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CapeWomenOnline
Where Cape women shine!

Publisher:
Nicola Burnell

Editor:
Katie O'Sullivan

Spring 2012 Contributors:

Welcome to the Spring issue of CapeWomenOnline, the only magazine for the Women of Cape Cod.

This issue sees the birth of a new energy that infuses our pages with strong, inspiring stories from women who care about their community.

Claudia Robinson's The Dungeon literally kicks butt and resulted in me purchasing a pair of pink boxing gloves!

Jen Villa shares her joy of The Winter Unplug from her vacation in the Dominican Republic (great photo's!) and we check in with Patty Fater and Diane Kovanda to see how they like Living with Solar.

No time for gardening this spring? The new Ruby Kestrel Bartering Exchange may be just what you're looking for to get things done.

Not only do we have new voices, in addition to our much-loved regular contributors, but we have also launched a new initiative that brings the Cape Women you read about here right off the pages and into your lives.

Check out our Events page for Cape Women in the Community listings. If you haven't done it already, please enter your email into our FREE Subscription button (above) to receive alerts about our upcoming fun Events and Classes.

Do you like to socialize with amazing women who encourage and inspire each other? So do we - so come join us!

Nicola, Katie and Jane

Letters From Our Readers

Literary Women

• WE CAN's 8th annual "Words, Wit and Wisdom" featuring Liz Walker
• Carol Smilgin shares her story in The Road to Publication: One Woman's Journey of Persistence
• Lisa Genova, award-winning author, will speak at WDYC annual author's Lunch Luncheon on June 15, to benefit WE CAN
• Author and New York Post critic Jami Bernard offers Cape Women Online readers a FREE 3-part guide to Traditional or Self-Publishing? The Right Path for YOU
• Katie O'Sullivan reviews Carol Smilgin's Provenance
• Arm Chair Critic Patricia B. Bertschy Reviews: Bridge of Sighs, by Richard Russo

• Support your local authors on the CWO Bookshelf!

Creative Women

• PAAM's Through Time and Place exhibit highlights the similarities and subtle nuances of work by local artist Heather Blume and her late mother, Rachel Ellis Kaufman
• Nicola Burnell and Melissa Hersh discuss the benefits of the proposed Hyannis Cultural District Designation
• The 15th annual ArtWork exhibit Celebrates 15 years of School-to-Careers Art Internships, by Katie O'Sullivan

Working Women

• BPW Business Spotlight: Laurel Hartman, BPW's Member of the Year, by Patricia Monahan
• Look Before You Leap: Long-Term Care Planning Strategies for Your Home by Gwynne Wiatrowski Guzzeau
• Meet Joan Harvey and Caryn Ritchie of Cape Cod's new Ruby Kestrel Bartering Exchange

Holistic Health

• Department of Meditation: Constance Wilkinson contemplates Winter into Spring
• Claudia Robinson discovers why The Dungeon is Cape Cod's premier Mixed Martial Arts Academy
• Poetry
     Angel of Faith by Mary-Christine Haigh
     Entrance into ... 'a Quiet and Peaceful -AGE-' by Linda Ohlson Graham
• Cancer Q&A - Kathleen O'Keefe Kanavos on your concerns about cancer

Community Action

• Kathryn Kleekamp celebrates the Heartful Giving of Sandwich Artisans
• Event Alert! HOW, WE CAN, and Independence House collaborate to bring you Women to Women…Resources with an Empowerment Approach, by Nicola Burnell
• In Scouting across Generations, Girl Scout Troop 80847 share why they volunteer at the Harwich Council on Aging Supper Club
• Kathy O'Keefe Kanavos discovers New Entertainment & Media Values for a New World at GATE: Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment

Life Stories

• Jen Villa soaks up The Winter Unplug in the Dominican Republic
• In The Leap over the Canal, Devon Ellington explains why she chose Cape Cod
• Saralee Perel spins a humorous tale in Party, Pluck & Pins to Prop Me Up
• Why K.S. Mueller was Ahead of Our Time

Environment

• Jane Dressel Schaller asks Diane Kovanda & Patty Fater about the Ease of Living with Solar
• Helping the Endangered Herring Run, by Jaci Barton, Executive Director, Barnstable Land Trust
• Check out these Fun Springtime Events at the National Marine Life Center