Lesbians of Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley Outings and Events
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I am thinking this week of the keepers of my soul. Sometimes, it's a person, sometimes a place, sometimes a moment in time. Gossamer threads of gifts and grace. A small kindness, a funny comment, an old story shared and it rights me. I can feel the flow again, thoughts weighing me down, pulling me off balance shift to be replaced with a lightness. Sometimes, it is a memory, a perfect moment with someone I love, a moment when we were at peace and filled with the awe of life. A piece of my soul remains forever there, not frozen but alive. A place I return to again and again when I am parched, and it renews me. Parts of me live in the hearts of family and friends, and they in me. They remind me of who I am when I have forgotten myself. There are places in the mountains and cities where I feel fully alive, fully present. Parts of my soul remain there. They call me back and I find strength. Sometimes, it is the stranger, one who stands in integrity and compassion when those around them darken with a darkening tide.
We are about to put the house up for sale, but part of my soul will remain here among the hibiscus and lizards, hearing the sound of women's voices and laughter at potlucks and cookies exchanges. Forever a refuge in times of loneliness.
Quantum physics talks about how time is an illusion and about multidimensional universes. I don't know. I only know what is true for me and I feel parts of myself living in many times and places. My soul kept safe. I know there is an energy between one another when we live in each other's hearts and that our souls smile whenever we meet. In tough times, I need those keepers of my soul, sometimes I need the flame another to ignite my own.
If you having a tough week, my hope is that the keepers of your soul find you.
Kim
"To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life."
Robert Louis Stevenson
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My book Travels Into Discomfort is available on Amazon.
It is a travel adventure in its prose and a journey to the heart in its poetry.
Travels Into Discomfort
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Barbara Carpenter Realtor
Shann Carr
Comedian, Event Producer, Realtor, A Lesbian Concierge In The Desert
Andrea Voras, Gerontologist Dementia Specialist Life Aging Life Care Manager
Corlyce Photography
Chris Ann Kallgren Realtor
Sunny Designs-Website & Graphic Design & Video
Rice Notary
Nancy Minger - Massage Therapist
Poochsitter
Motivation Changes — Life Coaching - Dr Ann Sarah Engel, MSW, PhD
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The Hollywood Times is looking for Palm Springs entertainment event writers/interns
Coachella Valley Invitational Soccer Competition with the National Women's Soccer League Feb 16th and Feb 22nd
Coachella Valley Invitational
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- Cork Women's Fun Weekend
- AdventureWomen: organizes exceptional women’s only travel groups spots around the globe.
- Trafalgar: offers women-only guided vacations to various destinations, with local female guides and experts.
- Road Scholar: provides educational and cultural trips for women of all ages and interests.
- Adventures in Good Company: creates active and adventurous trips for women who love the outdoors.
- Intrepid Travel’s Women’s Expeditions: explores local cultures and traditions from a female perspective, with female leaders and hosts.
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Thank you.
Thank you to everyone who shares recommendations for a worthy figure in women's history, an article, a book, a movie, or a women-centric event for the newsletter.
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Valentines Day Cookie Exchange and Coffee and Swap Meet in Ruth Hardy Park
Feb 14th 10am to noon
Downsizing? Have stuff you no longer need or use? Bring your treasures that you usually would take to Revivals or Goodwill and see if someone if our community can use it.
Coffee provided, some chairs provided but bring one if you have a folding chair.
Parking is off Tamarisk, and X marks the spot.
Signup Below
https://kimkieler1954.wufoo.com/forms/wlsew160ha4mr5/
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Worried about the legality of gay marriage and thinking you should get married just in case the laws change and having a problem booking an appointment at the City Clerk's office?
Fera Mostow
I am a minister and will do marriages for any gay couple that wants to get married before the inauguration free of charge or until Trump does something that eliminates gay marriage.
All they have to do is email me and they can come here - Sun City Shadow Hills, and I'll do the ceremony.
Contact Fera at fmostow@gmail.com
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Coachella Valley Invitational - National Women's Soccer League Meetup Feb 16th
Coachella Valley Invitational
Reggie Anne wants to get a group to together to enjoy the fun, carpool and split the parking fees.
Contact Reggie at reggie.annie.b@gmail.com for more info.
Sounds like a whole lot of fun
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Mary Pickford Theatre in Cathedral City is having a special FREE movie showing and Q&A event for the movie You Me & Her this coming Sunday, February 9th at 7:00pm. This is a special event prior to its full release on February 14th.
