Join the Delaware chapter of the national organization “Surfrider Foundation” this Saturday the 19th at Herring Point state park in Lewes for the annual beach cleanup. They picked up a lot of stuff last year and this year should be just as fruitful :) Starts at 10am!
Monday(s): January 28
Monday(s): February 4, 11, 18, 25
Insight Meditation Community of Lewes, weekly meditation, 4:00 to 5:00 pm,
St. Peter’s Parish Hall on Mulberry at 2nd Street. Free and open to public. Meditation instruction is available. Contact: Pat Hannon, 644-2514.
Wednesday(s): January 23, 30
Monday(s): February 6, 13, 20, 27
Insight Meditation Community of Lewes, weekly meditation, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall on Mulberry at 2nd Street. Free and open to public. Meditation instruction is available. Contact: John Sykes, 945-0729.
February 1
Insight Meditation Community of Lewes, First Friday Talk, “The Practice of Tonglen” led by the Rev. Sue Greer. Tonglen (Sending and Taking) is a meditation practice for cultivating love and compassion, enabling one to embrace pain rather than flee from it. 7:30 to 9:00 p.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall on Mulberry at 2nd Street. Sue, a Tibetan Buddhist, has been teaching meditation since 1970. Free and open to public. For more info contact Pat Hannon at 644-2514.
February 16
Insight Meditation Community of Lewes, John Waterman will lead a full day retreat: “Connecting the Moments,” focusing on impermanence and the importance of maintaining mindfulness from experience to experience. 9am to 5pm, Lewes Library. Jon has been practicing meditation and yoga since the 1970’s. He is a leader and teacher with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC. Suggested donation $40. For more info contact Pat Hannon at 644-2514 or visit www.imc-lewes.org.
A presentation of Delaware’s Energy Program, including an update on the status of the clean-up plans for the Indian River Power Plant and the proposed off-shore wind farm, will be sponsored by the League of Women’s Voters on Wednesday, September 12 at 7:00 at the Lewes Presbyterian Church Hall at the corner of Kings Highway and Franklin Street.
The discussion will be led by retired EPA scientist John Austin and retired lawyer Pat Gearity, both active members of the grass roots organization Citizens for Clean Power.
The public is encouraged to attend this presentation. We will all be affected by the energy decisions that will be made in the near future.
There is ample free parking in the church’s parking lot on Franklin Street.
This morning I got to go to the Lewes Chamber of Commerce breakfast where speakers for 14 local nonprofits briefly introduced their respective organizations. Included were the Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge, the Biden Center, and the Delaware Humanities Forum. The last group was of especial interest to me. I was not aware that Delaware had an organized, focused group which supported the arts, philosophy, poetry, and other intellectual pursuits.
For the more outdoorsy of us, the Prime Hook refuge offers a multitude of free events, as does Cape Henlopen State Park’s Biden Center.
Check the LEAVES events page for updated local listings from these and other local orgs.
