Lit/Fit Adventures
Get Your Wheels and
Writing in Motion; a writing/cycling weekend retreat:
Aug. 14th-16th,
Fri. 4p.m./Sun. 1:30
Join Katie and cycling coach, Jon Malone of Vive, for a weekend of
writing, biking and reviving in Barnet, VT at the Milarepa Buddhist Retreat
Center. On Friday we’ll have an introductory workshop (mixed genre/all levels)
and basic road maintenance clinic. Saturday morning participants can join
Milarepa’s Director, Venerable Amy Miller, for morning meditation or spend some
quite time writing or walking the woods. After breakfast we’ll head out to ride
the morning away on VT’s winding roads. Rides will be geared to
advance-beginner/intermediate fitness levels. In the afternoon we’ll gather for
some prompted writing time and then disperse to write, relax, read, bike more.
Trip to the nearby swimming hole is optional. Sunday we’ll have a short
concluding workshop and short ride before our closing meal together. Writing
instruction, cycling guide/coaching, all meals, and your choice of dorm, semi-private, or private cabin
accommodations are included. Bonfires, awesome out-door showers, and 300 acres
of woods to explore are a bonus! Depending on accommodations fee is $245-$325.
A couple of spots are available for those needing financial assistance. Bike
rentals can be arranged for an added fee. For more info or to register contact
Katie at katie@threestoriescom.com
For info on instructors and the center check out www.milarepacenter.com, www.vivelife.com
Jump-start Your Writing! A skydiving/writing day-long adventure:
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go" T.S. Eliot
Sept. 5th, Sat., 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. (overnight stay is optional)
You think you have nothing to write about? Join Katie at Skydive New England (75 mins. from Boston) in Lebanon, Maine, jump out of a plane from 14000 ft., and then see what you have to say! Think the experience is ineffable? Katie will help you find the words to describe it with prompted writing exercises and instruction before and after the jump. Essays, poetry, journaling... all good; fiction won't be necessary-you won't need to make shit up to tell a good story after this experience. After the writing and jumping ends the adventure is not over. SNE will be hosting their annual Tiki Bar Boogie: expert jumpers diving all day in formation, freefly, pond swooping; live music, fireworks, BBQ, all-night bonfire (tiki bar burn)! Writing workshops and one tandem jump are included for $239. ($119 to jump and hang if writing is just too scary for you!) Skydive New England encourages camping for $5 (clean bathrooms and hot showers provided) and guest rooms as well as food at the RipCord Cafe are also available. Pricing is based on a 10 person minimum, so talk a friend into coming too. Contact Katie to register, katie@threestoriescom.com
(http://www.skydivenewengland.com/index.php/events/view/1/58)
Bend Your Body, Open Your Mind, Write from Where You Are
A weekend yoga and writing retreat date TBD
Join
yoga instructor and professional mountain/adventure guide Kasha Rigby
(www.kasharigby.com) and Katie for a
few days of stretching, breathing, centering and discovering what
stories come out of that opened place. Participants can explore poetry,
fiction, or essay. Instruction and structured writing time will balance
free creative time. Meals and accommodations included in fee.
