Dorcas Library | Faith | Activity https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/home/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/f-lane/activity/ Activity feed for Faith. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:22:10 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 53fd441ee97098e54924323d89cbc132 Faith started the topic TS Eliot Essays on Poetry. in the forum Poets' Gathering https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/poets-gathering/forum/topic/ts-eliot-essays-on-poetry/ Sat, 29 Dec 2018 20:13:30 -0500 The Sacred Wood

Essays on Poetry and Criticism

1921.

https://www.bartleby.com/200/

 

 

]]> c8717311e26244090f7a69b4ad839f5d Faith and Merry B. Post are now friends https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/211/ Thu, 13 Dec 2018 17:40:57 -0500 0 38babd06a9c94ce033b574979df20e41 Faith replied to the topic Let's Talk Books! A new type of book group. in the forum Dorcas Cafe & Chatroom https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/dorcas-cafe-chatroom/forum/topic/lets-talk-books-a-new-type-of-book-group/#post-809 Sun, 09 Dec 2018 20:20:45 -0500 I will be there! I’m re-reading The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.

]]> 88fba76c04e292b5e0f10df6b8f030be Faith and Phil Payne are now friends https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/202/ Sat, 08 Dec 2018 21:26:42 -0500 0 81cc5516669e494677cd0cd4ed6ffb54 Faith started the topic 20181208 Writers' Workshop in the forum Writers' Workshop https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/writers-workshop/forum/topic/20181208-writers-workshop/ Sat, 08 Dec 2018 18:48:20 -0500 Today’s meeting we heard an intriguing science fiction piece by Phil, a series of Christmas memories by Rocky, a fascinating piece about Ralph Waldo Emerson’s mother, Ruth Haskins, and her self-curated cookbook recipe for Boiled Beef, and a poetic narrative about images that seep into our minds when we struggle to find sleep. We talked about the…[Read more]

]]> d0c61a5b716bd384d4f7e73b18805b55 Faith and carole cirincione are now friends https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/191/ Fri, 07 Dec 2018 14:59:15 -0500 0 1c54ae3267a717b6922dfe28d316e52a Faith wrote a new post https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/?p=796 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:24:29 -0500 Hello, and welcome to all new members of the Dorcas Virtual Learning Center.

I hope you will join groups, subscribe to forums, post new topics and reply to topics already under discussion.

Please contact us […]

]]> f51c3c8762dc4e0f3aa7875933a1df7b Faith and Dawn Neptune Adams are now friends https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/189/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:11:39 -0500 0 11acab61fdb506f81f82d3917a970f81 Faith and Lily are now friends https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/184/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 05:20:10 -0500 0 f708447672001be2be5d16d31d16643b Faith started the topic Let's Talk Books! A new type of book group. in the forum Dorcas Cafe & Chatroom https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/dorcas-cafe-chatroom/forum/topic/lets-talk-books-a-new-type-of-book-group/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 18:40:16 -0500 Let’s Talk Books! meets next Tuesday, Dec 11, from 5:30-7. Bring nibbles or food if you would like some. We may have a few goodies to share as well.

The theme for December was “Women’s Studies.”

We each pick our own book, read it, and share a brief [8-10 min] creative presentation about the book we read.

Books may be fiction [any genre] or…[Read more]

]]> 9e2086e60e8471c8e0c4b171df84dcea Faith started the topic Human Complexity in the forum Intercultural Communication https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/intercultural-communication/forum/topic/human-complexity/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 18:21:39 -0500 I had a lovely conversation yesterday about how private conversations can bridge the gaps between communities of people.

It is too easy to become entrenched in seeing people as “all this” or “all that.” “If they are of this political party, then they must believe only that.”

But human beings are infinitely more complex than simply binary labels…[Read more]

]]> c0e53d968005b7b67afa90f8d334c325 Faith and Susan Dickson-Smith are now friends https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/171/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 19:16:09 -0500 0 805b95cda89d463d597d004d0f43a255 Faith started the topic Maine Indigenous Artists in the forum Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/indigenous-peoples/forum/topic/maine-indigenous-artists/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 06:43:00 -0500 Fashion & Jewelry:  Decontie & Brown. http://www.decontiebrown.com/

Flutes:  Hawk Henries. https://hawkhenries.com/

Basketry: Geo Soctomah Neptune. https://www.facebook.com/GeoNeptuneBaskets/

https://www.themainemag.com/people/geo-soctomah-neptune/

Sierra Henries. https://www.facebook.com/SHBirchArt/

Upcoming Basket Festival at UMain…[Read more]

