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Gentle Place Publishing http://www.synergystory.org/dada/mail.cgi/list/gentleplace/ This newsletter is about the activities of Gentle Place Publishing and things related. en-us Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:40:00 GMT Dada Mail 3.0.5 Stable Gentle Place Publishing Number 9 http://www.synergystory.org/dada/mail.cgi/archive/gentleplace/20100814111554/ <style>  body{margin: 5px 5px 5px 5px;font-family: Arial;}  span.it{font-style: italic;}   div.cr{font-size: x-small;} div.menu{padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; background: url("images/menu.gif"); background-repeat: repeat; margin-top: 10px;} a.menu{font-family: Arial;text-decoration: none;color: white;padding-left: 5px;padding-right: 5px;} </style> <img src="http://gentleplace.com/images/flower.gif"> </img>  <div style="margin-left: 45px; margin-top: -45px; font-family: comic sans ms, arial; font-size: large;">  Gentle Place Publishing  <div style="font-size: x-small; margin-left: 25px; margin-top: -5px;">  working towards a gentler world - one word at a time!  </div> </div> <div class="menu">  <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/index.phtml">Home</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/testimonials.phtml">Testimonials</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/listen.phtml">Listen</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/products.phtml">Products</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/gatherings.phtml">Gatherings</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/workshops.phtml">Workshops</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/education.phtml">Education</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/people.phtml">People</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/tribute.phtml">Teachers</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/news.phtml">News</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/thuma.phtml">Contact</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/everythingelse.phtml"> Other </a> </div> <div style="margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px; font-family: Arial">  <br> <br> <table style="text-align: left; width: 65%; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr align="center"> <td style="vertical-align: top; background-color: white;"><a href="http://gentleplace.com/" target="_blank"><big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gentle Place News</span></big></big></a><br> <small><span style="font-style: italic;">Gentle Place Publishing and Things Related</span></small><br> Issue Number 9<br> <span style="font-style: italic;">December</span><small style="font-style: italic;"> 2009 to August 2010<br> <br> </small></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gentle Place and Things Related</span><br> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This newsletter is about <a href="http://gentleplace.com/" target="_blank">Gentle Place Publishing</a> and things that have sprung up around the work of Gentle Place. In addition to the work of Gentle Place, this newsletter includes articles about other projects and web sites - especially from Micro Steps. <br> </div> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Changes</span><br> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Since the last issue, there have been many changes. Read on and you will see.<br> </div>  <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Latest Micro Steps Trip to Swaziland</span><br> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Makhosazana has completed her latest trip to Swaziland on behalf of Micro Steps. This trip was, by far, the most impactful so far. Click on the link to see her latest report with a number of wonderful videos. <a href="http://www.microsteps.org/report-2010-q1-swaziland.phtml" target="_blank">Link</a><br> </div> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Back to School</span><br> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Steven is headed back to school again. He has enrolled in <a href="http://wisr.edu/" target="_blank">WISR</a> where he has been working part time for the last few years.<br> </div> <br> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yen 9</span><br> </div> Yen 9 continues to grow incrementally as an affordable web host. If you have a web site or plan to start one, take a look and see if this is of interest: <a href="http://www.yen9.com/" target="_blank">http://www.yen9.com</a><br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">China</span></div>Makhosazana and Steven are headed to China this month. They will be in Guiyang at <a href="http://www.gzu.edu.cn/eng_2006/index.htm" target="_blank">Guizhou University</a> for a year. Here is a <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Guiyang,+Guizhou,+China&gl=us&ei=O99aTKqQHpTWtQPb46jBDw&ved=0CCAQ8gEwAA&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103855051889440484031.000458205d97fd0796e9e&ll=26.509905,106.699219&spn=18.422511,31.816406&z=5" target="_blank">map</a> that shows  where Guiyang is.