Dorcas Library | Faith | Group Activity https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/home/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/f-lane/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Faith is a member. 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/

 

 

]]> 724c3253bcc8cbb88f4accbf9451c6df Merry B. Post joined the group Dorcas Cafe & Chatroom https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/213/ Thu, 13 Dec 2018 17:42:04 -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.

]]> 92295555bc6081a9beaf3e45220c45be LibraryDirector joined the group Genealogists & Historians https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/203/ Sun, 09 Dec 2018 14:49:56 -0500 0 318d170c4edb4ca32d97f50ddbfeb626 Phil Payne joined the group Dorcas Cafe & Chatroom https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/199/ Sat, 08 Dec 2018 21:08:16 -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]

]]> 5b1130cad66fe012b3579ca31a6e84ca LibraryDirector replied to the topic Skowhegan, Maine in the forum Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/indigenous-peoples/forum/topic/skowhegan-maine/#post-801 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 15:31:33 -0500 UPDATE.

Friends tell me that the meeting was crowded, and mostly with allies and advocates to change the racially offensive mascot.

No vote was taken.

Next public meeting will be January 8.

]]> f6b4065d9662b5204a5ec7eca6ac3e87 LibraryDirector started the topic What Are You Reading Today? in the forum Dorcas Cafe & Chatroom https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/dorcas-cafe-chatroom/forum/topic/what-are-you-reading-today/ Fri, 07 Dec 2018 15:14:48 -0500 I just began a new fantasy series: The Great Library, by Rachel Caine.

First book is called Ink & Bone. Alternative reality about what the world might have become if the Library of Alexandria hadn’t been destroyed. When knowledge is power, who controls human knowledge, and how much control is too much?

Gripping stuff, so far!

]]> 51dcb0519d536f04c8e8fb28c55c269a Dawn Neptune Adams joined the group Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/186/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:08:19 -0500 0 2ed96de513aad56d837e85b6b4b02aaa Lily replied to the topic Skowhegan, Maine in the forum Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/indigenous-peoples/forum/topic/skowhegan-maine/#post-793 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 05:18:28 -0500 Skowhegan school board meets on Thursday, DEC 6, 7pm, at the Skowhegan Area Middle School to consider “retiring” the offensive ‘Indian’ mascot.

If you can’t attend, please email the superintendant:

Brent Colbry

bcolbry@msad54.org

You can also sign the…[Read more]

]]> fe00702f95676382ba3d17f7980fc1f8 Lily joined the group Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/181/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 05:06:04 -0500 0 665e4c8d0026719f6bc4cdaa9bf18b24 LibraryDirector joined the group Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/177/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 18:58:33 -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]

]]> 9073acbf310822275804489e6bce2bc9 Susan Dickson-Smith joined the group Intercultural Communication https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/170/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 19:15:40 -0500 0 5fc3699066b54daa653f8def5be65a5d Susan Dickson-Smith joined the group Dorcas Cafe & Chatroom https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/169/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 19:15:39 -0500 0 de23de8494f1b4a6405fc31cbb34e095 Susan Dickson-Smith joined the group Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/168/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:43:29 -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]

]]> 0ac8d8ed5e9f37dfbc93d7d130d09d5d Colleen Watrous joined the group Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/151/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 23:09:39 -0500 0 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]

]]> 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 17d370c3a71489d52aa8ab84256f75d9 carole cirincione replied to 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/#post-315 Sat, 31 Mar 2018 16:20:58 -0400 hi faith   how great is this?

]]> c356090b67c3da1af1b47a9adc0bbef6 carole cirincione joined the group All Things Shakespeare https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/105/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 16:18:38 -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]

]]> c1692ec9a5bff7911841f854ae9172ae Colleen Watrous joined the group All Things Shakespeare https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/100/ Tue, 06 Mar 2018 01:10:59 -0500 0 ddb9112b8c04effb9f84ed0cc85df78a LibraryDirector started the topic Who Wrote This Stuff... that dreams are made on? in the forum All Things Shakespeare https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/all-things-shakespeare/forum/topic/who-wrote-this-stuff-that-dreams-are-made-on/ Fri, 09 Feb 2018 01:19:22 -0500 Interesting article. I have a great video about the technology they are using….

]]> 77dd96fb4a865b8abf50f2e25cf70672 Andrea Faurot joined the group Dorcas Cafe & Chatroom https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/94/ Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:04:14 -0500 0 f57ad7d801372e6e2173f91bf9a70ab3 Andrea Faurot joined the group Intercultural Communication https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/93/ Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:04:05 -0500 0 cd6b32736303705e27586a2a34fa59de Harriet E. Heath joined the group Civics & Community https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/87/ Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:49:40 -0500 0 3c2393c73cc2a91c2309f5b7af65ab7b Harriet E. Heath joined the group Book Chat https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/86/ Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:49:04 -0500 0 be773def1a872c31ae29dc9ae86d34e7 LibraryDirector joined the group Poets' Gathering https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/80/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:37:50 -0500 0 012868bd4e35bdd3ff1c928ec2679102 LibraryDirector joined the group Book Chat https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/79/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:37:46 -0500 0 c220d857b1c3d91cb224deb94384107c LibraryDirector joined the group All Things Shakespeare https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/78/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:37:41 -0500 0 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!

 

]]> fc5f05ba9856f0c362065f289ef286f4 Phil Wormuth 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-283 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:29:07 -0500 I have to side with the Beats (primarily Kerouac) who, when asked this question, sided with Whitman who sided with Catullus – all on my favorites list.

]]> 5252a851c535203d5c0f581356a34433 Phil Wormuth joined the group Poets' Gathering https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/67/ Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:23:15 -0500 0