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Wild Women Writers Retreat: Quinta San Carlos

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Tomorrow is our last day of our retreat at the wonderful Quinta San Carlos across the lake.  Our brains are nearly emptied of words and our stomachs are certainly full of the delicious food they serve us from the time we wake up until we drag up the hill to our rooms.  Breakfast, lunch and dinner are supplemented with a round the clock buffet of cookies, chips, sliced veggies, sodas, coffee and tea of every variety.  I am now hiding out from dinner as if I put one more bite of food into my mouth I won’t make the bonfire tonight (Where by the way they roast corn over the open fire and serve it with the usual Mexican condiments of butter, mayonnaise, lime and chili powder.  We are going to ask them to skip this tradition this year.

As soon as I’m sure they are finished with dinner I’ll go down for the bonfire and to lead the storytelling. Our leader (another) Judy has had bad laryngitis for the past few days so we are assuming her task and even reading aloud for her what she has written. It’s been a great time.  Hopefully, same time next year.. I believe this is our seventh year with a few years skipped during covid.

A Trip to the Other Side of the Lake

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A day across the lake at Quinta San Carlos and other stops along the way.

Wild Women Writers at the Quinta San Carlos

I just sent this batch of photos off to the 7 other women who were the  participants of our last writing retreat as well as Judy Reeves, our leader. Thought you might enjoy seeing them as well, and perhaps later I’ll publish a few of the dozen or more timed writings I wrote during the retreat as well. Service, food and facilities were amazing. At any given meal, we had a minimum of 4 waiters standing to cater to our every need. If our glasses emptied, they were filled without asking. Special dietary needs were catered to. When we retired to our meeting room after every meal, there was already a buffet set out with cookies, chips, veggie plates and sodas, water, coffee and tea. There was literally food available at every minute of the day from 7 a.m. when we went to breakfast until 9:30 p.m. when we finished dinner. And, when we went for a bonfire after dinner, they had a huge cauldron of corn on the cob set up with all the fixings for Mexican corn on the cob–mayonnaise, chili, limes and parmesan! This was our sixth retreat together–each one in a different place in Mexico. We’ve already decided to return back to Quinta San Carlos for next year’s retreat. (The subject was Micro-memoirs and everyone did wonderful work. We’re trying to get Judy to offer an open workshop next year in addition to ours and if so, I heartily recommend it.)

 

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Here’s more information on Quinta San Carlos: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g667915-d1028385-Reviews-Quinta_San_Carlos-Jocotepec.html

They also have their own website with more photos, but it is in Spanish.

Night Heron at Quinta San Carlos: Bird of the Day, Nov 17, 2019

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For Granny’s Bird of the Day prompt.