Snuffleuppagus...

Sorry I missed it! Didn't want to share my wicked cold germs and am taking a sick day today to get rid of the snuffles etc. Perhaps see y'all at the literary night for Arts on the Edge once details are posted here...

Wrap Up Gathering

Thank you all for last evenings gathering on Christine's deck.
Writings were read to the sound of the distant rolling thunder, the rains held.
Oh yeah and the food & wine was tasty also ;)
Sorry to hear that Mike & Heather were not well.
Missed everyone, so hopefully we will all be able to meet again with the change of season.
Have a wonderful summer.

Hugs
Nola
PS. Nicole I like the new look .

recent email about writing workshop fyi

Hi Susan,

You might want to take the first draft of this work up on a flyer to your meeting. Dates are final ... we haven't yet determined the fee ... it will be less than $250 and more than $180. We are still calculating food costs.

Kuya

draft 1:

Kootenay Lake Writing Retreat

Writing Workshop with Luanne Armstrong and Kuya Minogue.

A weekend of writing, camping by Kootenay Lake and good, farm grown, vegetarian food at the Armstrong Farm on Kootenay Lake. Start and end the day with Zen Writing Practice and attend two morning workshops with Luanne Armstrong. Afternoons will be free for beach time, hiking, canoeing, reading etc. Private beach, kayaks, canoes, available. Wireless also available.

Accommodations:

Tenting spaces with picnic tables and fireplaces are available for participants. Also available, small trailers, or bunk beds in the main house. Campsites are level, beside the lake and accessible by car. The Armstrong farm is a working heritage organic family farm that has been in existence for 80 years. The family welcome visitors. Food from the farm will form a large part of the menu.

When: Starts Friday September 10 at 7:00 pm and ends Sunday Sept 12 after lunch.?

Where: The Armstrong Farm and ZenWords Zen Centre Lakeside hermitage.

The farm is 31 kms. north of Creston BC. The fire number is 9941. The phoneno. is 250-223-8203.

Cost: TBA (includes land fee, food and instructor fees)

Spaces are limited and filling fast.

Zen Writing Practice: learn to link a meditation practice to your writing process.

Writing Workshops: learn to Luanne Armstrong is an award winning writer of fourteen books and a creative writing instructor at the University of British Columbia.

Kuya Minogue is a Zen monk and the Canadian Dharma heir for Natalie Goldberg's Zen Writing Practice lineage. She will teach Zen meditation and Zen writing.

Zen writing

Like the new look!

I got the following email from Kuya (Zen Writing). This sounds like fun - wish the summer wasn't so busy! If anyone is interested, please let me know.

Hi Susan,

I appreciate your effort at looking for grants. Not much money out there for the arts these days.

Do you think your group would be interested in coming to Creston for a weekend workshop? Tenting at Luanne Armstrong's farm, workshop in a screened deck looking out on Kootenay Lake. I would teach Writing Practice in the early morning and in the evening; Luanne would teach a class between breakfast and lunch. Afternoons would be free for swimming, reading, writing etc.

We haven't set a date yet, but I envision it starting at 7:00 on a Friday night and ending at noon on Sunday. Meals would be included. Check with your interested people and see what they say.

Kuya

Same Blog, New Template

Hope you like it! Business as usual.

Wrap Up Party

Our busy writing season has come to an end. There are so many members that will be too busy to commit to summer meetings that we've decided to take a little break. 


This is not to discourage action on the blog or email, or of course hinder anyone from meeting over the summer. Only the official Centre 64 meetings will not be a go.


Christine has been kind enough to offer her beautiful space for our wind up party.


Date: Monday June 21
Time: 7PM 
Place: Natural Attraction (The hemp clothing store behind the cuckoo clock in the platzl)
Please Bring: A friend or two if you'd like, a bottle of wine or two, some sort of hors dourves, and of course a piece of writing to be shared amongst all joiners (details to be announced by Don who will be the facilitator at this last reading).


It will be spring solstice and if weather cooperates the evening sun should be hitting the deck perfectly. Looking forward to seeing everyone that participated in the group - whether you were there one time or every time you we hope to see you!

Workshops

We have gotten approved for grants for two workshops: one with Luanne Armstrong in mid- October, and one with Stefan Czernecki this summer. We will need to do a poll as to the best possible weekend: July 24 - 25, July 31 - August 1, August 13 - 15, or August 28 - 29.

At the meeting tonight, Sue asked how many people we need to run the workshops. I had to look back at my application forms - I budgeted for 10 people for each workshop at $70 each. That is to cover the cost of advertising, posters, space rental, and for Luanne's workshop, a lunch. The grants cover the cost of travel, accommodation, and food for the instructors.

If anyone has any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

June 8th meeting

Hi all,

I've been getting mixed messages about whether we want to continue to meet regularly over the summer. I have a lot of fun at the meetings and the group is pushing me to stay creative, so I'm keen to keep the meetings going, (isn't keen a nerdy word, I love it) as long as others are keen as well. So, for everyone interested, lets get together this Tuesday (June 8th) and then again on June 22nd, (as per Heather's earlier suggestion) and we can see what transpires after that. I apologize for my wishy-washy ways, and appreciate any feedback that you might, or might not, have.

On that note, for the next meeting, here is a short and sweetie: M&M Candies "Melt in your mouth, not in your hands." Miller Lite "Tastes great, less filling." Describe yourself (or your writing) in ten words or fewer. (I didn't say easy!)