<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Annie Warmke]]></title><description><![CDATA[Annie Warmke]]></description><link>https://anniewebsite1951.wixsite.com/annie-warmke/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:01:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.anniewarmke.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Look into Annie's Brain]]></title><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/word-cloud</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a53dea60eb6d92caeec308d</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:36:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14b08c_096940a64a0a4e5db746d18ad45194b5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_790,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Friendship]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's during this time in life that I am aware of the power of friendship. It is a tool that is taken far too lightly and tossed around with not enough meaning. It's about stepping up to the plate, ready to do whatever is needed but not waiting to be asked. And, it's about asking for help, love or a shoulder to cry on; a two-way street of ultimate power. Sometimes I feel awkward when I step up to say that I want to show up. It seems like I have a learning curve on when to make the gesture, but...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/on-friendship</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a53d4341f3b88f8a4eca4bd</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:52:12 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cancer, Covid, and Love Letters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just as COVID shut down our lives I learned that one of my dearest friends had cancer.  This is the letter I wrote which contained a list of encouraging words. I created daily inspiration cards with the words and made a beautiful box to hold them. They were delivered by the US mail because I was in isolation (as was everybody). It was so helpful to me to find a way to “hug” my friend from a distance. The letter: If there's one thing I've learned in life it's to show up. Show up when babies...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/cancer-covid-and-love-letters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a53d3480eb6d92caeec16ef</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:51:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Working to get Women out of Prison: Legal Proceedings of the 1980s and 90s]]></title><description><![CDATA[Copyright 1993 U.P.I. March 10, 1993, Wednesday, BC cycle  SECTION: Domestic News LENGTH: 467 words HEADLINE: Clemency granted for battered woman BYLINE: BY AL SCHOCH DATELINE: TALLAHASSE, Fla. BODY:   In a landmark decision for battered women in Florida, the Cabinet voted 5-2 Wednesday to grant clemency to an Orlando woman imprisoned for killing her husband who she said beat and sexually abused her. Kimberly Soubiell, 27, had her sentence commuted to time served. Gov. Lawton Chiles said the...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/legal-proceedings-1984-1994</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a53d1536c2bae2e2793578a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:44:26 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Introduction to Annie Warmke's Life &#38; Career]]></title><description><![CDATA[Abstract Annie’s early career years rescued the bankrupt project that helped her go into hiding when she was a rural Ohio battered woman. Next she moved to Florida starting over 22 battered women projects (1980’s). She raised money, made national TV appearances and introduced Pres. Clinton (for having helped in a small way to start the National Domestic Violence Hotline). She never stopped letting people everywhere she went (around the world) know that her experiences inspired her to create...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/an-introduction-to-annie-warmke-s-life-career</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a53cfbae87cdcc67cb9f21d</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:35:54 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Annie Warmke (Candice Slaughter Warmke): Experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[(“I” denotes a focus on intersectionality with violence, poverty and bigotry/racism as an active part of the goal/process) In the months following seeking shelter at My Sister's Place in Athens OH Annie started a support group for battered women because she recognized the importance of story sharing and that this was the key for her to not go back. She created a plan to save the shelter financially and garner new volunteers, and then served on the board to represent formerly battered women...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/annie-warmke-candice-slaughter-warmke-experience</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a53bde16c2bae2e27932c57</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:18:08 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Am I?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who am I?  This result from one of the DNA companies completely leaves out my indigenous great great grandmother and her ancestors.     Ethnicity Estimate England &#38; Northwestern Europe50% Scotland33% Germanic Europe7% Norway6% Sweden &#38; Denmark3% Cameroon, Congo &#38; Western Bantu Peoples1% DNA Communities Central Appalachia Settlers Southeastern Kentucky &#38; Southwestern Virginia Settlers Ohio, Eastern Indiana &#38; Eastern Kentucky Settlers]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/who-am-i</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a53bb831f3b88f8a4ec6db1</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:06:47 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mujer Peligrosa (Dangerous Woman): A Poem by Annie Warmke]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am a dangerous woman  because I won't go back to pretending that the police protect, or that judges are fair, or that the military exists to protect. I know my enemies. I refuse the tactics of violence taught to me as a child. I must openly and without silence face the fear of rape and violence that confronts me daily. I will not be blind to the plight of my sisters or brothers who are poor or rich or gay, in prison or born in another part of the world. I can no longer ignore my inner...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/dangerous-woman</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a53bb0e6c2bae2e2793260c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:05:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting Older]]></title><description><![CDATA[Getting older is quite freeing I think. Tomorrow I turn 71 and I've never been healthier or happier. I like to say, "I had to live to be old to be healthy." I'm not kidding. It's crazy how old age is dealt with in the US. We're mostly considered useless and ready to head out to pasture, yet we've spent our whole lives learning stuff, so why wouldn't we still want to "work" at what might have brought us great satisfaction, or even take on a new vocation? Life is quite busy for me with...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/getting-older</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a53baea1f3b88f8a4ec6c4b</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:03:57 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[2023 News]]></title><description><![CDATA[In February, results of grant applications to the American Farmland Trust and SARE will be awarded (fingers crossed). If we are lucky, this will provide partial funding for attorney fees for succession/non-profit planning, and the salary for a food forest assistant. Dalia Fabs-Soto (intern 2022) is returning from February to May to assist with the food forest including helping to coordinate education days and the planting of 270 new plants using the Akira Miyawaki method of re-wilding and...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/2023-news</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a53b9751f3b88f8a4ec6902</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:59:51 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[2022 Recap]]></title><description><![CDATA[This has been a busy year at Blue Rock Station.  