There is a short description is in the graphic below and I have included a link to the trailer from YouTube, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTxNJqCwAoo
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Lesbians Embracing Aging - Next Meeting 11 AM on Monday February 10th on zoom. Our speakers are: Karyl E. Ketchum, Professor and Department Chair of Women, Gender, and Queer Studies at California State University Fullerton. She has published internationally in some of the most influential academic journals in her field. For decades, her work has focused on creating institutions and systems attuned to the needs of minoritized and historically marginalized groups. She will speak on Lesbian and Queer Women’s health including the results of the Coachella Valley Lesbian and Queer Women’s Health Survey.Andrea Voras is a Gerontologist with 25 years of experience working with adults and older adults, both with and without disabilities. She specializes in Geriatric Care and Dementia Care Management, providing comprehensive support to older adults in making informed healthcare decisions, exploring care options, and advocating for their well-being. Her presentation will include services she is offering to Lesbians Embracing Aging as well as providing information about finding services.
For zoom information, please email: LEAofCoachellaValley@gmail.com
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LEA OF COACHELLA VALLEY. Join us for food and games Monday, 11AM February 24th at the PLAY LOUNGE 2825 E Tahquitz Canyon, Palm Springs. There is no admission charge. For more information, please text or call Kate, 760-574-3595, or email LEAofCoachellaValley@gmail.com. | |
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The Desert Split Open is back with a special event! → Saturday, February 22, 3-5 PM. Come out to Hi Desert Times Magazines in Twentynine Palms, CA, for a reading and discussion with Hannah Eko, author of the sweetly radical Honey Is the Knife: Or How I Learned to Stop Fixing Myself and Love My Bliss. Award-winning author Deesha Philyaw calls it “spiritual, carnal, erudite, and exquisitely original … a balm and a treasure, a luminous book to be savored.” Hannah is an LA-based, Nigerian-American writer, editor, book coach, and founder of The Lit Club, a cannabis-inspired literary salon. Opening for Hannah will be gifted local poet, Angelus! Don’t miss what is sure to be a beautiful, inspiring afternoon of the exactly the sort of words we need right now.
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First up we have the play PERFECT ARRANGEMENT which is set in 1950 but with our political situation has become more relevant than ever.
“It’s 1950, and new colors are being added to the Red Scare. Two U.S. State Department employees, Bob and Norma, have been tasked with identifying sexual deviants within their ranks. There’s just one problem: Both Bob and Norma are secretly gay, and have married each other’s partners as a carefully constructed cover.
This twisty tale is inspired by the true story of the earliest stirrings of the American gay rights movement, madcap classic sitcom-style laughs give way to provocative drama as two “All-American” couples are forced to stare down the closet door.”
It runs February 6-16. Tickets are $40
For two days only, Feb 11-12 we are doing a special staged reading of the groundbreaking lesbian play (and later film) THE CHILDREN'S HOUR by Lillian Hellman. Tickets are $10
And later--April 4-12 we are presenting the lesbian themed play THE CAKE which is a touching and topical dramatic comedy about a vivacious, conservative North Carolina baker named Della. She faces a crisis of conscience when Jen--whom she loves like a daughter--asks her to bake a cake for Jen's lesbian wedding. Tickets are $40
Buy Tickets – THE BENT
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Come to The Celebrate Kim Kieler Concert and Fundraiser!
The Celebrate Kim Kieler Concert and Fundraiser is an opportunity to express our appreciation and to help replenish her coffers.
The Celebrate Kim Concert and Fundraiser will be held on Thursday, February 27, 2 to 4:30 pm at a private home. Payment by Zelle to 707-363-2698. If your Zelle requires a contact name, it is Cathy Parker.
Once you have paid, send a text to 707-363-2698 with your name, email address and phone number. The address of the event will then be emailed to you.
Suggested payment is on a sliding scale of any amount between $30 and $60 Of course, additional funds are welcome. Space is limited, so please reserve your seat early.
We all know her. Kim Kieler is the one who keeps us informed through the weekly newsletter, Lesbians of Palm Springs and Coachella Valley Outings and Events. She has opened her heart and her home to the local Lesbian community for many years. She hosts holiday potlucks, faithfully leads walks and hikes and finds time to volunteer
with other LGBTQ organizations.
Kim has generously supported the Lesbian community at her own expense.
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Renowned cellist and composer, Kye Marshall will provide entertainment. Her full- length Lesbian opera, Pomegranate, has been performed by the Canadian Opera Company.
Kye has recorded four CDs and performed as a jazz cellist on Toronto radio and television as well as during Palm Springs Modernism Week. Kye will be accompanied by Peter Curtis on guitar as they perform jazz standards and show tunes from the American songbook
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Easy/Moderate/Difficult Hikes
Tuesday Feb 11th 8:30am
Rainbow Rock Canyon Whitewater
Length 6-8 Miles
Type In/Out Elevation 1000 feet
Time 3 -4 hours
Difficulty: Moderate
Meetup: My house at 8 am iitewater Preserve. 9160 Whitewater Canyon Rd, White Water at 8:30am
Saturday Feb 15th 8:30am
Coffee Bean Canyon
Length 8 Miles
Type In and Out
Elevation 400 feet
Time 4 - 5 Hours
Difficulty: Moderate - Difficult because of length
Meetup: My house at 7:45 or trailhead at 8:30
10 to 86 expressway south after 6 miles, turn left on Airport Blvd and park at the canal.
