Summer 08 - Endings & Beginnings PDF Print E-mail
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Cover by Matthew Stefanson


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Article and Essays

Lessons From the Film Screening Pit by Leslie Vryenhoek
What does screening over 600 films made by women teach a person?

My Superficial Mommy by Christine Orchanian Adler
A new children's book helps women explain to their children why mommy is going under the knife to change her body.

Getting Married in the 21st Century by Desi Di Nardo
How have modern conveniences affected the wedding industry and our decisions on tying the knot?

Tick-Tock, Who Broke My Clock? by Barbra Annino
Having chosen not to have children, Barbra Annino undergoes a sterilization procedure to make her decision permanent.


Columns

Chronicles of a Wannabe Bush-Woman - Coasting Into September by Carla Atherton
As the summer winds down and we enter the chill of the fall, the project waits.

Femme Vitale - Life, Unlimited by Charmian Christie
What does it take to create a life that is truly inspired?

Inspired at Work - Workplace Transitions by Christine Hart
The concept of making a career change can be daunting.

Lesley's Letters - A Tsunami of Change by Lesley Crewe
Three major life events are inspiring plenty of diary entries on Endings and Beginnings for Lesley.

Sandwich Generation - A Stitch in Time by Gisele Grignon
A trip to visit her aging mother, brings up memories inspired by the quilts stitched by her mother's hands.

Sense and Sensuality - Imitation Orgasm by Sarah Stefanson
Why are we manufacturing faux orgasms and how can we stop?


Non-Fiction

Life Cycle by Sarah Turner
A woman learns lessons of growth and loss, all connected to the gardens she has grown over the years.

Accordian Diaries by Diana Kiesners
A student learns more than she expected at her accordion lessons.

River Booty by Pat Martinez
Found objects become the booty from several significant experiences in the outdoors.

Tiny Fists by Eve Krakow
A new mother is physically and emotionally exhausted by the routine of nursing her premature son to health.


Fiction

Just Five Minutes by Karen Myers
Watching a wedding on the beach, a woman yearns for just five more minutes.


Poetry

On Surrendering and Testing Gravity by Sarah Tsiang

An Ancient Tongue and We Are the Only Ones by Desi Di Nardo

Security Blanket by Rachna Vohra

Syndrome, Harriett, Downpayment, and Black by Carole Langille

Nuclear Arms, Hands, and Day of Birth (May 25th) by Elaine Batcher

Conversations with Storybook Heroines, IV and The Last Laugh by Anna Bendix


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  • As the old wisdom states: in order to understand the future, you need to understand the past. How true is that? The past entices learning, reminds us of what to do and what not to do, teaches us valuable lessons, and shows us from where we have come and how far. Women suffragists have blazed trails for our future, herbal women have taught us how to heal and nurture ourselves, our travels have taught us to value what we have or to reach for a better future, and our innermost desires poke to the surface reminding us to act, that there is more we want to do. Of course, we need to look toward the future, but the wisdom of the past must always be our companion.

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Fittingly for our Passion themed issue, we welcome our newest Cahoots Community member, Saskatoon's Positive Passions, which has come on board to sponsor Sarah Stefanson's column, Sense and Sensuality. Through their retail location, home presentations, resource centre, and website, Positive Passions provides an open, welcoming, and healthy place to obtain information, resources, and products in regards to sex, sexuality, and sexual dysfunctions.

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Cahoots is happy to announce that our 2nd Annual In Cahoots Fiction Contest Winner is In Season by Carol McAdoo Rehme! Carol will receive our fabulous prize package featuring a variety of excellent products from Cahoots Community members including Anne Camozzi, Christine Hart, Sheree Bradford-Lea, Trea Schuster, Jacqueline Faye Miller, Marianne Paul, Lesley Crewe, Lorri Neilsen Glenn, Coteau Books, Kim Goldberg, Sarah Stefanson, Suzanne Paschall, Jump Me Martha, Wildcrafters Herbs & Everlastings, LunaPads, Janice Art Jewelry, and Page Lambert. Check out the Fiction section to read Carol's piece as well as our three great runners-up.

 

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