<br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">New Contact Information</span></div> Effective immediately please use (707) 981-4665 to contact us by telephone in the US. We will be moving out of our current home / office in a couple of days. While in transit, this number will forward to us. After we are in China this number will take a voice message and send it to us. You can always use our contact form on the Gentle Place Publishing or Micro Steps web sites to send us an email or use our normal email address if you have it.<br> <br> <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Peaceful Pages<br> </div>One of the most interesting changes is the selling of the complete Gentle Place inventory to Peaceful Pages in Oregon. They will be selling not only the books and CD's produced by Gentle Place but many other materials. We highly recommend them. Here is a link to their web site: <a href="http://peacefulpages.com/" target="_blank">Peaceful Pages</a>. Though our inventory is gone Gentle Place will live on. We have a couple of books in the pipeline and several CD ideas. Stay tuned.<br> <br> Thank you all for your wonderful support over the last few years.<br> <br> <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Newsletters Opt-in / Opt-out<br> </div> As you may have noticed our "once in two months" newsletter is actually coming out more like once a year. I expect this will continue. Never-the-less, if you do not want to (or do want to) receive this annual newsletter you may use this link: <a href="http://www.synergystory.org/dada/mail.cgi?f=list&list=gentleplace&error_no_email=1&set_flavor=s" target="_blank">Gentle Place Newsletter</a>. If you would like to receive the Peaceful Pages newsletter please join by sending an email to <a href="mailto:info@peacefulpages.com">info@peacefulpages.com</a>. If you would like to receive the newsletter that Micro Steps sends out occasionally (normally project reports) please use this link: <a href="http://www.synergystory.org/dada/mail.cgi?f=list&list=microsteps&error_no_email=1&set_flavor=s" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> to Micro Steps newsletter. Thanks<br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Need Gifts ?</span><br> </div> If you are looking for meaningful gifts, please consider a book or CD published by Gentle Place now available from <a href="http://peacefulpages.com/" target="_blank">Peaceful Pages</a>.<br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please Keep in Touch</span><br> Until next time, please stay in touch in whatever way you can.<br> Gentle Place website: <a href="http://gentleplace.com" target="_blank">http://gentleplace.com</a><br> Email: Use our contact <a href="http://gentleplace.com/thuma.phtml" target="_blank">form</a><br>Phone (707) 981-4665<br> <br><br> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>  <form action="http://www.synergystory.org/dada/mail.cgi" method="post"> <fieldset> <legend> Subscribe/Unsubscribe on Gentle Place Publishing </legend> <input type="hidden" name="list" value="gentleplace" /> <p> <label for="email" style="width: 7em;float: left;text-align: right;margin-right: 0.5em;display: block" > Email Address: </label> <input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="" /> <span class="error">* Required</span> </p> <hr style="border-top: 1px solid black;" /> <p> <label for="name" style="width: 7em;float: left;text-align: right;margin-right: 0.5em;display: block"> Name: </label> <input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="" /> </p> <p> <label for="notes" style="width: 7em;float: left;text-align: right;margin-right: 0.5em;display: block"> Notes: </label> <input type="text" name="notes" id="notes" value="" /> </p> <hr style="border-top: 1px solid black;" /> <p> <label for="f_s" style="width: 7em;float: left;text-align: right;margin-right: 0.5em;display: block"> Subscribe </label> <input type="radio" name="f" id="f_s" value="subscribe" checked="checked" /> </p> <p> <label for="f_u" style="width: 7em;float: left;text-align: right;margin-right: 0.5em;display: block">Unsubscribe</label> <input type="radio" name="f" id="f_u" value="unsubscribe" /> </p> <hr style="border-top: 1px solid black;" /> <p style="text-align:right;display:block"> <input type="submit" value="Submit Your Information" class="processing" /> </p> <p style="font-size:10px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://dadamailproject.com" target="_blank" style="font-size:10px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;">Powered by Dada Mail 3.0.5 Stable Mailing List Manager</a></p> </fieldset> </form>  Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:15:00 GMT http://www.synergystory.org/dada/mail.cgi/archive/gentleplace/20100814111554/ Gentle Place - Newsletter # 8, Nov. 2009 (my apologies if a duplicate) http://www.synergystory.org/dada/mail.cgi/archive/gentleplace/20091204203455/ <style>  body{margin: 5px 5px 5px 5px;font-family: Arial;}  span.it{font-style: italic;}   div.cr{font-size: x-small;} div.menu{padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; background: url("images/menu.gif"); background-repeat: repeat; margin-top: 10px;} a.menu{font-family: Arial;text-decoration: none;color: white;padding-left: 5px;padding-right: 5px;} </style> <img src="http://gentleplace.com/images/flower.gif"> </img>  <div style="margin-left: 45px; margin-top: -45px; font-family: comic sans ms, arial; font-size: large;">  Gentle Place Publishing  <div style="font-size: x-small; margin-left: 25px; margin-top: -5px;">  working towards a gentler world - one word at a time! 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In addition to the work of Gentle Place, this newsletter includes articles about other projects and web sites - especially from Micro Steps. We have some new software to send this newsletter with. We hope it will facilitate more frequent issues and a more reliable means to subscribe and unsubscribe.<br> </div> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Discounts</span><br> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Since the last issue, the most noteworthy news is a large discount available on Gentle Place books and CD’s. If your order is $50 or more and if you will use the materials as gifts or for educational or healing purposes (therapeutic, meditative etc.) there is a <span style="color: red;">40% discount</span>. You can see this <a href="http://gentleplace.com/products.phtml" target="_blank">here</a>.<br> </div>  <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Digital Versions of Music</span><br> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The music CD <span style="font-style: italic;">Ancient Breeze</span> is now available digitally from the following digital music distribution sites: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Breeze/dp/B001MYDGPE/ref=sr_f3_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1241639102&sr=103-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/5089689-steven-fletcher" target="_blank">Tradebit</a>, <a href="http://home.napster.com/ns/play/album/13014377" target="_blank">Napster</a> and <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=300537036&s=143441" target="_blank">Apple iTunes</a>. If you are familiar with Ancient Breeze please consider logging on to your favorite music site and writing a review. If you are not familiar with the music on <span style="font-style: italic;">Ancient Breeze</span> please click on one of the links and listen to samples.<br> </div> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Micro Steps</span><br> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Micro Steps has recently completed a small project sharing an inspirational movie <a href="http://www.theprovidenceeffect.com/" target="_blank">The Providence Effect</a> with school board members, principals, teachers, students and the general public in Tuolumne and Mariposa counties (California).  <br> <br> Makhosazana is gearing up for another trip to Africa in February 2010. More details will follow soon. We will also start a regular newsletter for Micro Steps. An invitation will come to you soon.<br> </div> <br> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yen 9</span><br> </div> Yen 9 continues to grow incrementally as an affordable web host. If you have a web site or plan to start one, take a look and see if this is of interest: <a href="http://www.yen9.com/" target="_blank">http://www.yen9.com</a><br>  <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mind, Heart and Spirit: Educators Speak</span><br> </div> Steven has contributed material for a new book called <span style="font-style: italic;">Mind, Heart and Spirit: Educators Speak</span> by Heather Cardin. The book contains stories and essays about the passion of a number of educators.<br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. William Maxwell and The Academy</span><br> </div> Dr William Maxwell (who contributed back-cover content to <span style="font-style: italic;">Still Reflections: Stories of the Heart</span>) has moved to Albania as he moves ever closer to his dream of a Global Academy for International Athletics. His dreams are both deep and wide. Take a look at: <a href="http://www.gaiaschool.info/" target="_blank">http://www.gaiaschool.info/</a><br> <br> <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Workshops<br> </div> Steven facilitated a number of workshops in Kentucky in September. Most noteworthy was a weekend workshop called “Binding the Threads of Our Lives.” He will offer this again in Groveland, California in February 2010. He will also run a weekly journaling workshop starting in January.<br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Need Gifts ?