Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes
by Louise Lovdahl
This week Dr. Ole Swenson, director
of the University of Wisconsin Research Lab for
Anthropological Studies reluctantly announced that
after 30 years of study, there is undeniable proof
that blue-eyed individuals are not as smart as those
with brown eyes.
Dr. Swenson, a blue-eyed man of European descent,
explained that civilization began in the central
regions of what is now Africa, where the sun is hot
and intense. The first known peoples were protected
from the rays of the sun by great amounts of melanin
that made their skin and eyes brown. Over the
centuries as tribes moved further north where the
sun’s rays were not so direct, the skin and eye
color gradually lightened. Unfortunately as the eye
color lightened, the sun’s rays penetrated through
the eyes and burned off some of the brain cells of
the blue-eyed people.
Dr. Swenson said he now understands why he had to
work harder in graduate school than his brown-eyed
friends did.
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Char Tosi: Wise Leader, Gentle Healer
by Mary Walilko
Twenty years after giving birth
to Woman Within, nurturing it and seeing it grow and
develop, Char is starting to feel her energy shift
toward new endeavors and new adventures.
Her life began 63 years ago:
“I was born in Fleming, Kentucky, which is in
the mountains of Eastern Kentucky. My father was a
Baptist Minister and pastored a church for 40 years
in Hindman, Kentucky, which is where I grew
up—climbing mountains. I really wanted to be a
cheerleader and a nurse. I achieved the latter. I
wanted to be a nurse from as young as I can
remember, which probably stemmed from the fact that
I was very sickly most of my childhood. I had
rickets, and did not walk until I was two years
old.”
Char has been a healer most of her life.
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Could You Survive . . . ?
contributed by Louise Lovdahl
Find out if you could survive in another’s shoes by
taking the following short surveys provided by Fran
Anderson, a teacher at a homeless shelter in Kenosha,
Wisconsin. Note the strengths in each group.
Could You Survive In Poverty?
Could You Survive in Middle Class?
Could You Survive in Wealth?
Put a check by each item you know how to do.
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Empower A Woman Today
by Penny Johns Woman To Woman Midwest
Financial Support Opportunities
Donations and Gift Certificates – are intended to
provide a portion or the entire amount of a “Woman
Within Training Weekend”. This can be done anonymously
or given to a woman of your choice.
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My Colonoscopy
by Mary Ann Hartnett
On February 16 I had a colonoscopy.
Since turning 50 three years ago, my doctor had been
saying it was time for this test.
I kept putting it off.
Later.
Next time.
Next year.
When I’m not so busy.
What’s the rush?
I’m healthy, aren’t I?
Aren’t I?
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Last Words: "To change your reality, first change
your perceptions. To bring something into your world, first
bring it fully to life within yourself." Ralph Marsten
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good morning
It is 11:20 on Saturday morning in St. L, raining and gray and
big with potential.
I feel remarkably clear today, full of the twin-passions of
joy and grief --an instrument of divine intervention and the
intervention itself . . . the artist and the art . . .
overwhelmed with the richness that surrounds me and is me. Big
connection . . . big mystery . . .filling my chest and belly
on the in-breath, flowing through me and saturating me on the
out. These breaths are not light by any stretch. Oh no . . .
they are heavy . . . deliciously and incredibly thick and
sweet . . . like syrup . . . life-sustaining and nourishing
and ancient and full of wisdom and knowing . . .filling me up
and oozing out . . .into the deepness beyond . . .
Yep, it's that kind of Saturday here in my corner of St L.
Blessings to each of us, from all corners . . .
Joanne Mahler
St. Louis, MO
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Process Training
A weekend of facilitation training, process work and community
For Men and Women
at the Kuempel Men’s Center, 1900 W Fulton, Chicago
March 10 & 11, 2007
Cost $200, reductions available
David Kaar 612-275-5165
or email drkaar@mkp.org
Click here for more info
Woman Within — Level 2: Archetypes of the Castle
March 15 - 19
DeKoven Center
Racine, WI
Click here for more info
Introduction to Deep Change
One-Evening Workshop in for men and women
Sunday, March 18th, 7-9pm at the Chicago MKP Center at 1900
W. Fulton, Chicago, IL
Details are at
http://dbweb.org/chi-intro
"Isms & Issues"
Introduction to Multicultural Awareness
An MKPI Workshop
A day of learning, discussion, reflection, and sharing about our
differences
**March 23 (Friday) Philadelphia – Contact Dave Mueller dmueller@westfieldynj.org
**Sept 8 (Saturday)
New England – Contact Andy Towlen andoact@yahoo.com
Click here for more info
Woman Within Training
call: Mary Ann Armour,
573-754-3131
Brochure available
on this page or visit www.womanwithin.org for more information.
* mid-west regions *
**Mar 23 -25, Trafalgar, IN
(Indianapolis)
**May 18-20, Delavan, WI (Chicago/Milwaukee)
**June 22-24, Griswald, IA
**Sept 7-9, Delavan, WI (Chicago/Milwaukee
)
**Sept 28-30, Nazareth, KY
(Louisville/Cincinnati)
**Nov 2-4, Delavan, WI
(Chicago/Milwaukee)
Women Empowering Women (WEW)
**June 29 - July 1, 2007
Des Plaines, IL
Presented by Char Tosi
Contact: Christina Archer
(Sept. 1999, Delavan, WI)
630-272-6902
or Blooskyycrys@yahoo.com
Visit www.womanwithin.org
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