Paul's Birthday in Australia

https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=192+Bourke+Street+,+melbourne&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x6ad642c9946306b3:0x13045674ec71fbf1,192+Bourke+St,+Melbourne+VIC+30

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL IN AUSTRALIA!!!

Paul Reti is one of the friends I met on iPeace, a long time ago. An active member, and who helped to keep the site open (like me), we corresponded a lot, and have remained friends over the years and miles. iPeace had its ups and downs, basically closed up the site as we knew it BUT the several closer members remained friends, and it was my very first experience in knowing that the internet can be useful in meeting some really great people out there, including PAUL RETI!!!

Today I saw that Paul was online so I chatted with a "Happy Birthday". Not only did he respond, but sent me a link to where he was having a expresso with milk, in Melbourne Australia!! I saw the street, a picture of the place, and have listed it above as he sent it to me.

AMAZING this internet!! Amazing this world!!! Hope you have an AMAZING YEAR PAUL!!!!!

SUSAN CHANDEL - The Dream Was to Soar through Walls

SUSAN CHANDEL

An extremely versatile writer/friend met on the international website iPeace, has written her first book of memoirs and poetry, "The Dream Was to Soar through Walls", published by Sugar House Press.

Susan, also an artist and singer, was an active writer on the group I started on iPeace, 15,000 Stories. Susan was kind to mention the group in her biography for the book.

Congratulations Susan, so proud of you! Can't wait to read the book!
Steph

SUSAN CHANDEL

Una donna che è diventata un'amica sul sito iPeace, ha publicato il suo primo libro di storie e poesia, The Dream Was to Soar through Walls, di Sugar House Press.

Susan, artista, cantante, è stata un membro molto attiva sul gruppo di storie che ho creato sul sito iPeace, ed ora sulla sua biografia del libro, ha menzionato questo gruppo.

Congratulazioni Susan, sono tanta orgogliosa di te! Non vedo l'ora di leggere il libro!
(sotto la presentazione del libro)


Blurb/Review:

In 'The Dream Was to Soar through Walls', Susan Chandel has gathered an exotic assemblage of memoir and poetry that embraces the ethereal,
while remaining fully engaged with the circumstances of a life of loss and survival. Part travelogue and part elegy, this is writing that will intrigue any reader with the courage of its passionate intimacy and the vibrancy of its imagistic surprises.
- Walter E. Butts, 2009-2014 New Hampshire Poet Laureate


Bio:

Susan Chandel was first published in Seventeen Magazine in July 1974. Writing and drawing have been her passions since she was a young child growing up on Cape Cod. Her work has also appeared in The Café Review and the online collection iPeace:15,000 stories. Susan received a B.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts, and promptly traveled North America in search of a reason not to settle down. She returned to New England, raised three children and has worked as an advocate in mental health, rape crisis and domestic violence for over 20 years. Currently, Susan lives with her ornery Chihuahua Cisco in her tree house in mid coast Maine.


photgraph by Don Bliss Sugar House Press
In this note: Renee Chandel (notes), Lori A Lettice (notes), Julianne Cantelo Lothrop (notes), Maine Writers (notes), Bridge Poetry (notes), Naugatuck River Review (notes), James Riverstone (notes)

iPeace is O P E N

Just to let you know....
iPeace really is OPEN again!!!
www.ipeace.ning.com

I had gotten a lot from that incredible site, it is back online now. Hard to know what direction it will take. Still offers a lot, but not all are there, which is a little sad : (.
However, take a look, find some of the old friends...if you like it, join and pitch in. I am there...but sort of waiting to see what happens, keeping in touch a little, not like old times, but appreciate the fact that it is there.

IPEACE DI NUOVO E' APERTO.
www.ipeace.ning.com

Lose something, gain another

Big loss for me and 22,000 other people. IPeace closes at the end of the month.
Great fun, great encounters, great possibility to share stories, experiences, ideas, and divide inspiration.
BUT I already am feeling I have more time, getting to more creating, seeing more people. I'll miss it, but this is life!

