Barry....thanks for the invite and info for the Day of the Dead ritual for November 6th....however, I will be stuck here at home recovering from a total knee replacement surgery which is both painful and long in rehabilitation. I will be there in spirit.... JIM ----- Original Message ----- From: "barry spector" <shmoover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Redwood Mens List" <redwoodmen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 11:50 AM Subject: [redwoodmen] FW: Annual Day of the Dead Ritual > Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" > Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable > > ------ Forwarded Message > From: barry spector <shmoover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:31:50 -0700 > To: Barry Spector <shmoover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Annual Day of the Dead Ritual > > =20 > > > > > > > > Barry and Maya Spector invite you to our annual > > Day of the Dead Ritual > > Saturday, November 6th, 9:30-6:30 > Unitarian Church, San Rafael > =20 > > > Whether or not we have recently lost loved ones, we all carry a heavy load > of grief and stress simply by living in these times. When we can=B9t find way= > s > to drop the weight of this emotional burden, we can become hopeless, bitter > or numb. Letting it go makes room for a new kind of imagination to enter. > The release of these emotions requires a safe space and a caring community. > > We will take a full day to help each other remember our ancestors and our > personal and collective losses. In some traditions, this is the time of yea= > r > when the veil between our world and the unseen world is thin; it is an > opportune time to complete any unfinished business that prevents us from > fully participating in life. > > This will be a day of mourning and remembrance, but also of great beauty an= > d > celebration. There will be poetry, storytelling, drumming, altar-building > and chanting from African, Greek, Celtic, Mexican and Balinese traditions. > We have facilitated this ritual for ten years. > =20 > COST: $30 in advance, $50 at the door. WORK SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. > > Send your check to Barry at 3751 Bay Road, Menlo Park, 94025 > Call 650-329-1415 or email shmoover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx for more info. > =20 > Please feel free to forward or share this invitation with friends. > =20 > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > > > > > -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- > -- Type: image/jpeg > -- File: image.jpg > > > ======================= > The Redwood Men's E-mail List > > Keeping you in touch with the Redwood Men's community > - To change your list settings, or to unsubscribe, login at: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi > - For technical information about this list ,go to: > //www.freelists.org/help/index.html > - Redwood Men's Center webpage: > http://redwoodmen.org/ > - Redwood Men's Center Administrative contact: > lyncon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Please be patient, a response may take a few days.) > - For technical issues related to this list: > cwa.2@xxxxxxxxx > ======================= ======================= The Redwood Men's E-mail List Keeping you in touch with the Redwood Men's community - To change your list settings, or to unsubscribe, login at: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi - For technical information about this list ,go to: //www.freelists.org/help/index.html - Redwood Men's Center webpage: http://redwoodmen.org/ - Redwood Men's Center Administrative contact: lyncon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Please be patient, a response may take a few days.) - For technical issues related to this list: cwa.2@xxxxxxxxx =======================