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Meeting Announcement: Our January meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at the Fort Davis Public Library in Fort Davis, TX. If you wish to carpool from Alpine, meet us in the Big Bend Telephone parking lot before we depart at 6:30 pm.
Program: Critique – Polish Your Writing to a Shine presented by Jackie Siglin.
Writing “Opportunity”:
- New Year Resolutions
- Something Remembered
- West Texas Intrigue
Choose one or incorporate one or more of the topics into one story (or poem)–use your vast and endless imagination. Limit is 500 words. Go wild! At the meeting, you may read your work or not, as you prefer. Just enjoy doing it.
President Ramblings
Happy New Year!
We can’t start off a new writing year without a few resolutions – right? or should I say – WRITE!!!
That is the gist of every article I read and every speaker I hear. If you want to be a writer, improve your writing, experience writing, you need to WRITE.
So what could we resolve:
- To set aside writing time. Some people start small – 5 minutes, 30 minutes, once or twice a week. For me, a retired person, I try to write, or at least be present in my chair in front of the computer, five days a week for two to three hours. Does that mean I always succeed? No, but I have, like we say in my yoga class, an intention. Continue reading January Newsletter | “Log of the Trail” →
Meeting Announcement: Our April meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, in the Fiesta Room of the Hallmark Apartments in Alpine.
Writing Assignment: Under Texas Skies, 250-500 word limit. This is the same assignment as was for the conference. Any members who don’t have a chance to read at the conference may read at the meeting.
Refreshments: Elaine Davenport will provide refreshments for the April meeting.
From the Desk of our President
What a great retreat! We enjoyed hearing Texas Poet Laureate Larry Thomas talk about the path to becoming one. He challenged TMTW poets to have confidence in our creativity and used readings from his work to discuss different forms we can use.
Multi-talented Andy Wilkinson described how curiosity about his famous relative, Charles Goodnight, awakened his interest in historical research which he has used in poetry, books, articles, music and stage plays. He also recited poems and accompanied himself singing his lyrics to demonstrate the difference between poetry and song.
Continue reading April Newsletter | “Log of the Trail” →
!!Save the Date!! Mark Your New Calendar Now
Texas Mountain Trail Writers Spring Retreat
April 8, 9, 10, 2011
The Texas Mountain Trail Writers invite you to celebrate their 20th annual retreat in the mountains at the Paisano Encampment (7 miles west of Alpine)
Professional Speakers, Fabulous Food, [...]
Meeting Announcement: Our October meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 19, 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: Darrell White – About his newly completed book!
Writing Assignment: A Ghost Story – Something spooky – anywhere from funny spooky to horror spooky. 500 words or less.
Refreshments: Eleanor Taylor, with coffee fixin’s by Phyllis Musgrove
To my friends who enjoy playing with words. ~ Reba
“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I’ll never know.” – Groucho Marx
“Take my wife, please.” – Henny Youngman
“If all the girls at Vassar were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be surprised.” – Dorothy Parker
“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they’ve tried everything else.”- Winston Churchill
“I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat” – Will Rogers
Continue reading October 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” →
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 →
Acclaimed children’s author, Jessica Lee Anderson; New Mexico writing instructor and manuscript doctor, Lucia Zimmitti; Sul Ross State University research archivists, Melleta Bell and Jerri Garza; and newspaper photojournalist and humorist, Blair Pittman, highlight the annual Writing Round-Up of the Texas Mountain Trail Writers near Alpine on April 9, 10, 11, 2010. A weekend of learning and fun with celebrated speakers, western outdoor cooking, a haiku poetry walk, warm days, cool evenings, and readings around a campfire in the inspiring Davis Mountains is planned for guests. The 19th annual spring retreat in the Big Bend area has many repeat writers returning for the writing tips, publishing secrets, gorgeous scenery of Paisano Encampment, hiking, recharging of batteries, and congenial camaraderie.
Continue reading Spring Writers Retreat | Our Speakers →
Meeting Announcement: Our February meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 16, 2010, in the Fiesta Room at the Hallmark Apartments in Alpine from 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
Our speaker will Darrell White who will share the history of Valentine’s Day and some of its customs throughout the world, such as how Japan has two Valentine’s Days — February 14 for women and May 14 for men!
Writing Asssignment by Darrell White: Your writing assignment topic for the February meeting is your best or worst Valentine’s Day or Valentine’s Day gift.
From the Atelier of our President:
Where is our promised snow? My sister called this morning; they’ve got 3 inches so far in Natchitoches, Louisiana, a place that rarely sees snow. She is thrilled! Of course everything has been shut down and cancelled over there so she’s got a long weekend at home. They may get up to 7 inches before the front moves out.
I am happy with sun, of course. And thankful that I live in an area where we can have snow one day and sun the next! And, if you don’t like the weather, wait a minute!
We’re anxious to hear how Kip liked Alaska and look forward to a report from her. She should now be back in the warmer climes of Texas.
Continue reading February Newsletter |”Log of the Trail” →
Meeting Announcement: Our December CHRISTMAS PARTY POTLUCK will be held on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, in the Fiesta Room at the Hallmark Apartments in Alpine at 6:30 pm.
See Party Details Below!
From the Atelier of Our Prez:
Happy holidays! This season my family combined my parents’ 60th anniversary, Thanksgiving, and Christmas all in two days’ time in Natchitoches, Louisiana. I drove, which is a 12-hour push to the wall one-way drive. Going over I broke up the trip and stopped at a friend’s house close to Dallas; but coming back I checked in on the predicted weather for Alpine, and when the woman at the Texas Tourist Center right across the Louisiana line outside of Shreveport told me that Alpine was expecting three days of snow, I put the pedal to the metal and pushed as hard as I could to get back to Alpine before the “blizzard.” Two wrecks and one huge traffic jam caused by road construction on I-20 delayed me by three hours. So it took 15 hours to drive from Natchitoches to Alpine. I got home at midnight; needless to say I was worthless at work the next day (but probably not more than usual).
Continue reading December Newsletter | “Log of the Trail” →
Meeting Announcement: Our September meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, in the Fiesta Room at the Hallmark Apartments in Alpine from 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
Refreshments will be provided by Donna Greene. Edy Elfring will talk about her book. And Reba will give first talk about her trip to China.
Writing Asssignment by Darrell White: What I Did For Summer Vacation and Why
From the Atelier of Our Prez:
Hello, gang…time for us to herd up again! We’re gathering on September 22, 7 PM, at the Hallmark Apartments in Alpine. Our normal meeting date is the third Tuesday of the month; but this first fall meeting will be held the 4th Tuesday. We look forward to seeing all your smiling faces again; please remember to invite your neighbors or interested parties to attend. It’s my turn to provide refreshments; I promise not to kill anybody.
I know you’ve all been busy with traveling, visiting, working, and I hope some writing.
Darrell White, our worthy Vice Prez, was one of the authors featured at the WOW Texas Book Festival this summer held at Sul Ross and I asked him to send a synopsis of his experience there not realizing that it was not a good one. Continue reading September Newsletter | “Log of the Trail” →
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2012 Annual Writers Spring Retreat April 27, 28, 29, 2012
Mountain Trail Lodge & Outdoor Learning Center, Fort Davis, Texas
NEW! Check out our Retreat Speakers!
Keep your eyes peeled here for more information and details!
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