</span><br> </div> If you are looking for meaningful gifts, please consider a book or CD from our website (<a href="http://gentleplace.com/products.html" target="_blank">http://gentleplace.com/products.html</a>) or phone us from 10 am to 6 pm at: (209) 962-6266.<br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please Keep in Touch</span><br> Until next time, please stay in touch in whatever way you can.<br> Gentle Place website: <a href="http://gentleplace.com" target="_blank">http://gentleplace.com</a><br> Email: Use our contact <a href="http://gentleplace.com/thuma.phtml" target="_blank">form</a><br> P.O. Box 442, Big Oak Flat, CA.,95305-0442<br> Phone (209) 962-6266<br> <br><br> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>  <form action="http://www.synergystory.org/dada/mail.cgi" method="post"> <fieldset> <legend> Subscribe/Unsubscribe on Gentle Place Publishing </legend> <input type="hidden" name="list" value="gentleplace" /> <p> <label for="email" style="width: 7em;float: left;text-align: right;margin-right: 0.5em;display: block" > Email Address: </label> <input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="" /> <span class="error">* Required</span> </p> <hr style="border-top: 1px solid black;" /> <p> <label for="name" style="width: 7em;float: left;text-align: right;margin-right: 0.5em;display: block"> Name: </label> <input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="" /> </p> <p> <label for="notes" style="width: 7em;float: left;text-align: right;margin-right: 0.5em;display: block"> Notes: </label> <input type="text" name="notes" id="notes" value="" /> </p> <hr style="border-top: 1px solid black;" /> <p> <label for="f_s" style="width: 7em;float: left;text-align: right;margin-right: 0.5em;display: block"> Subscribe </label> <input type="radio" name="f" id="f_s" value="subscribe" checked="checked" /> </p> <p> <label for="f_u" style="width: 7em;float: left;text-align: right;margin-right: 0.5em;display: block">Unsubscribe</label> <input type="radio" name="f" id="f_u" value="unsubscribe" /> </p> <hr style="border-top: 1px solid black;" /> <p style="text-align:right;display:block"> <input type="submit" value="Submit Your Information" class="processing" /> </p> <p style="font-size:10px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://dadamailproject.com" target="_blank" style="font-size:10px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;">Powered by Dada Mail 3.0.5 Stable Mailing List Manager</a></p> </fieldset> </form>  Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:34:00 GMT http://www.synergystory.org/dada/mail.cgi/archive/gentleplace/20091204203455/ Gentle Place - Newsletter # 8, 11/2009 (may be duplicate my sincere apologies if so) http://www.synergystory.org/dada/mail.cgi/archive/gentleplace/20091204202135/ <style>  body{margin: 5px 5px 5px 5px;font-family: Arial;}  span.it{font-style: italic;}   div.cr{font-size: x-small;} div.menu{padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; background: url("images/menu.gif"); background-repeat: repeat; margin-top: 10px;} a.menu{font-family: Arial;text-decoration: none;color: white;padding-left: 5px;padding-right: 5px;} </style> <img src="http://gentleplace.com/images/flower.gif"> </img>  <div style="margin-left: 45px; margin-top: -45px; font-family: comic sans ms, arial; font-size: large;">  Gentle Place Publishing  <div style="font-size: x-small; margin-left: 25px; margin-top: -5px;">  working towards a gentler world - one word at a time!  </div> </div> <div class="menu">  <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/index.phtml">Home</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/testimonials.phtml">Testimonials</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/listen.phtml">Listen</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/products.phtml">Products</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/gatherings.phtml">Gatherings</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/education.phtml">Education</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/people.phtml">People</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/tribute.phtml">Teachers</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/news.phtml">News</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/thuma.phtml">Contact</a> <a class="menu" href="http://gentleplace.com/everythingelse.phtml"> Other </a> </div> <div style="margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px; font-family: Arial">  <br> <br> <table style="text-align: left; width: 65%; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr align="center"> <td style="vertical-align: top; background-color: white;"><a href="http://gentleplace.com/" target="_blank"><big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gentle Place News</span></big></big></a><br> <small><span style="font-style: italic;">Gentle Place Publishing and Things Related</span></small><br> Issue Number 8<br> <small style="font-style: italic;">April 2009 to November 2009<br> <br> </small></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gentle Place and Things Related</span><br> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This newsletter is about <a href="http://gentleplace.com/" target="_blank">Gentle Place Publishing</a> and things that have sprung up around the work of Gentle Place. In addition to the work of Gentle Place, this newsletter includes articles about other projects and web sites - especially from Micro Steps. We have some new software to send this newsletter with. We hope it will facilitate more frequent issues and a more reliable means to subscribe and unsubscribe.