Italian
Grande perdita per me e 22,000 altre persone nel mondo. Alla fine del mese chiuderà iPeace. Molto divertimento, grandi incontri con le persone, grande possibilità per dividere storie, esperienze, idee. MA già mi sento che ho più tempo, sto creando di più, vedo più amici. Mi mancherà, ma questo è la vita!

ipeace closes

iPeace the beloved website I have been on is closing at the end of June.
I tried, as did others, to convince the owner creator David Califa to keep it open, sell it to someone who wanted it....but he will not, and will just close it.
We are about 22,000 international people, and the experience on this site has enriched the lives of others.
I had a very exciting experience of creating the group 15,000 Stories....where international writers wrote their stories, enjoyed by many. Two years of new friends, two years of story telling and posting art and photos. It is a very sad time to have to say goodby. B U T
a new site has opened where we are all trying desperately to meet. Not an easy thing to do!!! There was no real way to find this group, it is just by word of mouth and whoever had some emails, we try to find people in this way.
The new site is http://ipeace2.ning.com
Whoever would like to join us, please link onto it and sign up.
It was a great experience, and we are hoping this site will be so too.

STephanie's Galleria d'Arte

On iPeace www.ipeace.me, my friend (musician, artist) Taza opened an art gallery with the name Stephanie's Galleria d'Arte. It was so special of him to do so. People are putting their artwork on it, and lots of information regarding art.
Come take a look at it and become a member of iPeace.

Sul sito www.ipeace.me, il mio amico di Brasile Taza (artista, musicista) ha aperto un gruppo che si chiama Galleria d'Arte di Stephanie. E' stato molto gentile di lui di farlo. La gente mette la loro arte sul gruppo, ed infomazione d'arte, quello che uno vuole. Venite a vedere il gruppo e diventare membro di iPeace.

iPeace news.....notizie da iPeace

Difficult days on iPeace. iPeace closed down for a day...leaving it's 21,000+ members very confused. Right now there is talk about looking for a new administrator. But actually, I don't know who is comunicating about needing or wanting one.
We will see. In the meantime the mood on the site is quite tense...people don't know what is going on exactly. Time will tell. My group, 15,000 Stories group continues just as everything else. But only, there are a lot of questions that we are asking...and that are not being answered.

Tempi difficile su iPeace ultimamente. Il mio gruppo 15,000 Stories continua, come tutto il resto ma i membri, più di 21,000 stanno aspettando di avere risposte. Non sappiam se sia necessario cercare un nuovo amministratore, oppure aspettare e vedere che sta per succedere. Vedremo, come dicono.

Directly on iPeace HOMEPAGE

Oggi sono sul homepage di iPeace. Direttamente, senza dover cliccare sul blog...andate giù ed ecco il mio blog che parla del mio gruppo 15,000 Stories.
Ho spiegato il significato dietro questo gruppo e l'importanza di conoscerci, tutti!
Poì sto lavorando a rinnovare le mie foto sulla mia pagina....sì molto lavoro, ma che sono qualche ora in più al computer!

Today I am on the homepage of iPeace. Directly, without having to click on anything...just scroll down and there is my blog about my story group 15,000 Stories. I explain the meaning behind the gruop and the importance to know everyone and comunicate better. I'm working on updating my photos on my page...yes, it is a lot of work but what are a few more hours on the computer!

HOMEPAGE of iPeace

Oggi sono sul HOMEPAGE del sito iPeace. Il blog che ho scritto parla del gruppo che ho creato 15,000 Stories - un gruppo per conoscere meglio tutti i paesi del mondo tramite delle loro storie. E' un sito fantastico, seguito da 20,000 membri. Venite a scrivere anche voi o date un'occhiata a questo sito meraviglioso.

Today on the homepage of iPeace is a blog that I wrote. I wrote about the group I created, 15,000 Stories - a group where people from all over the world can write about themselves and their lives. It's an incredible website, followed by 20,000 members. Come and write something on my story group or take a look at the wonderful inspiring website, iPeace.

Earthquake in Italy.........and more

Haven't been here for a long long time. I guess it is for several reasons. And here they are:
1. Have been super busy planning some shows! Mostly photography and painting and thus
I have been photographing and painting.

