Revised - San Francisco Area “Reading and Snacker” with Carol Lynn Pearson!
We’ve had to make some changes from the original plan that was posted at the end of May, but now we are ready to announce the revised San Francisco Area fMh “reading and snacker” with Carol Lynn Pearson! Carol Lynn has agreed to open her home in Walnut Creek to us for a special group reading of her play, “Mother Wove the Morning,” followed by discussion and a snacker.
“Mother Wove the Morning” is a one-act play that Carol Lynn wrote and performed over three hundred times, portraying sixteen women throughout history in search of God the Mother.
Please join us for this special opportunity with Carol Lynn Pearson on Saturday, June 26th. The details are as follows:
Date: Saturday, June 26th
Time:
Location:
Cost: $20.00 for attendance at the reading; no cost for the snacker only
The $20.00 fee can be paid to Carol Lynn at the door, or if you’d like to pay ahead of time, post your e-mail address and I will let you know where it can be sent. Please make all checks payable to: Carol Lynn Pearson. Whether you are attending the reading and the snacker, or just the snacker, please bring something to share with the group. Carol Lynn will provide plates, cups and napkins.
Looking forward to seeing many friends, old and new, at Carol Lynn’s house on the 26th!
I am so, so sad to be missing this.
Comment by Stephanie — June 18, 2010 @ 10:01 am
One of my favorite works. Can’t wait to enjoy the afternoon!
Comment by LRC — June 18, 2010 @ 10:07 am
Ditto Stephanie! CLP is one of my idols!
Comment by Chelsea — June 18, 2010 @ 10:07 am
Wow, that is more impressive than the free barbecue, hamburgers and such we are having in Dallas in mid-July. Now I need to get a featured guest.
Comment by Stephen M (Ethesis) — June 18, 2010 @ 10:18 am
Stephen, I will get that up within the week.
Comment by Stephanie — June 18, 2010 @ 10:54 am
Hooray! I couldn’t have made the first arrangement, but this one I can handle! I’ll be there!
Comment by Reese Dixon — June 18, 2010 @ 11:17 am
Awesome! Count me in!
Comment by Keri Brooks — June 18, 2010 @ 11:25 am
I wish I had a trip planned to come “home” this summer–would have loved to be able to come to this.
Comment by Kim — June 18, 2010 @ 11:42 am
Doh… why is the other side of the world, like, so far away?
Comment by Chibbylick — June 18, 2010 @ 12:19 pm
Sounds great! I will be there.
Comment by Valory — June 18, 2010 @ 12:20 pm
I may be there or I may not. I have a knitting class that morning and would need to arrange the day’s schedule with my husband. I don’t think I’m doing anything that evening, so it may be a “go.”
Comment by TopHat — June 18, 2010 @ 12:43 pm
Nuts! That’s also the Amateur Radio Field Day.
Is ice cream OK for a snacker item?
Comment by Mike H. — June 18, 2010 @ 6:19 pm
Mike H. - IMO, yes. Ice cream is appropriate for any occasion
Comment by Valory — June 18, 2010 @ 6:39 pm
Woohoo!!!! Reese & Valory, so happy you can make it!!! Tophat, please come if you can, we’d love to meet you!!!! and, yay, Keri & LRC! Hope to see you, too, Mike.
Comment by jeannine — June 20, 2010 @ 10:47 pm
Wow. If I could only attend!!! I would love to come to this. I hope you’ll blog about it. Sounds fascinating and inspiring!
Comment by Dawn — June 21, 2010 @ 9:18 pm
It looks like I won’t be able to make it to the reading, but I’ll still be there for the snacker!