<br> </div> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Discounts</span><br> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Since the last issue, the most noteworthy news is a large discount available on Gentle Place books and CD’s. If your order is $50 or more and if you will use the materials as gifts or for educational or healing purposes (therapeutic, meditative etc.) there is a <span style="color: red;">40% discount</span>. You can see this <a href="http://gentleplace.com/products.phtml" target="_blank">here</a>.<br> </div>  <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Digital Versions of Music</span><br> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The music CD <span style="font-style: italic;">Ancient Breeze</span> is now available digitally from the following digital music distribution sites: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Breeze/dp/B001MYDGPE/ref=sr_f3_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1241639102&sr=103-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/5089689-steven-fletcher" target="_blank">Tradebit</a>, <a href="http://home.napster.com/ns/play/album/13014377" target="_blank">Napster</a> and <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=300537036&s=143441" target="_blank">Apple iTunes</a>. If you are familiar with Ancient Breeze please consider logging on to your favorite music site and writing a review. If you are not familiar with the music on <span style="font-style: italic;">Ancient Breeze</span> please click on one of the links and listen to samples.<br> </div> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Micro Steps</span><br> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Micro Steps has recently completed a small project sharing an inspirational movie <a href="http://www.theprovidenceeffect.com/" target="_blank">The Providence Effect</a> with school board members, principals, teachers, students and the general public in Tuolumne and Mariposa counties (California).  <br> <br> Makhosazana is gearing up for another trip to Africa in February 2010. More details will follow soon. We will also start a regular newsletter for Micro Steps. An invitation will come to you soon.<br> </div> <br> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yen 9</span><br> </div> Yen 9 continues to grow incrementally as an affordable web host. If you have a web site or plan to start one, take a look and see if this is of interest: <a href="http://www.yen9.com/" target="_blank">http://www.yen9.com</a><br>  <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mind, Heart and Spirit: Educators Speak</span><br> </div> Steven has contributed material for a new book called <span style="font-style: italic;">Mind, Heart and Spirit: Educators Speak</span> by Heather Cardin. The book contains stories and essays about the passion of a number of educators.<br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. William Maxwell and The Academy</span><br> </div> Dr William Maxwell (who contributed back-cover content to <span style="font-style: italic;">Still Reflections: Stories of the Heart</span>) has moved to Albania as he moves ever closer to his dream of a Global Academy for International Athletics. His dreams are both deep and wide. Take a look at: <a href="http://www.gaiaschool.info/" target="_blank">http://www.gaiaschool.info/</a><br> <br> <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Workshops<br> </div> Steven facilitated a number of workshops in Kentucky in September. Most noteworthy was a weekend workshop called “Binding the Threads of Our Lives.” He will offer this again in Groveland, California in February 2010. He will also run a weekly journaling workshop starting in January.<br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Need Gifts ?</span><br> </div> If you are looking for meaningful gifts, please consider a book or CD from our website (<a href="http://gentleplace.com/products.html" target="_blank">http://gentleplace.com/products.html</a>) or phone us from 10 am to 6 pm at: (209) 962-6266.<br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please Keep in Touch</span><br> Until next time, please stay in touch in whatever way you can.