BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17176@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T170000 DTSTAMP:20260607T041010Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-saturday-2026-06-13/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-The Round-Kunitz DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-The Round-Kunitz An exploration of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a different short rea ding as our springboard each time. The sessions are on Saturdays\, 4-5\, a nd on Wednesdays\, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome to come twi ce a week or once in a while.\n\nThe participants over the years have foun d that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate community of inquirers in which we read and converse\, are as important as the readi ng itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in\, with a session only an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conversation. T hose who are frequently in the group get to know each other very well this way\, and those who are new will soon find they are among friends.\n\n\n\ nFacilitators use a light hand\, posting the reading in the chat and calli ng on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from group members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that rol e.\n\nThe reading for this session: Saturday\, June 13\, 2026\n\n\nThe Rou nd\n\nLight splashed this morning\non the shell-pink anemones\nswaying on their tall stems\;\ndown blue-spiked veronica\nlight flowed in rivulets\no ver the humps of the honeybees\;\nthis morning I saw light kiss\nthe silk of the roses\nin their second flowering\,\nmy late bloomers\nflushed with their brandy.\nA curious gladness shook me.\n\nSo I have shut the doors of my house\,\nso I have trudged downstairs to my cell\,\nso I am sitting in semi-dark\nhunched over my desk\nwith nothing for a view\nto tempt me\nbu t a bloated compost heap\,\nsteamy old stinkpile\,\nunder my window\;\nand I pick my notebook up\nand I start to read aloud\nthe still-wet words I s cribbled\non the blotted page:\n""Light splashed . . .""\n\nI can scarcely wait till tomorrow\nwhen a new life begins for me\,\nas it does each day\ ,\nas it does each day.\n\n \;\n\n\nHow to join:\n\n Join this class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/91019857324\, passcode 227385\n Join this class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by phone: 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\, Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by on-tap on mobile phones: +16699009128\,\,91019857324# US (San Jose)\n Phoning in\, but not in the bay area?  Find your local n umber: https://zoom.us/u/abL8clvIYT\n\nThis is the Zoom link for Saturday s. For the Wednesday Zoom link\, go to the Calendar and click on a Wednesd ay session.\n\nQuestions? Drop an e-mail to resonant-reading+owner@uucpa.o rg.\n\n\n \;\n\n*This activity was formerly called "Sacred Text Readin g." That proved misleading--for one thing\, more often than not our source s are secular--but it's worth describing the qualities of a sacred text\, which we still look for in the readings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:\n\n connect to something of supreme importance to us\n feel more connected to other beings or to the universe\n feel more intensely alive\n align our lives with our values\,\n perceive or feel more deeply \n be more fully and authentically ourselves.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.uucpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09 /Resonant-Reading.png CATEGORIES:Adult,Learning,Ongoing Events,Small Groups END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR