May 24, 2016

  • NORTH CAROLINA

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    Can the beauty of the mountains, excel that of the ocean? I think perhaps yes, it does. The mountains are so huge and so full of beauty and  life and I love the way the clouds hug them. I almost cry when I see such awesome spectacular vistas.

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    These people were some of the participants who attended the two day workshops. In my next post I will write about some of the work shops that I attended. We were given prompts and had to write a composition, in fifteen minutes. It was a great exercise. There were so many people, traveling all the way from Seattle Washington to New York and almost every state in between, all gathering like birds in the mountains of North Carolina.

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    The guy (writer) in the blue checkered shirt is from Florida. I was given his email by the Sun Magazine to contact if I needed ride from Charlotte airport to Wild Acres Retreat in Little Switzerland. He is such a nice person and a great writer too. There were people of all ages. More women than men.

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    The place is rustic. Very! No television, no phone, no radio. You had to just enjoy the beauty of the place and imbibe the writings of the various authors and participants.

    The retreat is organized by The Sun Magazine which is an amazing work of literary journalism. I have been a subscriber to it for many years. This is the first time I have been to such an event. I enjoyed every moment and every day of my stay there. Sy Safransky is the founder and chief Editor of the magazine. He was there and one evening he read his poems to the audience. It was a spell binding moment for me.

    I returned home late last night, and now am feeling the tiredness of travel. So I shall leave you all with my post and the pictures. May be next year some of you might want to come along.

     

     

Comments (6)

  • Good Morning, Dr. Zakiah. Sounds and looks wonderful. With no electronic gadgets I would be suicidal. Lol

    Wow--all ages there and in gorgeous surroundings. You are looking at a Beach Bum. I love the Redwoods, but the Beach wins with me.

    Have a nice rest of the week.

    Frank

    • I know you like the beaches Frank. I do too. A lot! But going up to the mountains and seeing the foliage and the beauty, made me realize how marvelous God's earth is.

  • the mountains and ocean both have a great draw on our hearts ~

  • That looks like so much fun!! The atmosphere of the mountains and the lack of distractions seems the perfect setting for creative work. Are you going to post any of your work??

  • Looks like fun in the beautiful hills! I think I'd be a little intimidated by all those accomplished writers. :)

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