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Voices of the V Community
Voices and visions of women throughout the Central Virginia area.
Find updates and blogs from the keyboards of select Central Virginia writers, women who share V's values of celebration, empowerment, and hope, and yet who reflect the diversity that V readers embrace. You'll find updates on news and links of interest to local women, and inspiring quotes and stories to make the world brighter.
Be sure to take part in the conversations, making your voice heard, too!
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Moms Matter. With Libby McNamee
Earth Care. With Natalie Mesnard
Border Jumpers. With Danielle Nierenberg & Bernard Pollack
Frequent Foreplay Miles. With Shela Dean
Celebration in Print. With Annie Tobey
Hello, Beautiful. With Susie Galvez
We are Woman. With Doreen Washington
Feng Shui Organizing. With Debbie Bowie
Muse of Merriment. With Christine Walters
BreakThrough. With Vickie Griffith

Libby with a "Y"
Thoughts on Life as a Stay-at-Home-Mommy With a Truck-Lovin' Toddler
Enjoy "Discovering the Science Museum," "ACAC, The Fancy Gym," "Winter Doldrums," or "A Red Caboose Is Loose!" from Libby Carty McNamee, lawyer, freelance writer, and full-time mom. All here at the Libby with a "Y" blog.

Natalie Mesnard and her collective bloggers share ideas and news on "What to Grow," "Tricycle Gardens," "Local Flour in Ashland," and a host of other articles and links sure to have your mouth watering and your heart singing. At the Richmond Food Collective Blog.
As drought, climate change, hunger, and poverty worsen in sub-Saharan Africa, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack report firsthand on what Africans are doing to respond to these challenges. Updates at their Border Jumpers web site.

Shela Dean is a Relationship Happiness Coach and speaker who has counseled more than 2,000 couples since 1983, and author of the forthcoming book, Frequent Foreplay Miles, Your Ticket to Total Intimacy! Learn from her wisdom, in words that are entertaining and memorable, and sure to make your relationships better. At the Frequent Foreplay Miles Blog.

V editor Annie Tobey weighs in with ideas and inspirations for living life with aplomb. At the V Blog.

Susie Galvez, day spa founder and consultant, esthetician, makeup artist, product developer, author and speaker, shares her very special tips and techniques, ideas, products and resources. She wants every woman to know how to look like a million bucks without breaking the bank. At Susie's beauty blog.


Feng Shui Organizing with Debbie Bowie
Discover the profound impact that environment has on performance! Debbie Bowie, Certified Professional Organizer®, professional speaker, feng shui practitioner, and author of Rock Scissors Paper: Understanding How Environment Affects Your Performance on a Daily Basis, shows you how you can empower yourself and get the life you really want by changing the spaces in which you live and work. Her blog is devoted to helping you learn how to better manage your time, tasks, thinking and stuff to have the life of your dreams!

Muse of Merriment with Christine Walters
Christine Walters is Muse of Merriment, Lady of Laughter, Woman of Wit, and Gal of Giggles at Improv Your Impact. As an experienced expert in business and improvisational theatre, Christine understands how to apply the skills of improv to everyday life – and to make you laugh while you're learning. Christine has also been an inspirational Comedian, Trainer, Facilitator, Emcee as well as President, Owner, and Grand Poobah at ComedySportz Improv Theatre. Christine Walters is also a high-energy speaker and currently working on a book that shares with readers the life lessons of improv.

BreakThrough with Vickie Griffith
BreakThrough is presented at My V Magazine by Vickie Griffith, nationally respected Tap Instructor, assisting you to tap into the power within to realize your brilliance in your life, business and health. As seen on T.V., Vickie is a recurring guest on Richmond's leading TV talk show "Virginia This Morning". She is a speaker, Certified Hypnotist, EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Professional, and Licensed Science of Mind Practitioner, Adjunct Professor at University of Richmond and is known for her infectious enthusiasm and low-key, deceptively casual approach. She creates a contagious energy as she speaks, coaches, and conducts workshops.
We're Seeking More Voices!
Writers for V Magazine for Women are articulate and thoughtful, aware of the possibilities for making the world a better place, each in her own way. Each of these writers wields her words to work towards that vision. Her contributions to V are positie and upbeat, celebrating the good by focusing on success, achievement, and triumph. When she addresses problems, she looks at solutions. When she sees need, she sees hope, too. To inquire about contributing as a writer for V's print edition or its online portal, e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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Minds Wide Open! Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts
In spring 2010, the cultural community in Virginia will celebrate the arts with performances, exhibitions, literary readings and films on the theme of Women in the Arts. All Virginia artists and cultural organization are invited to participate by presenting at least one program for the public between March and June of 2010 featuring Women in the Arts. These thousands of cultural events will be marketed as MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts.
Each of Virginia's 22 largest arts organizations has made a commitment to participate in 2010 and are now asking Virginia arts organizations, artists, colleges, art galleries, libraries and museums to join the celebration!















