It is so much better when I can see your faces, but for today, this email will have to do !

Don't forget this Saturday is our February convene and we shall do so at Livonia Civic
Center Library ... usual time. Wear a red carnation for admittance (or a smile will do) !

A few mentions before that :

Carol Schwartz is back at the Heartland Center/West Bloomfield after a return to the
Hospital recently. We will have a group card to sign at the meeting. She does not have a
phone, but can have visitors for those who would like to stop by. The Center is on
Farmington just south of Maple (15 Mi.). The address for cards is : 6950 Farmington Rd.,
West Bloomfield, 48322

I know others of you have been down with this AND that during this most strange MI winter,
but hope you are improved. When we hear of one another's difficult times, I ask that you let
me know so we can add each to our "concerns" list and think the good thought in whichever
way we do so.

Hoping that you are thinking of a personal recruitment plan for DSL, but I am also looking
for group effort ideas. We need to get our Power Point presentation out there. Barbara Clark
has done a wonderful DVD for us to use in the community, and we now need to rise to that
cause. Are you involved in or know of community groups that may have need of our services
? Such might be the Library of your city, a school or Church, a professional organization that
you may belong to that has a annual dinner w/entertainment, scouting, neighborhood
gatherings, etc. Not only can our services be used in these settings, but it is a great way to
gather friends, not yet made, into our group. I was invited to come to DSL by Ruth Kroepel
and Roberta Bullough whom I knew through my Church and thought I was, in Roberta's
words, a "likely candidate". How many of you are in DSL thanks to having heard a
Storyteller (maybe one of us) and thought : "I could do that !" or "I love that kind of thing"
and then found out how to become a part of us ? The Power Point DVD can speak for us in
this way. Ideas ? RSVP !

We have, lucky for you !, some open spots in our programs over the next few months. I know
every one of you has signed up for at least one month to host, to tell, and many to maestro,
but there are "opportunities" to participate more often. I will circulate a clip board at
Saturday's mtg with those listed so that if you are so inclined, you may volunteer. We have
impromptu's every month and encourage you to try out a new story or an old story you may
want ro retell.

Check out www.DetroitStoryTelling.org for updates and revisions. Toni does such a nice
job keeping us "in touch".

High on my list this Valentine's Day weekend of Things I Love is DSL and all of you !

CU Sat. ! ;o)