Comment by Keri Brooks — June 24, 2010 @ 10:06 am
I’m going to try to make it to the snacker. Also, since I posted this on the last Berkeley snacker thread after that thread was pretty dead and thus I don’t think anyone read it, I was wondering if anyone goes to church in Berkeley and could tell me anything about the ward there. If I’m just visiting (not a member), is it okay to go to any of the Berkeley wards, and is there any way to know ahead of time what the service will be about? Also, is it offensive if I visit but don’t want to give the missionaries my phone number? I visited when I lived in the South Bay, and I felt pressured to give my phone number to a million people, which I really wasn’t comfortable with and then didn’t feel comfortable going back because I felt bad for not calling the missionaries back (yes, I know that’s my own fault…). Also when I visited in the South Bay, I managed to visit on Fast Sunday and on the Sunday when RS was about p*rn, and I was hoping to visit again on a more typical day. Thanks!
Comment by epi — June 24, 2010 @ 5:23 pm
epi -
It’s fine to visit any time. The first week of the month is always Fast Sunday. The Sunday School lessons are from the Old Testament right now. The second and third week RS/PH lessons are from the Gospel Principles manual. The Sunday closest to July 24th will be about pioneers, at least in Sacrament Meeting (probably).
It’s not offensive if you don’t give them your phone number. You can just tell them you’re not ready/don’t like to share (don’t call us, we’ll call you.)
But if you don’t want to go on Sunday, check this out:
Comment by LRC — June 25, 2010 @ 6:15 pm
LRC-
That was printed in our ward bulletin, too! I’m in the Oakland First. I think I might go to that if I’m not in labor or freshly postpartum.
Comment by TopHat — June 25, 2010 @ 8:09 pm
As a person who went:
I thought it went well. Keri Brooks, Reese Dixon, TopHat, myself, Segulah, and others (forgive me please! I had trouble tracking everyone!)) were there. G’s artwork came up. Some talk about pregnancy, delivery, infertility. I talked a little too much.
Lorian: I wish up had been there. Carol Lynn talked about stopping the awful things being said & done to the GLBT community. You really should try to go to the July 6 meeting in Berkeley.
Comment by Mike H. — June 27, 2010 @ 3:54 pm
Jealous, jealous, jealous! 40 years a huge fan of CLP. You lucky… guy, ..you.
Comment by IdahoG-ma — June 27, 2010 @ 3:59 pm
Oops! It wasn’t Segulah! A better list on TopHat’s blog:
Comment by Mike H. — June 27, 2010 @ 4:13 pm
I am so dang sad I missed this, after all. (I did have a really great business meeting, but still.) I am so glad everyone who made it, made it. ((Tears.))
Thank-you so much, Valory, for taking over the organizing for me.
love to all.
xxxooooo
Comment by jeannine — June 27, 2010 @ 5:02 pm
We missed you, too, Jeannine. It was a lovely day with Carol Lynn; her reading of “Mother Wove the Morning” was very powerful and brought several of us to tears. Also attending, in addition to those mentioned in #20 & #22, were: Petra, Jenne from Seattle and her mother Carolyn, LRC and her husband and children, and Mike H.’s wife. Idaho G-ma, you would have loved this; I’m sure you were with us in spirit!
Comment by Valory — June 27, 2010 @ 7:04 pm
I would have, thank you.
Comment by IdahoG-ma — June 27, 2010 @ 7:18 pm
It was a great experience. I’m not sure but my mom might have been the token non-member in attendance. My mom is planning to give a copy of “Mother Wove the Morning” to her Unitarian Universalist minister.
Comment by Jenne — June 27, 2010 @ 11:23 pm
Uh oh, Jeanne, I hope we didn’t overwhelm her!
Comment by Mike H. — June 27, 2010 @ 11:29 pm
it sounds like a lovely turn out with awesome people. CLP is so awesome on so many levels. so glad it happened.
xooxoo
Comment by jeannine — June 28, 2010 @ 12:19 am
Thanks LRC - that’s super helpful, and I may go to the event you mentioned!
Comment by epi — June 28, 2010 @ 12:49 am
CLP for a snacker. That is so cool.
Comment by Win — June 28, 2010 @ 9:54 am
Oh man, I was so far behind on my google reader that I didn’t see this post until a week past the event! so sorry, I was free and totally would have gone!
I will be at the berkeley ward thing tuesday night, FWIW.
Comment by cchrissyy — July 4, 2010 @ 11:47 am