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<div dir="ltr">Ed’s review…so pure, totally reminds me of being enthralled at previous readings of Toni’s poetry. Thanks very much. </div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 26, 2025 7:59:27 PM<br>
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<div style="line-break:after-white-space">Thank you SO much Ed for your kind words and to both you and Lyn for making Ukiah and the reading a pit stop (sort of, on your way) from Sacremento
<div>fresh off your trip from Montana! Phew and Wow. What a stretch ….and very appreciated!
<div>I so appreciate your support and showing up……and thank you to those who sent notes and wished me well. It was </div>
<div>indeed a sweet evening….both Ed and Ron read wonderful poems and the open mic had quite a line up. </div>
<div>These poetry events are ever so unique and are quite a buffet of unique readers serving up poems (and songs)</div>
<div>to feed our community. It was an honor to be a part of it!</div>
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<div dir="auto">What a great reading last night, Toni! Your words and your voice hold wide open spaces with deep sincerity. Serenity, peace of mind, and nature's flow naturally follow. That is, until you choose to shift gears, changing your tune down stream
with any topic you select, bringing light, love, and awareness, to this listener. Your abilities to weave word, voice and vision is a gift that you freely give to this community of seekers and seers with immense benefits to one and all. What an honor to attend
and listen last night. My heart is still warm with your poetry today. Thank you.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Much love and many blessings to you...</div>
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<div>From: Toni Bernbaum via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org> </div>
<div>Date: 9/22/25 10:49 AM (GMT-08:00) </div>
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<div>Cc: Toni Bernbaum <tonijean@mcn.org> </div>
<div>Subject: [Thespiritexpress] Info for the Ukiah Reading Sept. 25th </div>
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Hello Dear Community….I have been reminded to put this out to those who have asked about when I would be doing public readings again. Let’s face it ….Ukiah is l o n g trek …. so no espectations but just sayin…….
<div>And lucky me…..I am also going to be the featured reader in Point Arena on Oct. 16th with some jazz musicians backing me and all the poets for the open mic. Both venues are a bit of</div>
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<span style="font-size:34pt; font-family:Garamond,serif; color:rgb(191,143,0); letter-spacing:3pt">TONI BERNBAUM</span></p>
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Tonijean Bernbaum has been writing and sharing her poems for nearly 20 years in Mendocino County. She has been the featured reader at the monthly poetry gatherings in Pt. Arena and Mendocino and has presented her work in collaboration with singer songwriter
Lauren Brown in annual spring concerts at Spirit House in Fort Bragg. Her work has been published in the <i>New Millennium Magazine</i>, <i>The Sun, Sacred Reflections </i>and the<i> North Carolina Women’s Review</i>. Her Poem “Retrieval” has been featured
in the northern California traveling poetry show “Rumi’s Caravan.” She is currently working on publishing her first book of poems to be in print, hopefully, before 2026.</p>
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<span style="font-size:24pt; font-family:Garamond,serif; letter-spacing:1pt">GRACE HUDSON MUSEUM</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:24pt; font-family:Garamond,serif; letter-spacing:1pt">THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2025</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:18pt; font-family:Garamond,serif; letter-spacing:1pt">7 PM: FEATURED READING</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:18pt; font-family:Garamond,serif; letter-spacing:1pt">8 PM: OPEN MIC</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:18pt; font-family:Garamond,serif">431 South Main Street, Ukiah, CA 95482</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Suggested donation: $5-$10, Refreshments provided</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">For Information, contact Writers Read Ukiah MC Michael Riedell, innisfreeriedell@gmail.com</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Garamond,serif">Writers Read happens on the last Thursday of most every month and has been happening in Ukiah since 1999. This reading series is sponsored by Colored Horse Studios, an anonymous local writer,
Michael Riedell, Dan Barth, the Poet Laureate Committee of Ukiah, the Grace Hudson Museum and donations.</span></p>
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