Almost 400 visitors including students from Kenya, Uganda, Vietnam, China and across the US walked down the lane. There were four summer interns and lots of volunteers putting their own mark here through their hard work. Goat Stock was marvelous with Naomi Schalle (intern 2016) providing the final clue to find the antique treasure chest. Skipping rope, wearing silly hats for the photo booth, and the ever-popular Tie dye station helped to cap...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/2022-recap</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a53b4d3e87cdcc67cb9b539</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:40:05 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My dear Judy; (December 2021)]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's 6 am and I'm sitting in front of the woodstove answering emails after three weeks of the flu or something else, who knows. I love seeing your name in the email post. Such a modern woman! 	Below is a recap of the farm year which explains lots of other activities I've been leading. In the fall I agreed to head the Marietta Unitarian membership project to work on growing membership, particularly among young people. The membership is mostly people above 65 so this is going to be an...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/my-dear-judy-december-2021</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a53b41a0eb6d92caeebd0ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:37:06 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Smashed Leg Bones and the View from My Bed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today’s prompt is “Breathe…Just watch me.” It feels like a command, a dare. I was that girl—the one who hung upside down in a dress on the school monkey bars during recess (a great way to “breathe” and relax). I’d race faster than the boys, who’d yank the sash on my dress, trying to catch me. Severe punishment awaited if I showed up after school with a ripped sash; being “unlady-like” was strictly forbidden. Apple tree climbing was my favorite unlady-like pursuit—a place to hide, breathe with...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/two-smashed-leg-bones-and-the-view-from-my-bed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a53b3d11f3b88f8a4ec5b28</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:34:12 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sum of Passion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear One; Yes. You are covered with wounds. This is the past. These are the rewards of your will to live, to seek freedom, to claim your wholeness and to never relinquish your soul. These wounds and scars do not represent sadness, though they speak of rejection and pain. They bring with them the quest for peace, acceptance, and love...the source to live a life that gives to others...wisdom, power, willingness and courage to use these super powers. You have chosen to see these scars. Though...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/the-sum-of-passion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a53b351f8c1f3f50ee473dd</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:32:02 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Reading]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was three I was called either "Candy" or more likely "Sissy". My brother couldn't say either one of those so he called me "Annie". The first time I remember understanding that books were about words (my grandma and mother loved to tell stories, but the written word wasn't something I knew about) I was three years old sitting on the porch swing on Beulah Road with my mother and twin brother, Craig. This was the first and only time our mother ever read to us. The large thick book had a...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/on-reading</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a53b2aee87cdcc67cb9b14d</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:28:56 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nursery School Nightmare]]></title><description><![CDATA[Miss McGinnis Nursery School was a scary place. My twin brother and I started staying there during the day when we were about three because my mom said we made her nervous, and the doctor said the cure was for her to get a paying job. She became a clerk at North American Aviation where my father worked in the factory (at first, until he was promoted and eventually the first systems financial analyst in the aerospace industry). She didn't drive yet so she rode to work with my dad. My...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/nursery-school-nightmare</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a53b29c1f3b88f8a4ec58bb</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:28:30 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not The Perfect Girl]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just before my parents and brother and I drove to Cameron, Missouri for my mother's Davis family reunion at the farm of one of her older brothers (she is the youngest of 18). I cut off all of my blond hair to about two inches long with some scissors from an art kit my Uncle Lee brought me from a trip he took. For some reason my dad had picked us up at nursery school and left us in our rooms. That's when I did the deed. He must have called my mother at work, and she came home in a flurry,...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/not-the-perfect-girl</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a53b26df8c1f3f50ee47244</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:27:43 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lucky Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[On May 2nd 1981, as I hung out the laundry out back of my tiny metal box of a home in The Plains Ohio, I was thinking how content my life felt. I am sure that's the first time I had ever experienced contentment. Those feelings came from working to get my counseling degree, living on $210 a month with a little child, and driving a Chevy Luv truck so rusted the water slushed in when I was driving in rain. That night I briefly put in an appearance (to appease my friends) at a party out by...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/lucky-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4d96e600be0c70495619f0</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:20:06 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Meaning of Alone]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alone means many things in my life. I used to think alone meant loneliness. There used to be a great fear of being alone in my daily life, and I often think it was rooted in being born a twin. Until I was 18, that person was pretty much always there...we sang together, had the same friends, and leaned on each other for everything. Then he went to the military in a dramatic way and really never came back to me. It was a crushing time in my life. I was not prepared to be an adult and there was...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/the-meaning-of-alone</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4d960c6c303678bb754b9f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:15:31 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Am...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am fierce sure confident somewhere between male and female an animal lover an insecure child sometimes born angry kind a goat herder a lover of nature good at planning psychic a wounded mother sad to not have more children connected to me good at the roles I've chosen in life passionate about trees and food forest concepts a learner a leader totally full of shit sometimes bold often fearless sometimes filled with anxiety a fighter for the right cause loyal to those I love a defender of my...]]></description><link>https://www.anniewarmke.com/post/_i-am</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4d95b724d6803bed6b64bd</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:12:26 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>anniewebsite1951</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>