The Circle Continues Women Respond to the "Circle of Stones"

by Duerk, Judith

• ISBN13: 9781880913505
• ISBN10: 188091350X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-23
• Publisher: Inner Ocean/Innisfree Press

Summary

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Judith Duerk's best-selling Circle of Stones, Innisfree Press issued a worldwide "call for writing and art," inviting women to share their stories, poems, and art in response to the question, "How has the affirming, sustaining presence of women made a difference in your life?" The selections chosen for The Circle Continues -- representing sixty-five women from eight countries -- are a testament to women's strength, compassion, and wisdom. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

icons	11	(3)
Kathleen Hurt
Section 1 MY MOTHER, MY GRANDMOTHER...MY SISTERS, AUNTS, AND COUSINS
Alpha's Circle of Stones	14	(2)
Alpha McClellan-Gibson
Touchstones	16	(3)
Sylvia Cornette
Homes Have Long Memories	19	(4)
Yvonne Mokihana Calizar
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Mother	23	(5)
Catherine R. Duffy
My Aunt	28	(3)
Peggy Sapphire
Happy Birthday	31	(2)
Joan Alagna
Muneca	33	(3)
Rebecca Johnson
Sisterhood	36	(2)
Kathleen Nizzari
Bella Nonna	38	(8)
Loretta Benedetto Marvel
Hands	46	(1)
Meredith Haines
Unseen Hands	47	(2)
Seema Singh
The Grandmother Tree	49	(3)
Chris Rummer
Section 2 WOMAN TO WOMAN: INDIVIDUAL WOMEN WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE
Mrs. Brown's Tears	52	(5)
Linda C. Wisniewski
The Women of My Life	57	(6)
D-L Nelson
Things of the Heart	63	(2)
Janet L. Doane
``Janet's Teapot''	65	(1)
Rosemary DeLucco-Alpert
Circles Of Women	66	(2)
Sandy Sherman
A Gift Gone 'Round	68	(1)
June Woodall
A Little Girl's Precious Toy	69	(3)
Peggy J. Simms
Friendship Beads	72	(2)
Shelley Tracey
A Baroque Sunsett	74	(4)
Susan M. Tiberghien
For Julia	78	(1)
Naomi Wahmhoff Gingerich
'Dem Bones Gonna Dance Again	79	(4)
Lilith E. Hunt
Tribute / ``Les Femmes Sages''	83	(3)
Karen L. McDermott
Eulogy for My Best Friend	86	(4)
Katherine C. Smith
Section 3 WOMEN'S CIRCLES
Beauty Marks	90	(4)
Joyce Brady
A Place for Me	94	(2)
Apple Guinn
Seeing in to me. / Women knowing women.	96	(2)
Maranu Gascoigne
``Sunrise''	98	(1)
Jean Boelan Gascoigne
Retreat	99	(3)
Morna Finnegan
Circle of Women	102	(2)
Linda Wilkinson
The Circle of Life	104	(4)
Zanada Moody
Section 4 WOMEN'S WISDOM...WOMEN'S VISION
What If	108	(1)
Maril Crabtree
Asking. For My Life.	109	(7)
Mary Roberts
The Copper Child and Her Auntie Goddesses	116	(4)
Donna Lee Hill
The Keeper of the Faceless Women	120	(2)
Reda Rackley
Fear Not	122	(4)
Cheryl Anne Mohr
Befriending My Angel of Death	126	(2)
Diana C. Douglas
Someday All Women	128	(4)
Ruth Zwald
Section 5 MY JOURNEY AS A WOMAN
Loved into Life	132	(3)
Mary Elizabeth Mason
My Passage	135	(3)
Lynn Carl
Poking Holes in the Darkness	138	(3)
Kathy Donnelly
The Circle Continues...	141	(1)
Debbie Capps
With Women in Recovery	142	(3)
Karen Dollar
Happy to Be Nappy	145	(1)
Natalie L. Chambers
Moondance	146	(2)
Kandace Steadman
The Jagged-edged Circle	148	(3)
Diane Sims
Autumn Gold	151	(3)
Lorna Tuthill
Instant Widow	154	(5)
Peggy Eastman
Song and Response	159	(3)
Barbara Hemphill
Section 6 WOMEN'S GENERATIVITY
For Jess	162	(4)
Patty Smith
It's Not Too Late	166	(2)
Peggy M. Whitson
I Wish for You...	168	(2)
Virginia R. Walker
The Womanly Art	170	(3)
Lee Edwards
A Mother's Thoughts to Her Daughter	173	(2)
Jo Grishman
Bountiful Woman	175	(4)
Angela Hrabowiak
A Healing Journey	179	(5)
Sumedha M. Khanna
A Crone's Blessing	184	(3)
Carlanda Green
The Midwives	187	(3)
Carmen Richardson
Author Index	190	(1)
About Judith Duerk	191