By Daily Press staff
The crones are coming. Women of all ages are invited to celebrate this Saturday the Vernal Equinox with “Angel City Crones a.k.a. Elderwomen’s Council,” an organization that honors the value of older women’s wisdom and accomplishments.
The Vernal Equinox, which is the first day of spring, marks the beginning of nature’s season of renewal and growth. The gathering will welcome mental, spiritual and emotional growth into women’s lives with song, drumming, movement and joyous creativity. Participants will dress in either black or white to honor this time of equal day and night.
At 9:30 a.m., women will gather to share refreshments in Chaffee Hall at La Crescenta Church of Religious Science, 4845 Dunsmore Ave., La Crescenta. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. and conclude at noon. Women are asked to bring a journal and pen for self-expression, facilitated by artist Robin Rector Krupp. A donation of $10 is suggested.
Angel City Crones a.k.a. Elderwomen’s Council is a Los Angeles organization inspired by Crones Counsel, a national group with the mission to reclaim the crone archetype through the creation of gatherings of women that promote equality, encourage diversity, support personal empowerment and honor the value to society of older women’s wisdom and accomplishments. Younger women are welcomed as “crones in training.”
For more information, contact Evelyn Robison at (818) 502-2077, or, or Eva Trapani at (818) 248-2824, (www.cronescoun-sel.org).
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 18, 2004. Read the original PDF.