2. Have been extremely dedicated to my group on iPeace....do a lot of writing there...but in the back of my mind is "have to get to my BLOG.....have to get to my BLOG". Finally, and happily, the comment from someone anonomous "Something's fishy here" got me back. THANKS!

3. The earthquake has also gotten people to stop and follow what has been going on there, in Aquila, 100 miles from here. I have just written about it on iPeace, will transport what I wrote over to this blog. It has been a disaster, a human tragedy, a huge loss. Everyday something new, some new problems are discussed. It is amazing how far it reaches, into every sector of life. And it is impossible to realize how these people who have lost everything must find the strength to continue and to start anew. But this is the wonderful thing, they are united and moving ahead, with dignity and courage. It is a story with many factors, but we, the public learn from them and from their tragic situation.

MUST GO
will be back
sorry, if you were trying to follow me here...and found that I had stoppped.
But while it SEEMED that way, I was moving even faster than normal over here in Italy.
Take care
Stephanie

VELOCISSIMA RIASSUNTO IN ITALIANO

Gentile amici! Sono stata impegnatissima con diverse cose, e nel frattempo che non ci sono stata, c'è stato il terremoto ad Aquila, più di 100 kilometri da Perugia. Ho scritto di questo su iPeace, sul mio gruppo di 15,000 Stories.
Poì, sono stata impegnata a fare fotografia, ed a dipingere. Davvero sono stata attiva, più del solito. Farò delle mostre e mi devo impegnare tanto, perciò, ha soffero questo blog.
PERO' qualcuno ha scritto il commento "E' un pò fishy quà" (un'espressione come dire qualcosa non va quà, ma in tono ironico con la parola pesce, fish, perciò....era molto carino e mi ha fatto rispondere e tornare al mio blog!)
Scusate la mia assenza!!! Ma ora ci tornerò più spesso.
Devo andare, tante cose da fare come sempre.
Vi auguro buone cose a voi, amici,
e state bene.
Stephanie

Yes, been busy on iPeace lately....too many fantastic people from Israel, U.S.A, Canada, Italy, France, Alaska, Australia, Lebanon, India, Palestine, Belgium, Holland.....everywhere!!!
It's a peaceful place to be and my 15,000 Stories group gets lots of wonderful stories from all over.

ITALIAN

Sono super impegnata su iPeace - con gente da tutto il mondo.

Il mio gruppo 15,000 Stories riceve storie interessanti da tanti paesi.

A painting and iPeace

This is a little painting done using a photo from China as inspiration.

Been super busy lately, especially on the iPeace blog, http://www.ipeace.me/profile/StephanieSeymourinItaly

where I download my new artwork, so you can check it out.

Have lots of things cooking at present....both on the stove here in

Italy and coming up in the near future.

Italian

Questo è un piccolo dipinto ispirato da una foto dalla Cina.
Sono impegnatissima ultimamente sopratutto sul sito di http://www.ipeace.me/profile/StephanieSeymourinItaly

dove ho inserito anche i miei nuovi lavori così li potete

vedere.Tante cose "sul fuoco" ultimamente, sia

sul forno a casa in Italia e nel prossimo futuro.

Peace Pasta

Created this and put it on iPeace, where I am a member. It's a very interesting

and inspiring website. Click on http://www.ipeace.me/ and join the

thousands of international people already members. Join and make a difference.

iPEACE - TODAY I WAS FEATURED

A REAL HONOR

Today I was a featured iPeace Person on the fabulous website of iPeace.

The name iPeace says it all - people promoting peace: from all over the world.

Why me?

Perhaps they chose me for my photographs and writings about China?

For my artwork (and some of them ironic, as I like to do them)?

I don't know - but as soon as it happened, I started getting "requests to be a friend"

from all over the world: Nigeria, Spain, Portugal, America, France. So it is a thrill.

Go to iPeace and become a member!!

Great organization, great inspiration, and some fabulous people there.

This is my page on iPeace

http://www.ipeace.me/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=20go61m01nzw5

or go to the iPeace link

http://www.ipeace.me/

Give peace a chance!!

Here is the page on internet how it appeared

To see it more clearly, click twice on the article.

That's David Califa (creator of iPeace on the left) and me,

Stephanie Seymour on the right.

