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Meeting Announcement: Our September meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 21, 2010, in the Fiesta Room of the Hallmark Apartments in Alpine.
From the Atelier of Our NEW Prez:
Good day to you on a beautiful summer morning with cedar trees outside my back door swaying in a gentle breeze and birds tweeting to one another, sans e-mail. Every morning is Thanksgiving Day to me because I am alive, able to care for myself, and returned home to Alpine after several months recuperating from a car wreck on New Year’s Day, not a good way to begin a year. My little terrier is at my feet, she who jumped out of the wrecked car and was nine miles toward home when a good Samaritan picked her up and searched for her owner.
Continue reading Summer Newsletter | “Log of the Trail” →
Meeting Announcement: Our May End-of-Year Party & Potluck will be held on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at Jackie Siglin’s house.
Party Details will be coming shortly!
From the Atelier of Our Prez:
If you’re like me, you like to “fall into” a book and stay there until the end. And look forward to staying with those same characters in another story. This week I accidentally discovered Canyon of Remembering by Lesley Poling-Kempes. It was published by Texas Tech. I fell into the story from page 1 and had it read in two days. And wanted more. Then I looked at the copyright date…1996! Then I looked the author up online to see what other books she’s published hoping to find a series but no! She’s got two non-fiction books out (one on the Harvey Girls and one on Abiqui) but no more fiction. Durn it! Maybe that one fiction book satiated her appetite; but it only served to whet mine!
Continue reading May Newsletter | “Log of the Trail” →
Meeting Announcement: Our April meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, in the Fiesta Room at the Hallmark Apartments in Alpine from 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
Speaker will be Darrell on the new novel “Imp Of Woe”.
The assignment for April is Poetry! Old ones or New ones, as long as we haven’t heard them. Up to 3 short ones or one very long one.
From the Atelier of our President:
Yeah, team! Another successful retreat completed. Thank you, Reba and Jackie, for co-chairing this event and thank you to your team of workers who helped bring it all together! I heard many good comments from our guests. And, I thought our presenters were especially good. And, they participated in almost all of our activities which was nice.
We’ll sum up and discuss the retreat during our next meeting which will be Tuesday, April 20.
Let’s keep the May 15 Trip to Lubbock date on our calendars. That’s the target date for the writer’s night with the Lubbock Writer’s group. And, our meeting in May will be our last meeting until September. Be thinking about the location for that party/meeting. I would love to offer my place, however, my little place is so small when you cuss the cat you get fur in your mouth.
Continue reading April Newsletter |”Log of the Trail” →
WRITERS, Welcome to the
Last Chance Corral
Writers’ Round-Up
“I Owe it to Myself!”
It’s been a long winter.
The refund check hasn’t come.
I’m sick of cold weather.
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19th Annual Spring Retreat in Alpine,
April 9, 10, 11, 2010
Your homework title is:
A Day in the Life of a………
(Rancher, Rancher’s Wife, Ranch Dog, Cowboy, Cowboy’s Horse, Chuck Wagon Cookie, Soldier, One-room School House Teacher, or a true western historical character)
You may choose one or more of the above and must include one or more true historical facts.
Continue reading Homework Assignment for Writing Round-Up →
While exploring mountainous beauty of nature at the
Writing Round-Up
Texas Mountain Trail Writers
Spring Retreat
April 9, 10, 11, 2010
As an added treat for our guests
Reba Cross Seals and Donna Greene
offer an optional easy hike to a lovely location
where they will facilitate the writing of
ancient traditional three line Japanese poetry called
Haiku.
Continue reading Explore the beauty of HAIKU POETRY →
The Early Bird Gets the W………………………………………
Wampum break on prices
Warm welcome to the beautiful mountain of West Texas
Writers’ multiple years of expertise and experience
Wart Hog sightings in the mountains
Wisdom of fellow writers through networking
Continue reading Registration Deadline Nearing for Early Birds →
Meeting Announcement: Our March meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at the Fort Davis Public Library in Fort Davis, TX, from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. If you wish to carpool from Alpine, meet us in the Big Bend Telephone parking lot before we depart at 6:30 pm.
Speaker: Jackie Siglin
Writing Assignment: Since March is known as the “windy month”, write about one of the following: Night Wind, A Windy Way on the (fill in the rest), Gone with the Wind (Not about the movie), Hot Windy Days and Nights.
From the Atelier of Our Prez:
I have adopted a new cat from the humane society and therefore have not slept for two weeks. She’s older than I thought she was, not yet spayed, and has now gone into “season”. She’s just started her immunization process and it will be five weeks before her surgery can be scheduled. She and I both are climbing the walls trying to get out of the house! Apparently I was not properly prepared for this new venture in my life.
The same cannot be said of the co-chairs organizing our upcoming conference. They are prepared to the max! Things are simply falling into place because Reba and Jackie keep preparing spaces for things to fall into. Every year is a learning curve and I’m sure this year is no different. But so far they’ve not met an obstacle they couldn’t go around. Elaine says we’ve got 20 participants registered so far. A good count, I think, at this stage of the game. Many of our old friends will return; I’m looking forward to it.
Continue reading March “Log of the Trail” →
Writing Round-Up
April 9, 10, 11, 2010
Paisano Encampment
Alpine, Texas
Lucia Zimmitti-Author of Manuscript Rx
Jessica Lee Anderson-Children’s Author
Melleta Bell–Jerri Garza-Archival Researchers
Blair Pittman-Photojournalist, Humorist
Learn how to hone your writing skills to stay out of the slush pile, research for fiction and non-fiction, write and publish for children, and photograph your travels and story.
Continue reading 19th Annual Texas Mountain Trail Writers Spring Retreat →
Located in the beautiful mountains of West Texas, Paisano Baptist Encampment is a 95-year-old family retreat. Paisano was established by pioneering ranch families who began meeting for preaching and dinner on the grounds. Old timers used to camp in tents and eat meals prepared on chuck wagons.
Paisano was established for the purpose of worship and Bible study while enjoying nature, and now they also share their beautiful grounds with other groups. The camp provides a cowboy-type atmosphere in West Texas between Alpine and Marfa.
Continue reading Writers’ Heaven – Spring in the Davis Mountains →
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2010 Annual Writers Retreat The 2010 Annual Writers Retreat is coming up next Spring: April 9-11, 2010, at Paisano Baptist Encampment! Our planners are busy putting together all of the details. Get ready for another fabulous retreat!
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