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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.

Gina and Judy Add Color to My Life–Even in Absentia!!!

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My pal Gina Cameron and I got together Lestats Hillcrest yesterday afternoon to catch up with each other’s stories and to color in our new coloring books “When Old Dames Get Together and Other Confessions of a Ripe Old Age,” with poems by Judy Dykstra-Brown and illustrations by Isidro Xilonzochitl. What a hoot! We had so much fun. Remember how calming coloring can be? You can do it too. Here’s info for Judy’s book: Amazon

Look for Judy Reeve’s new book coming out. I’ll give a link when it is available. She’s also conducting a writer’s workshop at the wonderful resort across the lake that I published photos of earlier—Quinta San Carlos. If anyone is interested in coming down to a beautiful part of Mexico and participating in her Wild Women Writing Workshop, I can furnish info on that, too. She’s conducted them for us for six years, I think, in La Manzanilla, on the beach near Colima, in Puerto Vallarta, Nueva Vallarta, Acapulco and at Quinta San Carlos. (If I left any out, please remind me.) This year we’ve convinced her she needs to do an additional one for others who want the experience. Let me know if you are interested and I’ll pass the info on to Judy.

Hi Gina!  Hope you are coming down again this year. You need to help us in our Wilding!!!!

Anyone else who has ordered the Old Dames book, please send me a shot of your response.

Wild Women Mini Writers Retreat

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Not all of the Wild Women Writers were present, but Margaret was visiting and Amelia and Leslie were in town, so Harriet and I, who are always here, joined them for a one day retreat at Leslie’s rented house. Amelia posed interesting questions and Harriet and Margaret came up with some fun writing prompts. Leslie organized the lunch which we all contributed to and I snapped photos.  A good and enlightening time was had by all.  Judy Reeves, it was good to talk to you via the internet. We missed you…The last photo is a picture of the original Wild Women group at a retreat at Quinta San Carlos before Covid changed our plans for further yearly retreats.