]]> 7e8ec710cfe37ee7c9f9ff37abef6eb9 Faith started the topic Skowhegan, Maine in the forum Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/indigenous-peoples/forum/topic/skowhegan-maine/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 06:28:50 -0500 We briefly touched on the fact that Skowhegan is the last remaining school in Maine with an “Indian” mascot. Here are some links for deeper consideration:

 

Skowhegan last Maine school to hold on to Indian imagery, Doug Harlow, CentralMaine.com. June…[Read more]

]]> c8ccaa6dfb92c83472adecee70eeaff7 Faith started the topic More Discussion about Dawnland in the forum Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/indigenous-peoples/forum/topic/more-discussion-about-dawnland/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 06:00:24 -0500 Referring back to our conversation on Dawnland, we briefly looked at testimony from the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission Archive .

Specifically, we considered several paragraphs of testimony from Dawn Neptune…[Read more]

]]> 203b76661714ca0577985939983d6597 Faith started the topic Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls in the forum Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/indigenous-peoples/forum/topic/missing-murdered-indigenous-women-girls/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 05:59:08 -0500 What follows are some of the links we looked at and/or discussed on this topic:

We watched and discussed this short film about Winnipeg, Canada and the responses of Indigenous People there: healing group visits to exploited neighborhoods; citizen patrols; and dragging the Red River looking for evidence and bodies.
Canada’s Missing and Murdered…[Read more]

]]> 1f60c6d177f23ca8756950c57128bc7c Faith started the topic Dawnland in the forum Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/indigenous-peoples/forum/topic/dawnland/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 05:37:14 -0500 Nov 3 2018

What a moving evening watching the documentary film, Dawnland, and discussing it later with June Sapiel and Jim and a group of about 15 people.

In our document folder [see right sidebar], you will find an instructional guide about the film with further resources for study.

http://dawnland.org/

]]> e3d2ee668acc77d754a613bde0dbe633 Faith started the topic Let's Get Started! in the forum Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/indigenous-peoples/forum/topic/lets-get-started-5/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 04:59:53 -0500 Hi. I’m going to set up links by topic areas where possible.

Please do feel free to add links, post documents, or simply write your thoughts about the things we are seeing and learning.

In our face-to-face conversations, I sometimes leave moments for quiet reflection.

We are unlearning and learning. This is challenging work. I’m so glad we…[Read more]

]]> 425f725eb908a3ad652ee5ea862510d2 Faith replied to the topic Let's Talk Books! A Different Approach to Book Club in the forum Book Chat https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/book-chat/forum/topic/lets-talk-books-a-different-approach-to-book-club/#post-646 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 16:20:48 -0500 Theme for December….

 

Anything Women’s History

 

You may choose fiction, history, biography, poetry, memoir, even children’s books on the subject of Women’s History.

On Your Mark!

Get Set!

Read!

]]> ce45768974e30a64213e7c19d20ffb22 Faith started the topic Let's Talk Books! A Different Approach to Book Club in the forum Book Chat https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/book-chat/forum/topic/lets-talk-books-a-different-approach-to-book-club/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 16:18:45 -0500 Hi, everyone.

We have recently started a new monthly book discussion group at Dorcas Library called “Let’s Talk Books.

Our goal was to encourage all readers to have fun reading, and to extend themselves beyond established comfort zones. We also wanted the group to offer more choices, and different options for presentation [beyond a ten minute…[Read more]

]]> 86d4b114334863d2cc5b1ddb12e4ce1d Faith posted an update: Still building the virtual learning center and hoping people […] https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/148/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 16:07:06 -0500 Still building the virtual learning center and hoping people will have fun in here. 😀

]]> 0 96a0d61efdc2adaed11455aebf081068 Faith edited the doc Site & Group Guidelines https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/147/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 16:04:35 -0500 4ddb09d05ed7bb8d0b897c175c896046 Faith created the group Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/130/ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:56:28 -0500 0 af2bdfcbd184b065949ebe0af57bb914 Faith started the topic Welcome to the Genealogists & Historians Group in the forum Genealogists & Historians https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/genealogists-historians/forum/topic/welcome-to-the-genealogists-historians-group/ Sun, 14 Oct 2018 16:35:16 -0400 I have created a LibGuide about genealogical research, and this group and forum to discuss our challenges and success stories.

