Rio Hondo writing workshop

[maureenmcq]

Back from New Mexico, where the land is beautiful, the discussion is writerly and the food is pretty damn good. The workshop was held, for the second time, at a lodge called Snowbear. We are treated like royalty there. It's the off season and I believe if we were all murdered nobody would know until about October, when they started to gear up for

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[anton_p_nym]

Sounds like a great time, and productive too. And I'm green with envy at the assembled talent there.

It looks to be a good-news day in the little part of the blogosphere I'm watching... which is great too!

-- Steve's glad to hear you're doing well, and isn't sure whether he really wants to know what happened to WJW.

[maureenmcq]

Steve, Walter's appendix ruptured and he drove himself to the ER. He did the whole peritonitis thing and is still recovering.

[anton_p_nym]

Eek! Well, three cheers for antibiotics and anesthesia then. And motor transport and telecommunications, for that matter. Dang, technology's grand.

Good to hear that he's back up so soon. Writing and cooking means reasonably healthy, right? I just hope everything goes smoothly from here on.

-- Steve's going to be nervous the next time indigestion strikes, tha hypochondriac.

[kijjohnson]

Sounds splendid and very constructive.

[marykaykare]

I've been transcribing Howard's delightfully indiosyncratic columns for The Infinite Matrix. I've been assuming he looks up all that cool stuff in books as he writes, but maybe not. Judging by the stories he tells of his childhood her certainly has an excellent memory.

MKK

[maureenmcq]

Better and better, healthwise. Still easily tired, and still some neuropathy, but I have started a less-than-rigorous plan of better eating and light exercise.

[anonymous]

It was a great week, Maureen. Great food! And I'm glad both you and Walter got so much more out of it. Looking forward to seeing your story in print soon :-)

[anonymous]

That was me, Tobias, btw