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FEATURED RETREAT
August 2012
Celebrate 15 Years of Writing on the River with Some Special Twists! |  | |
Free Scenic Return Flight !
If $300 deposit is paid by
December 31st, 2011
Save $150!
You can come for 1 day, or 5 days!
Men can come on this women-only trip!
WHAT? Well, only for the 1st day ....
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FEATURED CALENDAR |  | |
What a blessing to live on the edge of Clear Creek Canyon just west of Denver, and to work as the creative consultant for the Clear Creek Land Conservancy. On October 4, 2011, at Mount Vernon Country Club, we celebrated 25 years of conservation in this beautiful canyon. And we invited members of the Plein Air Artists of Colorado to paint the Canyon.
Announcing the 2013 Calendar Photo Competition judged by Boyd Norton, renowned wilderness photographer. Click for details. |
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Photo by Gary Caskey Photography |
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Greetings!
 I love the word "confluence." A coming together, a joining. Last night we went to a performance by our friend and amazing guitar-plucking musican Chuck Pyle and renowned photographer John Fielder. For three hours they shared the stage. Chuck sang in that imitable "Chuck Pyle" style while John's photographs rotated slowly behind him in beautiful living color. Both men love rivers, amd both men use their art to reach out and share their passions and concerns. Chuck worries about the Colorado River and Denver's growing demand for water. John worries about the plight of the Cache La Poudre river, which flows east out of Rocky Mountain National Park. As writers and lovers of the natural world, it's easy to mourn what we see slipping away, including our own dreams. "I want to go back to being what I have not been...the pure stone that the river bears away" Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda tells us in his poem "Oh, Earth Wait for Me." This is my wish for you in this coming year, to go back to being what you have not been, but what you know you can be. In some ways, this wish is similar to the voiceless prayer I cast across the waters everytime I embark on one of my river writing journeys. "May each woman fall back in love with herself." Only then, can we fall back in love with life. Only then will our passions and our art truly come together. Holiday Blessings, Page |
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"Yes, I write about my personal experiences, whether I've had them or not."
Ron Carlson, author of Ron Carlson Writes a Story, and other works.
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FEATURED BLOG POST |
 Why Write? - Paying homage to Northern Lights
- Past publisher Deb Clow O'Connor
- And writer Terry Tempest Williams
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FEATURED WRITING COUP | |
Congratulations Julene Bair!
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FEATURED COLUMNIST |  Ben Percy, Poets & Writers
Percy's "The Literary Life" column is the first thing I turn to when I open each new issue of Poets & Writers. Author of the novel The Wilding (Graywolf Press), Percy's Nov/Dec column talks about the importance of work (as in a JOB) to our writing. We learn that Percy married into a 4-generation farm family and it wasn't until he helped his father-in-law with back-breaking farm work, did he understand the man. "Writing is an act of empathy. You are occupying and understanding a point of view that might be alien to your own--and work is often the key through which you peer." So, even if you don't have a job, make sure the characters you're writing about do! (This article is only available in the print version of Poets & Writers, or check your local library. Benjamin Percy was the 2008 recipient of the Whiting Award for Writers.) |
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 FEATURED NEWS ITEMRural Lit RALLY (Buffalo State College, NY) is proud to announce that Page Lambert and Dr. David Pichaske will join the Advisory Board of Rural Lit RALLY. Both have been strongly supportive of the initiative in multiple ways, and we are honored that they have accepted our invitation to continue that work in a more formal capacity. For more NEWS, click here.
IMPORTANT RETREAT DATES
Peru, Weaving Words & Women - April 2012
Wyoming, Literature & Landscape of the Horse - June 2012
Utah, River Writing Journey - August 2012 |
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