse, New York. From 1994-1997 Jones authored a weekly Internet column for Women's Wire® (later Women's Wire® on CompuServe®).

In 1992 two of her plays, "A Stitch in Time" and "The Usual Suspects," were produced for radio through Shoestring Radio Theatre, distributed nationally to NPR affiliates through Radio Works and Audio Services for the Blind. Prior to that production, "A Stitch in Time" and a musical, "The Porters," which she wrote with composer, Lewis MacAllister were produced by local amateur stage companies.

In 1995 Jones' novel In Line at the Lost and Found placed in the National Association of Writers novel awards. That same book was commented on by Push Cart Prize nominee Eva Shaderowfsky: "I love the way you keep this whole thing on the edge of madness. Well done! . .I smile as I read on breathlessly. . .It's black humor at its best!" Georgia Jones is author of A Garden of Weedin', a collection of original poetry, art and essays, and is editor and contributor to Women on a Wire, vol.1 & 2. Her poetry has been compared to that of Alanis Morrisette, Hilda Doolittle , and Canto.

Her published work includes the novel In Line at the Lost and Found and the non-fiction book The Real Dirt on the American Dream: Home Ownership and Democracy under the pseudonym Adrianna Long. She has authored a book on writing, Write What You Know, based on writing workshops she has developed and led since 1995. Write What You Know was described by one reviewer as "a book that can be used and enjoyed by the new writer looking for guidance, or is a book for the seasoned pro in search of a fresh outlook." Her interview with Beat Poet and artist, Elizabeth Case, was a featured story for the Winter 1998-99 issue of Crone Chronicles magazine.

In addition to being founder/publisher of LadybugPress in 1996, Georgia has led writing workshops in such diverse area and contexts as a peace conference in Israel and a retreat in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California.

Contributions toward peace

Georgia represents the U.S. at IFLAC a peace conference, in Hafia Israel, of international peace researchers, writers, poets, politicians, diplomats, educators, journalists and media people, peace activists, women activists, and students, working together to foster joint cooperation and understanding in the Middle East and in our global village.

Georgia led programs in Poetry, Story Telling, Singing,  Artistic Presentations at the VIFLAC conference whose main goal of is the creative "Repairing of the World" considering the Ghandi model for paving peace.

Developing the arts

Georgia, vice-president, of Central Sierra Arts Council (CSAC) makes significant contributions to develop the arts in her community and Poetry in the Schools to encourage the development of our children.

Georgia's personal contributions to the arts includes sculpture, art shows, cartoon strips, and more.

Field Trips (learn more about Georgia)

Meet Georgia Jones

A writers adventure with Georgia Jones

Georgia Jones Writer

Georgia Jones Author

An experts point of view

A pioneer in internet radio

Petition on banning suicide bomings

 

Happy Trails,

B.S.
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Books, Cooks, Looks & Ms. Elani
Elani

Dear Friends and Readers,

Growing up can do strange things to people.

Bridge of Sighs
by Richard Russo
ISBN 978-0-375-41495-4

Elani

Growing up can do strange things to people. In Richard Russo's new book Bridge of Sighs, several friends, including Louis Charles Lynch, known forever as Lucy, his wife Sarah and their good friend Bobby go from childhood to adults in the small town of Thomaston, New York. As Lucyand his wife are about to embark on a trip to Italy to see their friend Bobby, he decides to write a memoir of his growing up in this town; his life as a poor child when his father was a milkman, advancement to middle class as his father buys a grocery store, though his mother warned against it, and finally, Lucy himself as the owner of three stores, two run by his own son and daughter-in-law.

Russo starts small, introducing the reader to only a few characters at a time, showing their positive attributes and then slowly, like peeling a perfect apple only to find a warm in the middle, he produces the character flaws of each.

Sarah, the perfect wife, was once attracted to Bobby, Lucy himself admits to the many reasons he had to write the book and his friend, Bobby, a native son himself, not only had to change his name but needed to move to Venice. The various qualities of their three parents are also seen, often creating a barrier between the friends.

The story is told through back flashes, the actual memoir and the current time frame. Through Lucy's eyes the reader clearly sees the town of Thomaston, the nearby communities, and the people who make a town a place to remember. No one will be able to forget the likes of Gabriel, or Sarah's or Lucy's parents, let alone the various people who lived in the apartments. Long after the cover is closed the thought of a deed accomplished or a missed opportunity will provoke a thought of 'what if a different choice had been made'? Well worth reading.

 

Elani

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YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE

Constructive Comments Only
a letter from NARAL

Our "Trust Women" wristband campaign is well underway, but we still need more representation from Lucas, Yukon.

Please help us show anti-choice politicians that pro-choice Americans from across the country "Trust Women" to make their own reproductive-health choices.

Donate today and get your "Trust Women" wristbands. Help NARAL Pro-Choice America in its work to spread pro-choice values across the nation.

In honor of Dr. George Tiller, who often wore a button that simply read, "Trust Women," NARAL Pro-Choice America is asking you to pay tribute to his legacy and demonstrate that we won't let those who use violent rhetoric and hateful language win.

I was stunned when I saw Ann Coulter tell Bill O'Reilly that, "I don't really like to think of it as a murder. It was terminating Tiller in the 203rd trimester." 1

Just one day after Dr. Tiller's murder, Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, said Dr. Tiller "reaped what he sowed." 2 And then there is Jill Stanek, a notorious anti-choice blogger who told Newsweek.com after last year's election, "We're going to go more guerilla warfare." 3

This is the kind of inflammatory rhetoric we ask you to stand up against today.

With your donation today, we will send you "Trust Women" wristbands for you to wear and proudly share with your friends and family. You and your friends may register your wristbands online to join pro-choice Americans in towns and cities across the country in demonstrating your commitment to a woman's right to choose.

Many have already joined the campaign, which is why we need you to stand with us and be counted among America's pro-choice majority by helping us fill in the map from coast to coast.

Join your fellow pro-choice Americans by wearing your "Trust Women" wristband today.

Sincerely,
Nancy Keenan
President, NARAL Pro-Choice America

 

1. "Left-Wing Cause Celebre," FoxNews.com, June 22, 2009
2. "Terry Declares That Tiller 'Reaped What He Sowed,' Then Ask If Someone Will Buy Him Lunch," RightWingWatch.com, June 1, 2009
3. "Pro-Lifers in Obamaland," Newsweek.com, January 27, 2009
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