Tag: writing retreats
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Oasis Live ’25, Greek yogurt, and a return to work retreats by the sea
In keeping with past promises and current values, I’m collecting (usually) little life updates under the “journal” tag here. I’ve made a soft return to social media but never want to be the reason someone who steps away from those platforms misses out. As such, I’m going to do my best to replicate my Instagram…
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Summer 2022, summarized in photos
I spent a lot of time offline this summer. Generally speaking, this feels like a net positive. However, I did have a few ideas I was looking forward to posting on here and now it feels awkward to do so without acknowledging my lengthy absence. Consider it hereby acknowledged. At some point late in the…
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Writing retreat: August 2021
In my previous post about writing retreats, I talked about what they mean to me, how they support my writing process, and how that’s changed over the years. Now I’ll share some nuts and bolts about my August retreat with my best friend in Maine. I want to post this kind of thing more often…
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Reflecting on writing retreats, and how their meaning has changed over the years
I like to share about my writing retreats on here (hopefully to inspire others!), and I just discovered my notes on our August retreat buried in the Notes app. Oops! In the spirit of better late than never, I’ll share a bit about the retreat itself in a separate post, and reflections on what writing…
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Writing retreat reflections: July 2018
I spent last week writing in one of my favorite places with one of my oldest friends. As middle-schoolers, we sat in each other’s bedrooms and wrote together. Now, over 20 years later, we meet at my family’s beach bungalow for multi-day writing retreats. This is our time to get away from the stresses of…