[Dialogue] Nelson Family Annual Letter 2017

[Joy Bonafield]

Jo,

            Many thanks for your interesting update and photo journal --
what a wonderful year!  Please tell us when/how we can purchase the book.
Last I knew it was online, but we would like a hard-cover book when its
available.

             Happy 2018 -- may we all find our ways of creatively
contributing to the Compassionate Civilization.

--Joyce Bonafield-Pierce


On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Jo Nelson via Dialogue <
dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> Happy New Year!
>
> I think this year for us was all about heritage and legacies…
> Here is a link to some relevant photos from 2017 that will make the prose
> more interesting (the files are too large to attach). https://www.dropbox.
> com/sh/522pxtg5y9vfzhr/AAA3uDblmc0i-6C2K3b6DwiIa?dl=0
>
> *Jo:*  I finished *Getting to the Bottom of ToP* – Wayne’s legacy – which
> after much work and many challenges was finally published by iUniverse on
> December 9.
>
> -In January, Jen and I walked with friends in the Women’s March, making a
> stand for the respect for women in society.
>
> -In May, a lovely visit by John and Elaine Telford sparked memories of our
> connection with Ngiyampaa people and Murrin Bridge, NSW, Australia.
>
> -In June, Jeanette Stanfield and I traveled to Newfoundland. The L’Anse
> aux Meadows Viking settlement,on my bucket list for years because of my
> Swedish heritage, was outstanding. We also saw ancient fossils at Gros
> Morne National Park, hiked along the sea, saw icebergs and whales from a
> small tourist boat, visited the Basque whalers’ site at Red Bay, Labrador
> and the Air Museum in Gander, culminating in exploring St. Johns and more
> with friends from St. Johns.
>
> -The annual “camping trip for single women of a certain age” turned into a
> “glamping trip” with 7 women at a lovely cottage owned by a colleague,
> including a hot-tub soak.
>
> -I discovered in October that my book “Art of Focused Conversation for
> Schools” in Simplified Chinese has sold more than 3000 copies across
> China.  And a woman director of a wonderfully diverse, inclusive, and
> participatory community development project told me that a facilitation I
> had done in 1999 was the inspiration for her work.
>
>  *Tim:* took over a coordinating role for his drum and bass club night on
> Wednesday nights. In May, he and I stained our Muskoka chairs. In July, he
> and a friend rebuilt our back deck and flagstones, upgrading our backyard
> considerably. Most of his spare time is spent creating music and spinning
> music. In a visit to the Viking Exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum, he
> soaked in all the information about our ancestors that he could, including
> getting a copy of the Prose Edda.
>
>  *Aaron:* ran a half-marathon, two different length triathlons, and a
> marathon. He is working up to do an Iron Man in 2019. He is still working
> in management at an Apple store, but changed positions to keep things
> interesting.
>
>  *Jen:* is a sought-after art teacher, in both her classes at private and
> independent schools as well as in her community outreach programs. A big
> event was getting her driver’s licence, which allows her to take on
> programs in communities that were previously too remote to get to on public
> transportation, and  to go camping on her own, as well as supporting Aaron
> on his adventures.
>
>  In November, the Reese/Zahrt family had a reunion in Carson City Nevada
> to celebrate the birthdays of my 80-year-old brother and two
> brothers-in-law.  A delayed flight meant I got to spend 23 hours on my 69th
> birthday with both my sons, much of it hanging out in the Denver airport.
>
>  *Zahra:* is in her 3rd year of college at Hobart-William Smith. This
> fall, after training hard, she ran a 50-mile ultra-marathon.  We were able
> to get together at her school for a weekend in early December when classes
> were out for the break.
>
> May 2018 be a healthy, happy, and productive year for you, your family,
> and your community!
>
>  Jo Nelson and family
>
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