The Cusp of Change
Dear Friends,
I’m writing to you, who’ve circled San Francisco Bay with me some time in the past. On Saturday, Sept. 7, one week from today, I’ll begin my last circle. I’d love to be present with you to renew your relationships with the sacred places that continue to sustain us. We’ll share the ways that we’ve evolved, and the ways that the sites remain available for even more potent connections from our new vantage points.
The culture has shifted; our needs and potentials have different shapes, and we bring to them the experiences that continue to shape our destinies.
The journeys will involve less walking, more story, some spiritual practices, more personal sharing. We’ll be visiting inflatable water slide five sites rather than 7 – but later, may visit either or both of them individually, as conditions at Ring Mountain and at Umunhum shift. My daughter Marci, who’s now a senior mediator, a collaboration specialist connected with Cal State at Sacramento, has heard so much about our journeys, and will be with us as a participant.
A relevant poem by Raymond Carver recently came my way from Larry Robinson’s list for poetry lovers:
And did you get what
You wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
Beloved on the earth.
Visiting recently with Barbara Hiken, and talking about Circling San Francisco Bay, she said, “It changed my life!” I feel that also – and from this gratitude, I’d like to celebrate these sites and the blessings they offer. We can renew our capacity to assure that as those blessings move through our human lives, we support the web of all life. Our lives are on the cusp of change (Aren’t they always? But physical and environmental clocks are ticking!)
Dates and times: approximate 10 AM to 2:30 PM
Kirby Cove Saturday Sept. 7
Mt. Tamalpais Saturday September 21
Mt. Diabo Saturday October 5
Mt. Hamilton Sunday October 20
San Bruno Saturday November 2
Please email or call me to register (650-323-4494), or if you have gonfiabili per bambini any questions. If you know someone who hasn’t had a chance to do this, please pass the information along. I’ll attach a copy for your convenience.
This is late notice – but I’d like to do all of these visits while the weather is good.
Suggested donation: $60 a session
Best regards,
Ginny Anderson