We gather friday night by dinner time and that first evening

is our "social time." Saturday morning we step into circle...

acknowledging our theme for the weekend and each taking

as long as we need to share about the issue and deeply

moving currents of our lives along with the ritual of lighting a

candle symbolizing bringing our deepes selves present.

After checking in, we talk about what all we want to have

happen over our time together. We participate in activities

that highlight the theme and help us to explore deeper...

sharing insights that touched ourselves and our

relationships. Our activities and explorations take us into

the night and often include cocreated rituals. Sunday

morning we finish up and come to closure... often, again,

with ritual included... completing our circle around noon on

sunday so that those who travel can do so in daylight.

When we all lived in the west, we would meet as 6. Then, when Beth and Barb

moved to South Carolina, wecontinue to meet as 4, and know their energy is with us...and there are

special times, like last summer, when we are able to meet as a full circle again.