The writing says "Check out Stephanie Seymour in Italy's page on iPeace.

We continue to share interesting and inspiring profiles of iPeace".

Thanks David and thanks to the staff of iPeace for all they are doing!

ITALIAN

Oggi sono stata evidenziata su iPeace. Hanno suggerito alle persone

di leggere il mio "profile" ed all'improviso ho ricevuto tantissime richieste

da tutto il mondo (la Nigeria, la Spagna, il Portogallo, l'America, ecc) a

diventare amica di queste persone di iPeace. Per conoscere di più, andate

sul sito di iPeace - è veramente un sito eccezionale, un modo per fare

qualcosa per la pace, discutere, conoscere.

Cliccate sul link iPeace sotto I MIEI LINK oppure clicca su

http://www.ipeace.me/

Stephanie

PEACE...thinking about it ----------------------PACE....pensandone

When you empty your mind.....

quando svuoti la tua testa
PEACE gets into it....
LA PACE ci entra dentro

The difficult thing is...

La cosa difficile è

Thinking about nothing.

But it is a very peaceful thing to try to do.

Pensare a niente.

Ma è una cosa molto pacifico da fare.

This iPeace link is something that I check daily. And thinking about PEACE is a good thing, and a peaceful thing to do.

Try it.

Questo link iPeace è qualcosa che controllo giornalmente. E pensare alla PACE è una cosa buona, ed una cosa pacifica.

Provaci.

This is the link to iPeace....very interesting and inspiring

http://www.ipeace.me/

(the clouds, by the way, were seen in Italian skies)

(le nuvole, per la vostra informazione, erano viste nei cieli italiani)

iPEACE

PEACE in Montana, U.S.A.

Check it out....iPEACE. A friend, an artist in New York

wrote me and said,

Hey, why don't you sign up...so I did.....

It is a way to meet everyone in the world,

people from all over the world promoting peace,

talking about peace, writing about peace....and in the meantime

showing how the internet gets people together to write and

share thoughts, and in this case, very positive ones.

Here's an image from MONTANA, USA.

Just a peaceful photograph to go along

with talking about PEACE.

TRADUZIONE VELOCE....iPEACE.....

un amico artista a NY mi ha suggerito

di iscrivermi su internet.

E' un modo bellissimo a scambiare idee in riguardo alla pace.....

Ecco una foto da MONTANA, USA.

Una foto pacifico, come la pace.

THREE WEEKS TO GO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MANCANO TRE SETTIMANE

ABOUT THREE WEEKS..........until my photography show

Circa tre settimane fino alla mia mostra fotografica

Incontri RavviCINAti

Orizzonti Orientali

Palazzo Trinci, Foligno

31 Luglio - 24 agosto 2008

This man, at the Dalian Beer Festival salutes me with his hand in a

" three" position but I don't know what it means. MANY of the

people I stopped wanted to make the "peace sign" when posing.

In fact, the feeling I received from the people was one of PEACE, a feeling

of relaxation that we have lost. If I needed anyone's help, they would drop

what they were doing, and spend any necessary time in helping me, never

looking at their watch or saying "I have to go".

Quest'uomo alla Festa della Birra a Dalian mi saluta con la mano nella

posizione di "tre", ma non so il significato. MOLTE persone che ho fermato volevano

fare il segno della pace mentre posavano. Infatti, il sentimento che ho percepito

dalla gente era di PACE, un sentimento di rilasso che noi abbiamo person. Quando

avevo bisogno di aiuto, la persona smetteva quello che faceva, e passava tutto

il tempo necessario per aiutarmi, mai controllando l'ora o mai dicendo, "Devo andare".

FUNNY LITTLE LESSON ENGLISH AND ITALIANO

LEZIONE BUFFA DI INGLESE ED ITALIANO

PEACE - means pace. In English it sounds like

PIECE that means pezzo. PACE (Italian) in English means

rhythm or step. If you are able to remember these words, with their

various meanings, you have the talent to learn languages!

PEACE - significa pace. In Inglese suona

come PIECE che significa pezzo. PACE (Italiano) in inglese significa

ritmo o passo. Se riesci a capire e ricordare quete parole, con i vari

significati, sei portato allo studio di lingue!