<br> Gentle Place website: <a href="http://gentleplace.com" target="_blank">http://gentleplace.com</a><br> Email: Use our contact <a href="http://gentleplace.com/thuma.phtml" target="_blank">form</a><br> P.O. 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In addition to the work of Gentle Place, this newsletter includes articles about other projects and web sites - especially from Micro Steps. We have some new software to send this newsletter with. We hope it will facilitate more frequent issues and a more reliable means to subscribe and unsubscribe.<br> </div> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Discounts</span><br> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Since the last issue, the most noteworthy news is a large discount available on Gentle Place books and CD’s. If your order is $50 or more and if you will use the materials as gifts or for educational or healing purposes (therapeutic, meditative etc.) there is a <span style="color: red;">40% discount</span>. You can see this <a href="http://gentleplace.com/products.phtml" target="_blank">here</a>.<br> </div>  <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Digital Versions of Music</span><br> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The music CD <span style="font-style: italic;">Ancient Breeze</span> is now available digitally from the following digital music distribution sites: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Breeze/dp/B001MYDGPE/ref=sr_f3_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1241639102&sr=103-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/5089689-steven-fletcher" target="_blank">Tradebit</a>, <a href="http://home.napster.com/ns/play/album/13014377" target="_blank">Napster</a> and <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=300537036&s=143441" target="_blank">Apple iTunes</a>. If you are familiar with Ancient Breeze please consider logging on to your favorite music site and writing a review. If you are not familiar with the music on <span style="font-style: italic;">Ancient Breeze</span> please click on one of the links and listen to samples.<br> </div> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Micro Steps</span><br> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Micro Steps has recently completed a small project sharing an inspirational movie <a href="http://www.theprovidenceeffect.com/" target="_blank">The Providence Effect</a> with school board members, principals, teachers, students and the general public in Tuolumne and Mariposa counties (California).  <br> <br> Makhosazana is gearing up for another trip to Africa in February 2010. More details will follow soon. We will also start a regular newsletter for Micro Steps. An invitation will come to you soon.<br> </div> <br> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yen 9</span><br> </div> Yen 9 continues to grow incrementally as an affordable web host. If you have a web site or plan to start one, take a look and see if this is of interest: <a href="http://www.yen9.com/" target="_blank">http://www.yen9.com</a><br>  <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mind, Heart and Spirit: Educators Speak</span><br> </div> Steven has contributed material for a new book called <span style="font-style: italic;">Mind, Heart and Spirit: Educators Speak</span> by Heather Cardin. The book contains stories and essays about the passion of a number of educators.<br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. William Maxwell and The Academy</span><br> </div> Dr William Maxwell (who contributed back-cover content to <span style="font-style: italic;">Still Reflections: Stories of the Heart</span>) has moved to Albania as he moves ever closer to his dream of a Global Academy for International Athletics. His dreams are both deep and wide. Take a look at: <a href="http://www.gaiaschool.info/" target="_blank">http://www.gaiaschool.info/</a><br> <br> <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Workshops<br> </div> Steven facilitated a number of workshops in Kentucky in September. Most noteworthy was a weekend workshop called “Binding the Threads of Our Lives.” He will offer this again in Groveland, California in February 2010. He will also run a weekly journaling workshop starting in January.<br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Need Gifts ?</span><br> </div> If you are looking for meaningful gifts, please consider a book or CD from our website (<a href="http://gentleplace.com/products.html" target="_blank">http://gentleplace.com/products.html</a>) or phone us from 10 am to 6 pm at: (209) 962-6266.<br> <br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please Keep in Touch</span><br> Until next time, please stay in touch in whatever way you can.<br> Gentle Place website: <a href="http://gentleplace.com" target="_blank">http://gentleplace.com</a><br> Email: Use our contact <a href="http://gentleplace.com/thuma.phtml" target="_blank">form</a><br> P.O. 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