<div dir="ltr">I just purchased the book on Amazon Prime. Will have it in 2 days.<div><br></div><div>Beret</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 2:50 AM, Joy Bonafield via Dialogue <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Jo,<div><br></div><div> 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.</div><div><br></div><div> Happy 2018 -- may we all find our ways of creatively contributing to the Compassionate Civilization. </div><div><br></div><div>--Joyce Bonafield-Pierce</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Jo Nelson via Dialogue <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">
<p class="MsoNormal">Happy New Year! </p><p class="MsoNormal">I think this year for us was all about heritage and legacies…</p><div>Here is a link to some relevant photos from 2017 that will make the prose more interesting (the files are too large to attach). <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/522pxtg5y9vfzhr/AAA3uDblmc0i-6C2K3b6DwiIa?dl=0" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.c<wbr>om/sh/522pxtg5y9vfzhr/AAA3uDbl<wbr>mc0i-6C2K3b6DwiIa?dl=0</a></div><div> </div><div><i>Jo:</i> I finished <u>Getting to the Bottom of ToP</u>
– Wayne’s legacy – which after much work and many challenges was finally
published by iUniverse on December 9.</div><p class="MsoNormal">-In January, Jen and I walked with friends in the Women’s
March, making a stand for the respect for women in society. </p><p class="MsoNormal">-In May, a lovely visit by John and Elaine Telford sparked
memories of our connection with Ngiyampaa people and Murrin Bridge, NSW,
Australia. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">-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. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">-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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">-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. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <i>Tim:</i>
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. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> <i>Aaron:</i> 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.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> <i>Jen:</i> <span lang="EN-US">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</span>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> 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.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> <i>Zahra:</i>
is in her 3<sup>rd</sup> 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.</p><div><br></div><div>May 2018 be a healthy, happy, and productive year for you, your family, and your community!</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> Jo Nelson and family</p></div>
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