april 2009

IN THIS ISSUE:

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CALENDAR

4 let me tell you the story of a woman
by brenda s. williams

6 the pink mini-skirt and the... er, uh...
by janie savage

8 Audacity of Optimism:
mayor terry bellamy
by jeanne charters

10 meeting forest
by audra coleman

13 rainbow: a poem
by forest moon fugate

14 it’s all good
by gini mundy

15 kaleidoscope: a poem
by phibby venable

16 sisters before misters
by h. byron ballard

24 climbing toward confidence
by anna sharratt

30 it smells like purple
by sandy mccall

32 when life gives you lemons, it’s time to pull out the daiquiri machine
by jen trinque

36 “glory be, i’ve got my camp!”
by mary ickes

40 her guiding principle:
protecting the earth
by carol dixon

42 nicole and katie:
a letter to 11 year old girls
by laura hope-gill

46 salute to girl scouting in
Western North Carolina

IN EVERY ISSUE:

18 cosmicomedy
by lavinia plonka

28 funny, isn’t it?
by jeanne charters

29 working with words
by peggy millin

48 women and power
by barbara waterhouse

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