Pic of the Day
Joining
cynthialord in posting one hometown-related picture a day for a week, here's my first:
This was the view from the balcony of a 4th-floor suite at the Beloit Inn here in Southern Wisconsin last week. The photo shows a high gushing river, running as all water has run in our area after torential rains brought flooding a couple weeks ago. Just a half mile or so north, the river had spilled, making the park look like a newly-formed lake. Folks first called it the "100-year-flood" then revised that to "500-year-flood." So snapshots of our area look a little wetter than they normally would.
My writer's group gathers here once a year in June for a mid-week retreat. We begin the day at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday and end with lunch on Thursday. Book discusions, writing prompts and individual goal evaluations are part of the agenda. At dinner, we share wine and more conversation while listening to jazz on the patio. This year, we nearly cancelled as two members had vacation plans and then two more had last-minute problems, leaving only three of us available. But pals Ann Bausum,
judybryan and I decided to go ahead and we were glad we did. The discussions were lively and enlightening, and all three of us went home refreshed, with new goals, plans and ideas in mind.