I hope it’s sparklers, hot dogs, and ice cream for all!

Hey there happy reader,

I’m just back from a writer’s retreat in Colorado, and it was awesome! There was yoga and hiking every morning and time to write each afternoon. Before dinner we’d all come together to have “writer’s chair,” a chance to read our new work and offer valuable critiques and suggestions to one another.

I’d been to Colorado before to ski, but not at the elevation level where I was hiking at Gem Lake. 

I now know with undeniable evidence that my peak climbing range stops at 7,200 feet. As we went higher, aiming for 8,800 feet, I had to stop. I got dizzy and worried that I’d hold up the group, so I slowly – and I do mean slowly – made my way back down! I survived, however…

More importantly, I was able to spend concentrated time organizing my thoughts around my work-in-progress, now titled, “Below the Horizon.” 

The Stonehenge book has been a challenge, partially because I couldn’t come up with a title that seemed to fit the story and the message I am trying to convey. No one knows what happened to the people who lived there and built that monument because they disappeared… they vanished below the horizon! The title came to me during a yoga class. I had cleared my mind of all the chatter and, voilà! There it was!!

I owe a huge debt to the women above… 

We met in Guatemala and continue to encourage and support one another on our individual writing journeys. They are each so talented and I will share their projects with you when they become available. Every person in the group is writing something significant and I feel so blessed to know them. They are a gift that keeps on giving – and they are great travel partners as well.