Diamond in the Basalt

After many arduous volunteer hours, we have finally launched our brand spanking new Spokane Shrinking Violet Society website at www.shrinkingvioletsociety.com! You can say goodbye to the weird blog URL, and hello to a whole new look, added features and more regular and interesting updates on what is happening with the Violets and our city! Our new Violets [...]

Back in December a group of Violets met up for our first ever retreat to have some fun and take care of some business. After an evening of fun and silliness and a morning breakfast buffet we settled in to create our Mission Statement and brainstorm for the celebration of our first birthday. Well, it [...]

Last Friday night a good number of Violets came together to play, converse, eat and sleep. We then woke up to eat some more before getting down to the business of creating our Mission and planning for the celebration of our first year together. Violet member Jane Silver offered up a cozy place for us to [...]

After our last meeting on August 11th, the Shrinking Violets met again on October 24th to review existing projects and brainstorm around our ability to take on new ones. Having a planning party every other month seems to be working out well so far. Mariah has been initiating these meetings to date (thanks Dawn for [...]

After our last meeting when we identified the need to establish a long-range vision and mission statement, the Shrinking Violets met again on August 11th to discuss this and other topics. However, with only four of us in attendance, the decision was made to postpone discussion of our mission until a time when we can [...]

The long overdue 2nd planning meeting of the Shrinking Violet Society happened last night at the charming home of Mariah Rose McKay and Katelyn McLeod. Greeted by the most congenial hostess, Katelyn, we were assembled in the cozy living room and treated to chocolates, fruits, wine and other beverages. The purpose of this meeting was [...]

Congratulations to Tiffany Patterson on her winning Shrinking Violets logo design! Tiffany will be treated to a gift certificate to Elysium Touch massage, and Crystal Clark and Amaris Ketcham will receive complimentary One World meal tickets. We had 108 people vote in the design survey – over 1/3 of our entire membership. Here is a [...]

The results are in from our “Call for Concepts” logo design contest. Three bold members found the time to create and submit 3-4 designs each and now we are going to democratically vote for the winner. To cast your vote, simply select your choice below and click the “vote” button, or complete the online survey [...]

I’ve been struggling a bit with how to describe this exciting thing we have going on with the Shrinking Violet Society. It’s not a “club” per se, and it seems much more significant than yet another “social network”. The term “micro-community” isn’t commonly understood, and so I’m very curious to learn about how other people [...]