Writing Workshop at January Meeting

The January guild meeting topic will be a hands-on Writing Workshop, presented by Nancy Dickerson, on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Attoyac River Gallery. Nancy currently teaches creative writing at Center High School with over 20 years experience in both English and art. In addition, she is a teaching consultant for the National Writing Project and conducts writing-based workshops for school districts.

December Guild Meeting Held with Christmas and Poetry Readings

It was a cold and rainy night on Tuesday, December 16 with the Christmas holidays lurking around the corner...but eight members placed shopping aside for an hour, braved the weather and attended the December meeting to hear special poetry and Christmas readings!

Poetry Readings were presented by Jolene Busby with her original poems “Reminders” and “The Gift" and Ellen Cogswell presented three of her original poems “If,” “Christmas Memory” and “Backward Look.” Nancy Fox presented the Christmas reading, The Gift of Story, written by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D. (Cue the applause for Jolene, Ellen and Nancy!)

Discover more about the background and writings of Clarissa Pinkola Estes at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarissa_Pinkola_Est%C3%A9s and http://www.mavenproductions.com/estes.html. Click on the Amazon link for a list of her books

http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1231432505/ref=sr_pg_1?ie=UTF8&rs=1000&rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Cp%5F27%3AClarissa%20Pinkola%20Estes&page=1.

Meeting attendees included Jolene Busby, Robert Anderson, Vonda Anderson, Ellen Cogswell, Andi Foster, Danny Foster and Ed Konderla. Special appreciation to Jolene, Ellen and Nancy for sharing their readings! As always, thanks to Ed and Tresa Konderla for hosting the meeting at their gallery!

Nancy Dickerson will present a Writing Workshop at the Tuesday, January 20, 2009 meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Attoyac River Gallery on the square! Bring your journal and prepare to take notes!