Hypatia-in-the-Woods http://hypatiainthewoods.org A retreat center for women in the arts, located in Shelton, Washington Wed, 11 Sep 2019 21:21:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.11 37072084 Peggy Herring Presentation http://hypatiainthewoods.org/peggy-herring-presentation/ Sat, 28 Sep 2019 21:00:00 +0000 http://hypatiainthewoods.org/?p=2681 Hypatia, in conjunction with the Mason County Historical Society, talks about her research for her novel, “Anna, Like Thunder.” At the Mason County Historical Museum, 2:00-3:30

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It’s Spring again in the cedar woods at Hypatia’s Holly House http://hypatiainthewoods.org/its-spring-again-in-the-cedar-woods-at-hypatias-holly-house/ Mon, 11 Apr 2016 16:54:04 +0000 http://hypatiainthewoods.org/?p=1906 And it’s National Poetry Month! Hypatia-in-the-Woods is planning two events, both at the lovely Brilliant Moon bookstore in downtown Shelton ( Mariano Plaza at First Street and Railroad Avenue).
CELEBRATE WITH A READING at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9, with poet Ann Batchelor Hursey of Seattle.  A [...]

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Passings–from Dodos to O’os http://hypatiainthewoods.org/passings-from-dodos-to-oos/ Sun, 28 Feb 2016 07:07:07 +0000 http://hypatiainthewoods.org/?p=1882 Poet Holly Hughes, Hypatia 2013, has been working with Myrna Keliher at Expedition Press on a chapbook of poems about extinct birds, Passings. Holly began the collection years ago with a poem for Martha, the last passenger pigeon. That led to another and another… now the collection brings together [...]

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Bequest from Alta (Sunny) Hughes http://hypatiainthewoods.org/bequest-from-alta-sunny-hughes/ Fri, 26 Feb 2016 02:41:16 +0000 http://hypatiainthewoods.org/?p=1870 Last year, we lost a staunch supporter of Hypatia, Alta (Sunny) Hughes.  She left us a bequest, a lovely gesture which helps us toward financial security. We will remember her with the publication of her last collection of poems in a chapbook later this year.

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Pope Press Olympia http://hypatiainthewoods.org/pope-press-olympia/ Sat, 22 Feb 2014 15:33:43 +0000 http://hypatiainthewoods.org/?p=1566 Elspeth Pope’s legacy lives on in the dreams of those she has mentored. She shared her love of printing with inspired artists and now Pope Press Olympia will be opening soon in her honor.
We honor our mentors that have come before us by continuing to breath new life into the legacies that they have [...]

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Jeanne Lohmann Poetry Trail finds a new home http://hypatiainthewoods.org/jeanne-lohmann-poetry-trail-finds-a-new-home/ Thu, 29 Aug 2013 04:46:46 +0000 http://hypatiainthewoods.org/?p=1544 The poetry trail adjacent to Hypatia-in-the-Woods’ Holly House residence has found a new home on the wooded grounds of Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia.
With the death of Hypatia’s founder/director, Elspeth Pope, her large property above Hammersley Inlet went on the market. The poetry trail [...]

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Holly House resident teaches blogging http://hypatiainthewoods.org/holly-house-resident-teaches-blogging/ Tue, 13 Aug 2013 03:42:29 +0000 http://hypatiainthewoods.org/?p=1532 It wasn’t only Timberland Regional Library patrons who benefited from a blogging workshop by Kelly Wallace, a writer and entrepreneur from Portland spending part of August in a residency at Holly House.
Several board members learned how to navigate the complexities of blogging via WordPress in an [...]

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Rest In Peace – Elspeth Pope http://hypatiainthewoods.org/rest-in-peace-elspeth-pope/ Tue, 21 May 2013 16:36:32 +0000 http://hypatiainthewoods.org/?p=1457 Hypatia-in-the-Woods’ beloved founder and director, Dr. Elspeth Pope, died peacefully, surrounded by loving family members, on Saturday, May 18. She underwent emergency surgery two weeks earlier for an intestinal blockage and made a brave attempt at recovery but found that she simply did not have [...]

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“Bring on the wine” says author, Hypatia friend Carolyn Maddux http://hypatiainthewoods.org/bring-on-the-wine-says-author-hypatia-friend-carolyn-maddux/ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:00:06 +0000 http://hypatiainthewoods.org/?p=1404  
 
 
 
It’s almost as if a friend were moving
to the other side of the country
and you said of course you’d stay in touch …
 
Long-time Hypatia friend and board memberCarolyn Maddux has finished (yesss!) her most recent book project, Care: A Hospital for Mason County.  After sending the [...]

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Hypatia Friends Present Neglected Olympia History http://hypatiainthewoods.org/hypatia-friends-present-neglected-history/ Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:05:15 +0000 http://hypatiainthewoods.org/?p=1346 The Café intermezzo, Rita Mae Brown at Evergreen as the Vietnam War ended, Lily Tomlin in Olympia for the 1984 Olympics Women’s Marathon Trials, the 1976 Women’s Music Festival in Olympia produced by Tides of Change, The Janes of All Trades, and much more … local history to revel in!
 
Elspeth and [...]

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