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Above my bike you can see that for her party at the Tannery Joya hung up her Mothersong banner with a yellow "Party for my Thoughts" post-it note
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I liked the two green thrones, as it were
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Group hug with Dorothee, Meg, and Lisa J.
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A friendly dog walks by the rainbow tables where the food will go
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Joya reads a poem by Hafiz
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Janet and friend sing a duet with mandolin accompaniment
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Joya leads a singalong of "Where I sit is Holy", which has been the Mothersong opening song for over 20 years
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Joya does some spoken word as her 6'4" "recovering redneck inner male" "Dixon Cummings", as she used to do in performances many years back
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Joya leads a singalong of "There's a Song in My Heart"
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Joya performs a humorous spoken word piece she wrote many years ago, about her response to a "what do you look like?" question re a "Romance Connection" ad
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Joya leads a singalong of "Joy Joy Joy"
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Joya leads a singalong of "I Fell Down", with extra lyrics appropriate to things she's been going through on the occasion of turning 60
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Joya and Freesia demonstrate the "one word at a time" improv game, before having the party guests pair up and do some rounds of it
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Joya reads a humorous poem about being "invisible" in some ways as you as a woman get older
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Joya leads a singalong of "Dance Spirit Dance"
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Joya leads a singalong of "Lovin’ is a Beautiful Feeling", which has been the closing song at Mothersong for over 20 years
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Everyone sings Happy Birthday to Joya, and Jasmin and Dorothee sing a German birthday song
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Party guests by the food table
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Lots of good fresh fruit to eat!
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Conversation and fruit
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Another view of conversation and food
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Joya gets some herbal gifts - mugwort, sage, and lavender