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Mother's Day is just around the bend
and this year's River Writing and Sculpting Journey will be here in just four months. 
Roxanne Swentzell, world renowned sculptor from the Santa Clara Pueblo, and her daughter, accomplished artist and writer Rose B. Simpson, will once again be my guests on this unique "Create Yourself Anew" women-only retreat.  What a perfect mother/daughter adventure!  Or the perfect adventure for a mother needing to get away from it all! 
 
What happens on a five-Day River Writing and Sculpting Journey?
         We get silly!                          We play in the river!          We talk writing!
                                                                                                                                                                        Lorraine and Lorilyn                               
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We circle up in the shade, share our stories, listen with our hearts.

camp circle under cottonwood

 
Roxanne and Rose climb like mountain goats to scenic overlooks and share rare, mother-daughter time. Some of us scamper after them and share the view.  We sculpt our faces in the sand, turn river clay into sculptures, and etch our smiles into each day. 
 
Rox & Rose on the overlook     Playing at the river's edge         Roxanne sculpting face         
  
The last night on the river....

Rox & Rose building fire

 

Roxanne and Rose help us fire our sculpures in the hot campfire embers, and we are reminded that perfection is less important than joyful endeavor.

 
         

Our sculptures

We take home from the river far more than we bring with us - new friendships and new ways of envisioning our lives - but most of all, we bring home the rippling sounds of laughter, the memory of stories skipping across the water, and a renewed desire to be all that we can be. 

Bette Cat trip 2009

 
 
Join Us!
Sign Up by Mother's Day and have the entire summer to look forward to the 5-day, 4-night 2010
River Writing & Sculpting Journey for Women
Colorado River, Westwater Canyon, Utah
September 1, 2010    $1,299.00
 
 

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