Happy Birthday Anne!

Today is Anne Dosher’s 95th birthday. Anne is the ground beneath my feet as I do the work I do with the World Cafe community. I often think of her. When I am stuck, I ask myself, “What would Anne do?”, and hear her lovely voice in my heart inviting me to...

What’s in a Name, or Label

A "Wiser Together" contribution from guest blogger Tom Beech: A little while ago, I received an email that caught me up short.  It was from a young, 20’s-something, friend of mine.  He and I are working on a project together and he sent me a copy...

Anne’s Blessing

Everyone may not share her spiritual perspective but those who know Anne Dosher know why we at the World Café Community Foundation feel so blessed to have her hold the role of “Elder” and “Guardian of the Soul of the World Café”, along with her...

Talking it Through

Born on the northeast coast of England, of Viking and Welsh ancestry, I grew up as a granddaughter of the Empire and daughter of the Commonwealth. As a young girl in the years following the First World War, I puzzled and then grieved that the men came back so...