about ... Sailing Lake Calhoun ... Sitting in a circle
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Will Winter and Mark Mettler sailing a boat
named ... magic ... into the sunset
Sailing Lake Calhoun
Sailing At Your Own Risk
We are serving our community. With joy and enthusiasm we give free sailboat rides.
This, will be our 6th year, that we do this.
We start again, health and weather permitting,
1st week in May, 2012, from afternoon til sunset, 7 days a week, until the middle of October.
Yes, for free.
NO strings attached
.... NO hidden agenda ...
We are grateful to
Sally
for letting us use her buoy for our 2009 sailing season
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We are grateful to
Judy Goldberg
for her support 2010 sailing season
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We are grateful to
Will Winter
for
... m a g i c ...
a boat ... big enough ... to seat 10 people
with comfort, and for letting us use his buoy for our 2011 sailing season
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We are grateful to
Lara and Tim Crampton for letting us use their buoy for our 2012 sailing season _________________________________________  a sailing community captures Minnesota it is magic by werner meybaum when we leave the dock we leave the chit chat on the dock we take a deep breath we enter the precious present we hear the sounds the wind ... the sails ... the water we see the sky the clouds ... the birds the wind fills the sails the boat glides through the water it is magic being in the precious present _________________________________________  to get the full benefit of our program
we arrive at the sailing dock
with little or no expectations that we leave the sailing dock filled with joy ... with enthusiasm with love _________________________________________  Bill Morton ... and crew ...
Bill Morton ... and crew ... sailing Lake Calhoun
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The sailing dock
is at the north-east corner of Lake Calhoun: 3000 Calhoun Parkway East, Minneapolis, MN Free neigborhood street parking. | ||
Here ...
you see the entrance to the sailing dock. The pavillion, the Tin Fish restaurant, is on the right, the sailing school is on the left. | ||
Please watch weather forecast
Calm ... less than 1 mph ... Still air. Sea is like a mirror.
Light Air ... 1-3 mph ... Flags don’t move. Ripples on water. Slight Breeze ... 4-7 mph ... Face feels the wind. Leaves rustle. Flags slight move. Perfect sailing. Gentle Breeze ... 8-11 mph ... Leaves and twigs move. Flags begin to extend. Perfect sailing. We stop giving free sailboat rides ... when winds are 12 mph or more ... when we observe whitecaps. Webcam of neighboring Lake Harriet Please check last minute weather forecast write ... before noon ... on our facebook wall to let us know
monitor your facebook wall posting
around noon of that day ... to see if a sailor has responded
otherwise ... just come
to the lake calhoun sailing dock ...
with little or no expectations ...
observe our sailing activities ... ... ...
introduce yourself to sailors or people at the dock ... let them know you want to go on a sailboat ride ...
then it may happen ... that you leave
the sailing dock richly rewarded ...
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Your safety, and the safety of minors you are
responsable for, starts the moment you step onto the dock, and ends when you leave the sailing dock, is your responsibility. Please print, sign, and bring with you the following ... and give it to the sailor, without being asked for it ... : | ||
by werner meybaum we seldom use the words ... I ... me ... my we prefer to use the word ... we ... we ... seldom use superlatives very ... most ... greatest ... worst ... we seldom compare ... this to that complain ... about this or that worry ... about this or that we seldom talk about other people we ... prefer ... just being being present being filled with joy, enthusiasm, love ______________________________ 
Bill Morton
Sailing Lake Calhoun
is not a closed community; it is a community shared with strangers, a community shared with all, as we share the love of sailing with those who appear on the dock who are open and willing to trust.
This is an open
and growing community. This also has become a community of servants, made up of sailors who have found the fullness of life in the only place it can be found, in servant hood. This is what life is meant to be.
Indeed we have found fullness of life,
and I am so grateful.
Thank you all so very much,
Bill.
Sitting in a circle
Why sit in a circle?
by Bill Morton Because it’s cold outside – yah. Because we can’t sail – yah. But it’s for discovery.
Sharing in a circle.
And our spirits are wonderful,
maybe more wonderful than we know.
Perhaps, as in all of nature,
we may see the divine in each other,
and if in each other
maybe also in ourselves.
Whats the purpose?
Only to experience each other,
only to experience life,
to enjoy each other,
to appreciate each other,
and maybe appreciate ourselves
and find the divine within.
Let’s sit in a circle,
tell our stories,
listen, relate,
and be filled with awe.
Hope to see you in the circle,
Bill 
Sitting in a Circle
you ... your friends and family ... and all reading this ...
are invited:
we share ... we listen ...
with music in between ...
we meet every Saturday
from 9:00 a.m. until noon ...
from November 2011 til April 2012 ...
at Table 31st Street,
1219 W. 31st Street,
Minneapolis, Mn
all our Saturday events ... sitting in a circle ...
are open to the public ... are free ...
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click links below for ... : ...
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Sailboat rides are also
for taking pictures ... making memories ... making friends .... building community. . . |
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| sailing into the sunset |
posted by Sailing Lake Calhoun @ Wednesday, June 15, 2011
werner
1 Comments:
This last Sunday my mother and I decided to head out to the lake and enjoy what's left of the summer. we walked around lake Calhoun, but i wanted to get closer to the water. My mother gets very nervous when she is around water, but she finally gave in and we agreed to go sit on the dock. as we were walking i could feel she was nervous. Although we love to look at it, neither my mother nor I have very much experience with water. as a matter of fact, neither one of us can swim. as we were sitting down on the dock watching all the sail boats, we started talking about what it would feel like to get on one of these sail boats and how much it would cost. as we were discussing this, a man walked toward us and asked us if we wanted to go sailing.
Sailing with you was one of the best experiences we've ever had.
I want you to know that you are making a difference in some one's life. Meeting people like you gives me a better perspective on life; as soon as i got off the sail boat, i had an urge to go and share my skills and my blessings with others.
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