WORKSHOPS WITH WILMA 2021
Alexandra Writers Centre Society
ONLINE Writing The Seasons
Tuesdays10am-12pm June 8, 2021 (4 weeks)
Our life patterns journey around in cycles and spirals. The season’s rhythms summer, fall, winter, and spring provide inspiration for self-reflection, to celebrate personal insights, enhance our creativity, claim our unique wisdom and unlock our muse. This will enrich our lives, nourish and develop our courage as writers.
https://www.alexandrawriters.org/courses/online-writing-the-seasons/
This is an interactive online class using the Zoom web platform.
Manage Your Workplace Emotions
You can't change conflict and opposing points of view in the workplace. You can, however, change the way you react. Become more emotionally aware, harness your emotions and express them positively with control, confidence and composure.
Friday 7th May 1.00pm -4.00pm

Conflict Resolution for the Workplace
Successful conflict resolvers are not born; they are trained. Build your skills as an effective conflict resolver and mediator. Learn to recognize conflict patterns and what triggers and escalates conflict in others, master strategies that reduce conflict escalation, assert yourself confidently and give constructive feedback. These skills will help you work more productively and harmoniously with clients, colleagues and superiors. See Course Outline.
Instructor: Wilma Rubens - see Instructor Profile

Fridays 4th 11th June 2021 9.00 - 4.00pm

Entangled Enchantments

Entangled Enchantments
My very first collection of poetry. These poems celebrate my journey on the uncharted waters of the feminine. For your very own copy purchase at Cafe Books, Canmore, or Pages in Kensington, Calgary or contact www.wilmarubens.com

Saturday, July 31, 2010

"Girls just wanna have fun."

Cathy, Cynthia, Betsy, Mary and Donna
Donna and Betsy




Oops forgotten the name of this treasure.

The warrior women

We met in downward dog at the top of the mountain
and this is what we saw.



wooly fleabane

The final summit

Prescribed burn across the valley

The helicopter dropping water.

Wilma, Donna, Betsy, Cynthia, Cathy



Larkspur

It's now or never

Paintbrush in a great variety of colours



Marg looking at how far we had come
Sunshine to Healy Pass to Harvey Pass and eventually down to Borgeau Lakes

Me with Mount Ball in the background. In our list of worthy objectives.
Alpine Hawksbeard
"Only the fortunate wayfarer will find this lovely treasure, for it inhabits
the high places where few people wander." George Scotter

 
Borgeau Lake
Savasana on the mountain
This marmot was in the huff because her buddy
walked away from her advances.

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Fragrant Bog Orchid  -smells of blended clove, vanilla and mock orange


The now or never women.


Silky Scorpion Weed


The lovely Rocky Mountains - My back yard!!
How lucky is that?

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Out on a limb

Just spent a fabulous four days at the Fernie Writers Conference. This was action packed. 12 hours with Betty Jane Hegerat, our faciliator. She inspired us to look long and hard at each other's writing. We gave each other valuable feedback.  Thanks to everyone. There were readings and panels to attend.  In our 'spare time' there was a walk at Island Lake, a quick ride up the Gondola. Then a banquet. All in all lots of interaction with dedicated and motivated writers.


















From left to right 
back    Gavin, Theresa, Mary, Barb and Jeff
front    Wilma, Cathy, Betty Jane, Marybeth and Susan


















Island Bay Lodge


















On our guided walk poets and fiction writers mix it up.


















Wandering through the woods









































Poetry Reading at Island Lake.
What a great day.


















Barb Parker riding home after an evening reading


















Wild Flowers at the top of the Gondola

Ghost rider

Sentinel Pass and Wastach Pass

"I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized." - Goethe

Yep I can do all this and more. Who wants to be my friend????




Ah Indian Paint-brush
Avalanches pour off Lefroy

Looking up the Wastach Pass
                                                               

















Aberdeen in the background and Marg and Betsy coming up the snow.


















Olympic Yogi at the Wastach Pass

Shona, Marg and Lenore above Eiffel Lake
Just put a few more photos on this blog but they got gobbled up into cyberspace. OUCH!


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Wastach Pass with five wise women


The wise women at the top of Sentinel Pass.


Last haul up to Wastach Pass and a yogi extraodinaire.

Who'd like to live here? Our beautiful home.

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE PHOTOS OF THIS AMAZING DAY. I off to Fernie's writers conference. It turns out I should have stayed home to do my homework so now will have to wing it with intelligent coments.  Ha ha