Bring at least 2 liters of water; you must be fully vaccinated.
Bring at least 1 liter of water. New hikers must register and sign a waiver.
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Every Month Bird Watching Walks at Prescott Preserve
Join OLT Volunteer Kurt Kosek for bird watching walks at Prescott Preserve every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 8am. Birders of all ages and experience levels welcome. Walks are under 1.5 miles on dirt trails. The group meets at the old golf cart crosswalk on Farrell, just north of Mesquite. Plenty of parking on Farrell.
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2025 Walks - Regular Friday walk at Butler Abrams - Rancho Mirage - Dogs Welcome
9AM
Length 2.5 miles
Type In 26thand Out
Elevation 45 ft
Time 1 Hr
Difficulty: Easy
Meetup is the parking lot at Michael S Wolfson Park
70001 Frank Sinatra Dr, Rancho Mirage, Ca 9227
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Movie Meetup
Wednesday - Mary Pickford Theater
No Movie This Week
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Book and Movie Salon/Club -
2024 Schedule 2nd Mondays 5:30 pm
February is Movie Month
"I'd like them to say that Shirley had guts. That's how I'd like to be remembered."
Monday, the 10th of February at 5:30p PST/8:30p EST BAM Salon will discuss the movie Shirley directed by John Ridley, 2024.
Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.
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PALS’ no-cost educational seminars provide up-to-date information, resources and opportunities to engage in essential planning ahead conversations before a major health or life-altering event occurs. For info about upcoming PALS Seminars with in-person and zoom registration links click here.
9:30 to 11 am. 3rd Saturday
September thru June
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PALS Death Cafe is a group-led open conversation about mortality that’s not a counseling or bereavement group. There’s no specified topics or designated outcomes. Just bring your questions about any aspect of death and dying that interests you. RSVP for the next PALS Death Cafe here. | |
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PALS Circle is an hour of enjoyable connection, support and friendship among LGBTQ+ seniors and allies. There's no agenda, no formal topic — just fun conversation and camaraderie each Monday from 6:00 to 7:00 PM on ZOOM. Sign up to receive PALS Circle announcements here.
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Lesbians Embracing Aging
Lesbians Embracing Aging: An Introduction
The mission of LEA is to encourage and assist LBTQIA women with healthy aging by creating
support networks of socialization, information, and healthcare.
We are forming a hub of LBTQIA Women and allies willing to help one another navigate the
changes and challenges of aging and help make the myriad of available services more accessible.
Please join us for our next meeting as we make progress toward our goals.
If you would like more information, be on our email list or join us for our next meeting TBA Please send an email to
LEAofCoachellaValley@gmail.com
The LEA women:
Kelly Watson, Lauren Nile, Barbara Tyler, Rita Gonzales, Kate Ullman, Ronni Sanlo
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Evening Chat Group 5:30pm to 7 pm Every Wednesday
LIDS (Lesbians In The Desert) Wednesday evenings, 5:30 pm - 7ish — join us for a lively Zoom chat, catch up with friends, and make new ones! Open to Lesbians in and out of the Coachella Valley — California — all 50 States — and beyond. Please email NurseJaynes@yahoo.com to receive the invite with Zoom meeting ID & Passcode. Bring a friend! Hosted by Cindy T, Crickett, & Jayne
Hosted by Crickett and Cindy
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1st and 3rd Fridays are Wine Down Friday’s with the Coachella Valley Ladies of Justice and a Guest Speaker at theV-Lounge 5PM-6:30P. 600 E Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs.
Network, share info about your business/upcoming event or just drop-by to unwind and make new friends!
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Gay Country Western Dancing - Saturday Nights
Join the Dance Ranch for a great night of country western dancing, including two-step, waltz, shadow, East and West Coast swing, and line dances.
It all happens at Step By Step
933 Crossley Road, Palm Springs.
Admission is $5
Lesson is at 7pm. Dancing from 7:30-9:30pm
Dance Ranch Palm Springs is a country western dance group serving the LGBTQ+ community and its friends. Country dancers of all levels are welcome!
Learn more about Dance Ranch and find out what they’re teaching at danceranchps.org.
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Our history will NOT be hidden!
Not with us two old lesbians and our awesome guests on guard! Our free podcast LGBTQ History Alive! with Ronni and Kelly begins
January 1, 2024.
Meet the Two Old Lesbians!
Ronni Sanlo, Ed.D. is a retired UCLA professor and LGBTQ Center director, founder of the award-winning Lavender Graduation, and editor of the four volume This Day in LGBTQ History. Kelly Watson, Ph.D, DDS, is a retired recovery center director and business professional, and still and always involved with 12 step recovery.
2024 Schedule - Check it Out!
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