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 Barbara Cavin, Tina Rushing, Peggy Nader, and Jo Ann Porterfield attended the Southwest Unitarian Women's Conference in Huston February 4th, 5th and 6th. The keynote speaker was NPR Journalist and radio host, Margot Adler. There was a lot of singing and dancing with a decidedly Pagan tilt to the entire weekend. We had a wonderful opening ceremony that included inviting in the spirits and singing and dancing. Day two was composed of workshops and we all attended different ones, including Medicine Card Reading and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues. On Saturday evening we once again all gather together for a dinner and more dancing! It was inspiring, informational and fun!! Hello from Donna in Turkey NOTE: THIS is an e-mail from Donna Whitt to Ingrid Johnson (they've been friends a long time ) who is sharing it with us so we can all enjoy the news about Donna's adventure in Turkey.
How was your holiday? How is everybody? Tell everybody merhaba for me, tamam (ok)? We are doing great. We love being back on a base and love being able to travel to such incredible places so close by. We did miss everybody during the holidays, but we are kind of hermitfolk anyway, so that wasn't too bad. I'm still working on the degree. Just four more classes to go. Last week I applied for a job at the library. Air Force dependents have preference, but I'm hoping that I'll slip in because the job listing was only open for a week between Christmas and New Year. I love the library. It is small, but versatil. It is also only a couple of blocks away. That would be convenient. Most people only stay here two years so there is a bit of turnover. Finally I'am in a place where all of my short-term jobs don't look so bad on a resume. Everyone else moves every other year, too!
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We don't get off base much on our own. We've
been to the modern mall a couple of times and we go to shops and restaurants
in the village just outside the gate. But we are waiting for the longer
daylight hours of summer before we go venturing beyond Adana. Mike gets
off at 4:30 and it's almost dark by then. Wouldn't want to get lost out
there, ya know. We do go on tours and trips. It doesn't snow where we are, but we can see the mountains from here and they are covered. We took a weekend trip to Cappadocia and had a chance to play in the snow. The base offers an overnight ski trip and a one-day snowtubing trip. We are opting for the tubing. We'd like to stay in a hotel way up in the mountains, but we are chickens on skis. We went once in Virginia and barely made it down the kiddie's slope a few times. We think the tubing is more our speed. It's also only $20 while the ski trip is $150, so that's a good thing too. I've been reading a book about Byzantium. I am recognizing a lot of names of cities and regions from around here. It makes it a little more interesting. But what with all the assassinations, conspiracies, outright murders, church schisms, barbarian raids, and other Roman Empire scheming going on, it doesn't need much help in the interesting department. We took a Turkish language and culture crash course. It was free and very fast. We picked up a little of the language, but we'll probably end up going to the class you pay for. They go much slower. It seems like Turkish is derived from a bunch of different languages. A little German, French, English, Arabic, and even Korean. Probably because of the trade routs ( and all of those invasions ) over the centuries, maybe? Our kittens are fine, Did I write on the postcard that cats are revered over here? Maybe not revered, but well thought of. Miss you all, Donna It happens in March March 1st: Ashura - 10th Muharram - Islam. Single day fast recognizing the Creation. March 8th: Maha Shivaratri - Hindu. Dedicated to Shiva. whose cosmic dance creates the world March 10th: Ganahdoha (Buds on Trees Moon) Native American / Onondaga Nation March 20th: Spring Equinox March 21: Naw Ruz - Baha'i. New Year
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Merhaba
(hello)!