<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">Dear Friends and Poetry Lovers,</div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="textexposedshow"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="textexposedshow">Two years ago, I had the good fortune of visiting Rumi’s shrine in Konya, Turkey. Above the entrance is a quote by Rumi:<o:p></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><em>The whole of my life</em><i><br><em>Summed up in these words</em><br><em>I used to be raw</em><br><em>Then I was cooked</em><br><em>Now... on fire.</em></i><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">The quotation reminds us: We come not because we are already formed, cooked, or mature, but because we aspire to become so.<span class="textexposedshow"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="textexposedshow">As the year winds down, Rumi’s Caravan in gearing up for our signature event. Our 16<sup>th</sup> annual celebration will feature some beloved poets and musicians, a dervish dance, as well as a few new voices and instruments.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="textexposedshow"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="textexposedshow">Rumi’s Caravan invites you to come to the Glaser Center in Santa Rosa and “cook” with us in the fire of love. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="textexposedshow"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="textexposedshow">Tickets are available now and make great gifts for you and anyone who loves great poetry and music.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="textexposedshow">TICKETS ONLINE</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">: </span><a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2473190" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2473190</a><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br><span class="textexposedshow">IN PERSON: at Many Rivers Books and Tea </span><br><span class="textexposedshow">130 South Main Street, Sebastopol, CA. (707) 829-8871</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="textexposedshow">MORE INFO and PLEASE RSVP: </span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/953091124775982/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.facebook.com/events/953091124775982/</a></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="textexposedshow">Happy Year End Holiday,</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="textexposedshow"> </span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; ">- - <span class="textexposedshow">Larry</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); "><o:p><br></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); "><o:p><br></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); "><o:p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">Two Kinds of Intelligence</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 22px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">There are two kinds of intelligence: one acquired,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">as a child in school memorizes facts and concepts</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">from books and from what the teacher says,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">collecting information from the traditional sciences</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">as well as from the new sciences.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 22px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">With such intelligence you rise in the world.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">You get ranked ahead or behind others</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">in regard to your competence in retaining</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">information. You stroll with this intelligence</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">in and out of fields of knowledge, getting always more</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">marks on your preserving tablets.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 22px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">There is another kind of tablet,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">one already completed and preserved inside you.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">A spring overflowing its springbox. A freshness</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">in the center of the chest. This other intelligence</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">does not turn yellow or stagnate. It's fluid,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">and it doesn't move from outside to inside</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">through the conduits of plumbing-learning.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 22px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">This second knowing is a fountainhead</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; ">from within you, moving out.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 22px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; "> - Jellaludin Rumi</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> (Version by Coleman Barks)</div></o:p></span></div></body></html>