One strong caution for all historical research is to never accept research as a fait accompli; analyze previous research carefully, and make your own corrections. Fill in gaps of information by seeking records that were…[Read more]

]]> ca3ba4f541347f01c101e55ffc1c3532 Faith created the group Genealogists & Historians https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/112/ Sun, 14 Oct 2018 16:17:04 -0400 0 90c6fdf8882304c83d9f26dc28b36352 Faith started the topic March 24 2018 - King Lear in the forum All Things Shakespeare https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/all-things-shakespeare/forum/topic/march-24-2018-king-lear/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:18:57 -0400 Jennifer Robinson (2017 Aug 30). LEGO King Lear in 5 Minutes. [Video]. Accessed 20180324 at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdou_4Kk0GE

University of Warwick (2016 Feb 15). Sir Ian McKellen discusses age in King Lear. Accessed 20180324 at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZfUMPs-s2Y

National Theatre Discover (2014 Feb 4). Talking Lear: Goneril,…[Read more]

]]> c98fe505d9b96bcb005273f0ea7c1a36 Faith started the topic Sonnets in the forum All Things Shakespeare https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/all-things-shakespeare/forum/topic/sonnets/ Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:21:15 -0400 We had a lovely February conversation (postponed to the first week of March) about the sonnets. Here are some of the resources we looked at and/or talked about.

OpenSource Shakepeare

An MIT website: Sonnets listed by first line

A discussion of the sonnets from the British Library

Finally, here’s a resource we did not have time to discuss, but…[Read more]

]]> a8b560345d36a2af9c5397dfa6215dfd Faith and Harriet E. Heath are now friends https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/96/ Wed, 07 Feb 2018 23:08:39 -0500 0 ccfa4b865d4e08bc1ebc93499c7ce0f0 Faith and Andrea Faurot are now friends https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/92/ Tue, 06 Feb 2018 18:41:26 -0500 0 447cc7067824500d68a75a09517b4916 Faith wrote a new post https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/?p=303 Mon, 29 Jan 2018 20:14:27 -0500 Hi, everyone.

We’ve just added a direct chat [aka instant messaging, aka IM] feature.

You can access this feature in the main menu, in the site map at the bottom right, and also above the header and below […]

]]> 05360d1900c2c6e7a16c942651c42417 Faith started the topic Let's Get Started! in the forum All Things Shakespeare https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/all-things-shakespeare/forum/topic/lets-get-started-2/ Sun, 28 Jan 2018 19:23:57 -0500 Our Shakespeare conversation was quite lively yesterday. Really exciting!

After our personal introductions, we began with a brief glimpse at the history leading up to the “Elizabethan Age.”  Here are some of the videos we watched and discussed together:

Introduction to the Elizabethan Age, Dr. Tarnya Cooper, National Portrait Gallery [UK],…[Read more]

]]> 4b9fdef41c8041320c8c9f37125f8eaa Faith created the group All Things Shakespeare https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/73/ Sun, 28 Jan 2018 18:38:45 -0500 0 3bf51cc240d49c230773b261f64ae759 Faith replied to the topic Building a Community Brand in the forum Civics & Community https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/civics-community/forum/topic/building-a-community-brand/#post-288 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:40:37 -0500 BTW, the Orton Family Community Heart & Soul program is being used currently in these Maine towns: Newry, Bethel, Greenwood, Woodstock, all in Oxford County; Biddeford, Gardiner, Rockland, Damariscotta in the southern counties; and Bucksport in Hancock County.

Anyone have time to reach out to these communities and ask how the program is working…[Read more]

]]> c33f7a86722ab2d0a383fbb2163d2190 Faith started the topic Building a Community Brand in the forum Civics & Community https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/civics-community/forum/topic/building-a-community-brand/ Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:24:14 -0500 This conversation is about recording what we love our about community – the greater Schoodic community. Then, we can begin to visualize how to hold on to the atmosphere and energy we love, but build toward a sustainable future for the community.

Here is a website, and a few books I am beginning this semester. The website is for the Orton Family…[Read more]

]]> f66625483be03d50ea816d46db8656e0 Faith replied to the topic Do you only read once? Or do you re-read with pleasure? in the forum Book Chat https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/book-chat/forum/topic/do-you-only-read-once-or-do-you-re-read-with-pleasure-2/#post-285 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:14:23 -0500 I enjoy Heinlein, as well. I think my favorite is Friday, followed closely by I will Fear No Evil. However, the book I recommend most frequently has to be Revolt in 2100, written in 1953, and so apt today.

]]> a72a7b60bc945456b691eb4674cf064b Faith replied to the topic Favorite poet? Favorite poem? in the forum Poets' Gathering https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/poets-gathering/forum/topic/favorite-poet-favorite-poem/#post-284 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:10:53 -0500 Whitman definitely a fav of mine too!

