<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Ceremony Offering Acts of Beauty</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">to the Wounded Waters of our World</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><div class="envelope" align="left" style="float: none;"><img apple-inline="yes" id="3D7EA786-2CB0-4956-9201-4E2154252BE2" height="1017" width="1743" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:AOLP.6673800" class=""></div><div class=""></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Saturday, June 10, 2013, 10am to noon</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">(Gather at 9:30am, move into ceremonial space at 10am, end by noon)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Laguna de Santa Rosa (Walking Directions to the Site Below)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Offered by Dianne Monroe, Michael Zieve and Jeff Rooney</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""><br class=""></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Free as a Gift to the Community</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""><br class=""></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">Join us for the 6<sup class="">th</sup> annual <b class="">Ceremony Offering Acts of Beauty to the Wounded Waters of our World</b>. Each year, in different ways, we have gathered at the Laguna to share our love for life on Earth and the waters that nourish life – along with our sorrows for all the ways our waters and Earth has become damaged and wounded.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">This has been a momentous year – from the continued ravages of human created climate change and the pledges of the new administration to roll back what scant protections our Earth and waters have had… to the inspiration of the Water Protectors who so bravely defended the Missouri River and showed us new/ancient ways of resistance… and more. There is truly much to celebrate and much to mourn.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">Join us in creating a ceremonial space to share our joys and sorrows, our love for life on Earth and the waters that nourish it. This year we will be holding ceremonial space with the help of handmade kelp rattles. Each person will have the space to express themselves in the moment or remain silent, as feels right for them. While we invite people to stay the entire length of the ceremony, you are welcome to come and leave at any time that feels right for you.<u class=""></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">As in previous years, we hold our ceremony in collaboration with the Laguna, a wetland that was once damaged, degraded and is now partially restored through the work of the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation and others.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><b class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">Walking Directions to the Ceremony site:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">Park in the Sebastopol Community Center parking lot. At the South end of this lot is the entrance to the wetlands preserve. Walk a short distance down the trail to the entrance to the summer bridge. There will be signs posted along the route pointing the way.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><b class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">You may want to bring:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">A cushion to sit on; a water bottle; an umbrella for shade</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><b class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">For questions, more information or to let us know you are coming:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">Contact:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">Dianne Monroe at:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><a href="mailto:dianne@diannemonroe.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">dianne@diannemonroe.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""> / </span><a href="http://www.diannemonroe.com/" target="_blank" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">www.diannemonroe.com</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">/ 707-480-8905</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">or Michael Zieve at </span><a href="mailto:zievestudios@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">zievestudios@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><u class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue;" class=""> </span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">This ceremony is inspired by <b class="">Radical Joy for Hard Times</b> (</span><u class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue;" class=""><a href="http://www.radicaljoyforhardtimes.org/" style="color: purple;" class="">www.radicaljoyforhardtimes.org</a></span></u><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">), a worldwide community of people who offer acts of beauty to wounded places on our Earth.</span></div></div></body></html>