Our allies with resources & the butterflies of chaos

Chaos theory is a relatively recent addition to the repertoire of mathematicians, describing an incredible array of phenomena.

In meteorology, Lorentz discovered that his weather-models could not be interrupted and rerun to repeat displayed patterns, that even the smallest of differences in his starting variables produced profound variance in the resulting patterns.

A butterfly in Seattle could disrupt the weather in Cincinnati.

This instability, this chaos, would normally be very disturbing to mathematicians but it has proved fruitful in amazing ways, from bio-control mechanisms, in speech, of remarkable finesse to healthy brainwave patterns. In some arenas, it´s marching in step that is destructive, it´s those supposedly insignificant pulses that can, and do, and in fact are the only way to, make a difference, even cumulatively an important difference.

As small-time operators, we sometimes feel insignificant compared to the needs we seek to meet, or unimportant compared to bigplayers with their staffs and resources. The dreams we build take so long to develop. Corporate glamour is deceptive and sometimes used to waylay our self-esteem. Remember, in the real world, chaos rules the mysteries of all the profound and important systems with infinite finesse.

Remember the tiny pulses.. tiny butterfly footsteps.

When it comes to making a difference, we can, we have, and we will. We are the Butterflies of Chaos. Come cherish and celebrate our fragile allies.

Always gathering news, always under construction.. email us your news of allies.

To meet some of the WorkAtHome webwomen who supply the diversity of needs as they´ve found them,

whether those needs are commercially defined
or
whether they form the staff of volunteers we depend on to manage our favorite nonprofits
or
whether they specialize in some area that adds to our pool of credible research on child development or to our pool of other predominantly intangible resources,

simply cruise the many webrings and join their listservs, boards & all sorts of creative constructs... the web resource list grows minute-by-minute.

In fact, if you've just arrived via webring, this is the Allies Page of the Last Straw Revolution. To reach the main page, just click right here

For example, among the groups you could start with are...

Webgrrls-Cincinnati Web Ring...
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This The PEOPLEpower TEAM site owned by
Jeanette Raichyk.

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iVillage´s WorkFromHomeGroup

WomanOwned Business Directory

Register where women´s businesses are advertised

ExtremeWomen

Where women pool marketing resources and stay in touch on issues of mutual interest. Friday night chats and an annual conference.. in 98, the conference focus was detecting and dealing with frauds and hazards.

WAHMfest

is dedicated to helping moms stay home by bringing them face-to-face with helpful business opportunities and resources. For information about participating in or sponsoring a WAHMfest near you, please visit our organizing HQ. Coming to the Washington DC area in March!

Be a woman of Independent Means

Women who´ve created their own work have a repeatable survival skill at their disposal to empower their dreams and causes as well.

MagicFlower

is parlaying a rare flower that blooms before your eyes into a wonderful opportunity for a whole spectrum of women -- women supporting non-profits, women with their own businesses, and battered mothers escaping from the insanity of the welfare scene.

Breaking The Silence

is looking for poetry, prose, essays about the personal experience of violence against women, or commentary on the issues for publication, anonymous or otherwise, to raise awareness of this problem.

and many more...

Reading & Publishing Resources

AVIVA

News of women´s status around the world

H-WOMEN

Women´s Historians with research on what women´s contributions have been, what roles we´ve had, what´s been swept away, mis-interpreted or ignored.

Feminist Bookstore Network

Bookstores where women´s issues are a daily event

SIMPLE-Times	Voluntary simplicity concepts in a free bi-weekly e-zine. Learn to manage the freedom of escaping from Affluenza.
Un-Jobbing	The adult equivalent of Grace Llewellyn´s Teenage Liberation Handbook. By Michael Fogler
Webs of Inclusion	The alternative and antidote to hierarchic rigidity. By Sally Helgesen
The Mismeasure of Woman	Putting women´s interests in unbiased perspective. By Carol Tavris
Your Money or Your Life	Creative ways to finesse early *retirement*. By J.Dominguez & V.Robin

Even more information on *How-to* can be found by pointing your search-engine to look for "how to write a business plan" or at your local small business development center... check the phonebook. For a cornucopia of books on specific businesses by those who've done it, visit your public library.

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If you´d like your group or site to be listed among our allies, please send a brief (30 word) description with name, and URL/addy or address.

Information on more allies happily accepted via email.
Recommendations, via snail-mail, should be sent to
LSR
c/o Penelope Press
4263 Ferguson Dr Ste#2
Cincinnati, OH 45245