 

]]> 142a1682db255805a2d1e571245d6585 Faith started the topic Favorite poet? Favorite poem? in the forum Poets' Gathering https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/poets-gathering/forum/topic/favorite-poet-favorite-poem/ Thu, 25 Jan 2018 22:54:59 -0500 For me… Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken; ee cummings, in[just]-; Gerard Manley Hopkins, Pied Beauty.  Oh so many more…

How about you?

]]> 14945630dd1cc82584185b136217dc27 Faith created the group Poets' Gathering https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/63/ Thu, 25 Jan 2018 22:51:20 -0500 0 4d0bc2e4d8175704a26132604c296a36 Faith started the topic Do you only read once? Or do you re-read with pleasure? in the forum Book Chat https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/book-chat/forum/topic/do-you-only-read-once-or-do-you-re-read-with-pleasure-2/ Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:20:47 -0500 As for me, I am a re-reader. Certain favorites are comfort soul food. Like macaroni and cheese for the brain. Here are a few:  anything by Jane Austen or Louisa May Alcott; The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien; Alice’s Adventures, Lewis Carroll; The Once & Future King, TH White.

This week, the world lost Ursula K. LeGuin, author of…[Read more]

]]> 23fb7683d4e2cf5de2be0e9f19c1aea0 Faith started the topic Do you only read once? Or do you re-read with pleasure? in the forum Book Chat https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/book-chat/forum/topic/do-you-only-read-once-or-do-you-re-read-with-pleasure/ Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:20:46 -0500 As for me, I am a re-reader. Certain favorites are comfort soul food. Like macaroni and cheese for the brain. Here are a few:  anything by Jane Austen or Louisa May Alcott; The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien; Alice’s Adventures, Lewis Carroll; The Once & Future King, TH White.

This week, the world lost Ursula K. LeGuin, author of…[Read more]

]]> 16cba48d62fcae03065344cfae144b4f Faith created the group Book Chat https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/58/ Wed, 24 Jan 2018 21:49:01 -0500 0 b7eeb63cd802b3d674842a44dfe78786 Faith joined the group Ideas, Suggestions, Recommendations https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/57/ Wed, 24 Jan 2018 10:47:29 -0500 0 60c1832300183d877e870944822d7c6a Faith started the topic Funny Mugs. in the forum Dorcas Cafe & Chatroom https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/dorcas-cafe-chatroom/forum/topic/funny-mugs/ Wed, 24 Jan 2018 00:05:50 -0500 Image result for coffee

]]> 21fc7ba3c4c5705c250a985e9550a0ae Faith replied to the topic Group Title in the forum Intercultural Communication https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/intercultural-communication/forum/topic/group-title/#post-266 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 23:25:43 -0500 I forgot to add tags below the topic. If we add tags, other people can find things more quickly. 😉

]]> d874e6294f236f544f5845626a76a113 Faith started the topic How college students measure distance.... in the forum Dorcas Cafe & Chatroom https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/dorcas-cafe-chatroom/forum/topic/how-college-students-measure-distance/ Tue, 23 Jan 2018 23:23:31 -0500 How rural is rural?

I always tell my fellow students [mostly in California] that we are 90 minutes from the nearest Starbucks….

Bangor just closed their Starbucks. Now it’s Waterville.  It’s 100 miles to the nearest Starbucks.

 

]]> 88a11c9e8a3d71a111b0a8414bd83c80 Faith edited the doc Site & Group Guidelines https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/38/ Tue, 23 Jan 2018 22:11:21 -0500 6f866288b700d0ea018642f48ecea146 Faith and Shemaya Laurel are now friends https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/35/ Tue, 23 Jan 2018 21:46:19 -0500 0 4d10c4bdbeb5ffdf9530b9a58fb82f0e Faith started the topic Group Title in the forum Intercultural Communication https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/intercultural-communication/forum/topic/group-title/ Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:35:07 -0500 Hi.

I called this group intercultural communication because that is a course I am currently taking for the MLIS. Also, it seemed to dovetail with some deep conversations we’ve been having on FB.

However, I am not certain it is the ideal name for the group.  If anyone has other ideas, please discuss them….

]]> 25c6274b47a1a627f9a04dfcb818a054 Faith created the group Intercultural Communication https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/30/ Tue, 23 Jan 2018 19:10:03 -0500 0 e0e5c6185c838cc360392b2424f1329f Faith created the group Dorcas Cafe & Chatroom https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/29/ Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:48:10 -0500 0