August 8th

August 8th, 2007 Wednesday HUgs!!!
I Miss you all!!!
August 9 @ 6:30pm. Barrington Library Family Night sharing!!!

Sorry to be so long away and long winded....

I have just been realizing the true nature of the very intimate relationship I have had with you all over these past nearly 9months in these email logs, enduring all that has been a part of this second half of the world journey.  My transition back to 'society' or into closer human energy bombardment has been no less a journey or challenge, yet as challenges are, it has revealed more and more and been a brilliant opportunity.  Somehow, I have drawn away.. or just become so consumed with dealing with the present world in my physical space that I have not yet set aside the time to 'keep in touch'.  I miss you all.  I had a wonderful skype call with Chris Bone, founder of OceansWatch and Jane Pares, the wonderful writer of so many of the articles on the site and those published in Sail-World.  They both know me so very well. my very heart. They are able to read me like a 'barometer' and know right where my pressure lies. I feel like everytime we talk, I am low and needing encouragement... it is always the same,.. I am tired, low energy, have a cold, voice is so hoarse.  the answer always the same,  'Donna, you need to let your body heal.  You need to take better care for yourself '. Light, Will too try to calm my tendency to drive myself.  

As I felt the capacity this morn and began to write, I realized that I have been so transparent on this log all these months, that "all of you" know me so genuinely.  We are all very close and have shared this incredible journey together.  As I am still forging new territory, new challenges, the same challenges that you face each day, I dare say, that there is no reason to stop sharing this path together. You too, have the same desires, losses, tremendous magical encounters, successes, days of just doing what needs to be done, finding a way to make it through a situation.. but now we have a richer faith of knowing the great potential capacity we all have to accomplish these tasks, dreams, passions,adventures and great fun experiences. We can all live more full-on by faith, giving of all we are, not attaching anything to the reality of our intrinsic happiness in being alive and so full of life.  Talking with Jane so recentered me.. We need each other.

So... what have I been up to?


Integrating all that has been surrounding me physically, in society, and inwardly...  Energy wise, I am missing the continual effects of all of your focus of energy toward me and I must be more aware of keeping energized.  Truth is, I just don't have as much energy to work with.  I am a bit tender.  Now that I have gotten a cold, totally lost my voice, I am finding that I am very susceptible to decompensating and actually, my ability to have my voice, and especially sing becomes a barometer for me of my energy or stress level and overall feeling of health.  This week, instead of getting well, I have gotten a bit worse.  so I am looking at all the factors and I need to concentrate on healing.

But all around me, Magic is still scattering fairy dust before me.

Oooooooh!! a Bit of news. A million and million millions of thanks to Neil Vangundy who has orchestrated all that has had to do with this incredibly heartfelt, demanding, effective website these past 4 years.  He has asked for a sebatical... He is going SAILING!!  Yahoo! Miracles,  Light has come on board to do my website!!!  She now has access and is getting a handle on how to work with the site and all.  I am getting access too so I can slowly get up to web speed... Praise be the powers of love....Feel free to email with ideas and imput.  stories...yes, we all want to hear more from all of you...I wouldn't publish past emails as they weren't sent with the intention of being published, but please feel free to give me your permission to publish your letter you send on to me.  I want the help site to share our journeys.

I have come to a lovely community of really honest, careful and enlightened people who have looked beyond all the mainstream facade or highly biased information rivers, to seek out real data and make real decisions about what is going on in our country, our world, our communities.. It has been a journey in itself.  I have to purpose to keep calm and become part of the solutions while not letting the intensity of the system totally consume my being.. I am a flower in a powerful field of Duster Grass ( an overtaking, bully tall marsh grass imported in, looking like Cat Tails but offering little or none of the ecosystem benefits of the Cat Tail.  They have absolutely destroyed the waterfront marsh ecosystem along the river from Bristol to Warren along the bikepath).  Maybe we all feel like one of the habitants of this marsh; the egret, the bumblebees, insects, butterflies, rabbits and endless birds and creatures that have no where to go and not be choked out by a dominating system.  Anyone who does not earn 100,000$ a year, is feeling this incredible pressure, stress, fear... What has happened to the day when we all gathered in barns for a local barn dance every saturday night, lifting our feet to live instruments, sharing the food grown in our family garden and the peace of knowing that we 'have enough'? Throughout history, it has been much rarer the moment when natural disaster has starved us out.  It has been the overseer who has made our existence a tenament farmer's, never owning our land, always oweing the keeper....

Enough... this is what happens when I go so long without writing...

Davison has become a wonderful personal support in my world as well as continues to offer his talents and expertise in graphics, design, plus all the hands on help of being a 'roady'... tough one.

A million thanks.....to all who have welcomed me to this community, the library staffs, neighbors, pubs, rallies, picnics, and into their hearts.

Will is still a huge presence and savior....

Bristol Marina coming to my rescue.

I have a job!! A bit of a finance base to hang on to until Stu is ready to sail.. helping bake amazing original recipes and serving the 'best' coffee in RI at The Beehive Cafe on Franklin St in Bristol RI.

The projects:
OceansWatch is growing wonderfully.  The works are forging ahead as Chris Bone has been so focused with his energy as to bring so many amazing people to join the efforts. During his deliveries in the Pacific Islands he has been able to personally meet and become a vital resource to several islands as a developer of sustainable economic progress and humanitarian work. so much of the humanitarian work is based in an erroding economic system..  The reefs are inadvertently used as the communities struggle to survive.  Each time Chris goes back to the islands, he has more team members, more hands on ways to effectively help.  The need for the OceansWatch Wharram 65 is growing as the process goes from information research and resource development, to hands on research, surveying, restructuring, reef restoration or humanitarian projects. Julia has been focused on finalizing all the foundational structures; Jane is on the go getting the word out to the sailing community (www.sail-world.com) of how we can all get involved as well as home team; the brains of the biological, sociological work, Peter and David; Lilly the web guru and communication developer, home team... the team is growing with more professionals, biologists, caring , giving commarades.

"For the LOve of Oceans" and "YOuth 4 Oceans" are in the developmental stage of building the actual websites, solidifying the actual nuts and bolts of the implimentation of the writing programs.  Promo material has to be developed so that we can actually present a "Critical Thinking Writing Program" to all the potential youth, advocacy, conservation, marine education and yacht community organizations.  Personal News Network's, Lauren Elliot and his team is working with me.  It is hard to get as much done as we would like by internet. Skype has been a bit difficult. but we are moving forward...

I have many directions I can go with my own writing.... I have to say that I need more mental energy and concentrated hours of time, space in order to move more in this direction.  Interestingly, though it is probably the most important direction for me to go for my own journey and for effectiveness, but it requires I be the most rested, focused and free energy wise.. It is a rare moment, though I have them, when I am writing...like this morning....
I have many open doors though.......... thanks to so many who have taken the time to journey with me and have shown me such amazing interest in my writing...

Tomorrow night is my first library talk. I put the sched on the last log. maybe I will copy it at the end of every other log or so until we get a place for the sched on the home page or another page.

Got to scoot.  I will try to keep in touch more often, not so long winded....
loves and hugs xoxoxoxoxo truly xoxoxo d

"keepin On, Keepin On, Keepin On, Caring...with all your heart, yet allowing faith and personal happiness to calm the impulses to want to know the future, to impact it, to see results now...allowing that it is the whole earth that is creating all we see.  We will all come along together..eventually. I just need to keep on keepin on"


Schedule:


Most Thursday afternoons, Warren Farmer's Market, music and steel pan, with guests 4:00-8:00pm
Thursday,August 9th, Family Night at the Barrington Library starting at 6:30pm, storytelling and music,slides
Friday, August 17th  Open Mic Featured Artist at the Coffee Depot, starts at 7:30pm, just music and a great open mic to follow
Sunday, August 19th Summer Barbeque to Benefit SAVE BRISTOL HARBOR, 2-6pm, a few songs and steel pan for the kids
Wednesday, Sept 5th Summer Travel Log Barrington Library, 7:30pm, travel log around the world, mixed with music
Thursday, Sept 6th Summer Night Out at Stella Blues Restaurant in Warren on corner of Water St and Miller St., 9:00pm All Music, with guests
Wednesday, Sept 12th Family Night at the Warren Library starting at 6:30pm, storytelling and music, slides
Saturday, Sept 29th Donna Lange and guest at Stone Church Coffeehouse, begins 8:00pm, Stories and Music, special guest


www.youth4oceans.pnn.com
www.fortheloveofoceans.pnn.com
www.donnalange.pnn.com
http://www.staynout.org/serendipity
www.oceanswatch.org; http://www.pacificyachtdeliveries.co.nz/pacific%20guardian.htm :
phebejo1@yahoo.fr(Schools and orphanage needing desks and teacher salaries desperately)
www.womensheart.org (Education, funding for Women's Heart Foundation. the statistics regarding women dying of heart disease are staggering)
www.reddressracing.org (Women's Sailing racing organization supporting the WHF above)
www.coming-about.com (Women's sailing school focusing on alot more than sailing skills.)
www.women-without-borders.com (workshops and tremendous support for women worldwide in critical conditions to make a difference in their own countries)
www.casaamiga.com (a women's  support program in a domestic violence torn Mexico)