Comments on: bestest: 67/365 https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2015/03/bestest-67365/ Catching Days Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:46:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2015/03/bestest-67365/#comment-6092 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:46:53 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=15546#comment-6092 In reply to Claire Guyton.

Oh I think the answer is definitely that the longing for ocean, whether we’re there or not, must shape our writing. And then actually looking at it or listening to it adds something else to the pot. It’s a fascinating question–wouldn’t it be great to compare the work of three different writers–an ocean writer, a mountain writer, and a no landscape writer–to see what was there or not…

]]> By: helena sorensen https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2015/03/bestest-67365/#comment-6091 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:46:22 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=15546#comment-6091 In reply to cynthia.

Cynthia… well thank you so much for passing on my preferences… thou I can appreciate the import of a weekend workshop for those who are otherwise engaged during the week… 🙂
I mapped Tomales Bay… http://goo.gl/maps/uR3kH… and am delighted to see its locale… for I lived in San Rafael for a year back in the early 80s… love those Marin County headlands!
Will file for now… and greatly appreciate your eyes & ears… on workshops as they surface… from saudi with love xxx

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2015/03/bestest-67365/#comment-6090 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 23:39:11 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=15546#comment-6090 In reply to helena sorensen.

Helena, I will pass on your requests for the future : ) And I don’t have any suggestions for September but will listen out. In October, there’s Writing by Writers Tomales Bay. If I see anything else, I’ll let you know.

]]> By: Claire Guyton https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2015/03/bestest-67365/#comment-6089 Wed, 25 Mar 2015 23:45:03 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=15546#comment-6089 Funny that you should want to amend and postscript what you said in that post, b/c I feel the same way about the comment I left there. I said that I am an ocean person and wondered what that means for my writing. And then as I clicked the link to the next post, I thought, but wait, yes, I love the ocean like no other landscape, but how often do I actually SEE the ocean, and how often have I written while enjoying an ocean view? I see the ocean a lot more often these days b/c it pops up when you least expect it while driving from place to place in Maine, but I still very rarely actually visit the ocean or stay at a beach. And I could count on one hand the number of times I have written anything creative while enjoying an ocean view. So do we internalize these landscapes and they shape our writing wherever we happen to be… or can they only shape our writing when we are actually in that landscape, enjoying it WHILE we write? If they shape our writing at all, and if it’s in the second way–only when we’re actually in that landscape–then my writing is mostly shaped by the topography of a rumpled bed or a bargain-priced, pale blue love seat and crappy carpet I really, really, really need to pull up and replace. Yeah, I think that’s right. Untidy, small. Not the best color combinations, but good lumbar support. I think that describes my writing well enough.

]]> By: helena sorensen https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2015/03/bestest-67365/#comment-6088 Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:22:13 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=15546#comment-6088 In reply to cynthia.

Tempting… 🙂
Pam Houston’s name caught my attention & I am kayak friendly… 🙂
Thou… I would prefer a 5 day workshop… plus 2 additional days at either end… to arrive/settle in & pack-up/to leave… SLOW travel being the ideal pace for me!

btw… Hubby & I have been talking of a vacation on America’s eastern seaboard…which would be this coming September… and if so… I would be signing up for a workshop in ‘your’ area… 🙂
Might you have any suggestions?

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2015/03/bestest-67365/#comment-6087 Wed, 25 Mar 2015 02:26:45 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=15546#comment-6087 In reply to helena sorensen.

Tidal flats and the San Juan Islands–nice, Helena. Might you sign up for a return visit to the area?

]]> By: helena sorensen https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2015/03/bestest-67365/#comment-6086 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 18:32:59 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=15546#comment-6086 In reply to cynthia.

btw… it was the spring of ’86…
a rented cottage owned by friendly
Canadians… for their summertime fun!
I loved walking the tidal flats
and returned to visit in ’96…
as a live-aboard yachter.

Thank you for the memories… 🙂
Thought provoking… indeed!

ps… You can see the San Juan Isles
at the top of the aerial photo…
they being the location of the
Sea Kayaking Adventure Workshop
offered by ‘Writing by Writers’
http://writingxwriters.org/adventures/sea-kayaking-adventure/

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2015/03/bestest-67365/#comment-6085 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:22:06 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=15546#comment-6085 In reply to writersideup.

Thanks, Donna : )

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2015/03/bestest-67365/#comment-6084 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:21:49 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=15546#comment-6084 In reply to helena sorensen.

I agree, Helena, there is a similarity. I’m happy to know about Point Roberts.

]]> By: writersideup https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2015/03/bestest-67365/#comment-6083 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 15:38:23 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=15546#comment-6083 It ALL sounds good, Cynthia 😀

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