Blogging with Summer Institute 2008

Good morning, feels good to be back.
Writing into the Day
Making time for yourself as a writer
DD:Katelin G!

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Day 13 Logger, Kathy Berstell
8:32 Welcome to the First Annual HVWP Summer Olympics! The writing athletes are awakening, and fueling up with [...]

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Good morning. Sorry I can’t be with you today but I will return!
Writing into the Day
Considering our writing lives.  Where are we now?  What plans can we make beyond the SI? Suggestions???
Bonnie
DD: Marisol

Logger: Cathy B.
Daily Log – Thursday July 24, 2008
Day 12
8:30 We began our day with a lovely breakfast provided by Lilah [...]

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Welcome to Thursday
Hope you enjoyed Visitors’ Day and you are starting to think about life with us, beyond this SI…
Writing into the Day
For now, let’s enjoy our moments together and I’m wondering, any prompts to share?
If not, I always carry backup for everything.
On the table you will find lots of photographs of people. Come [...]

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9:00 A.M. Meet at Starbucks, New Paltz
Steve, Lilah, Sarah and Cathy W(me) ready for a day of adventure, bonding and writing.
Steve suggested The Mohonk House for our Hudson Valley Scramble and I was very happy about this! I have never seen this place and I heard it was beautiful.
NOTE TO SELF: We make a good [...]

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Good Morning: What a day don’t you think?
So here’s another way to write into the day
The Backpack
From: Everyday Creative Writing: Panning for Gold in the Kitchen Sink
By Smith and Greenberg (NTC 2000)
Whether we carry a knapsack, pocketbook, briefcase, diaper bag, or some combination of the four, many of us have trouble getting out of the [...]

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Good morning and a very happy Tuesday to all you writers ready to rock the house!
Writing into the Day:
Let’s try something a little different today: Image Explosion
Here’s the poem we will work with:
“The Names”
Billy Collins
Yesterday, I lay awake in the palm of the night.
A soft rain stole in, unhelped by any breeze,
And when I saw [...]

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Good morning. Week One is almost over. Can you believe that?
Writing into the Day with Mary…Focus Our Writing Lives
Write about a bad writing memory?
Start freewriting using “I remember…” as your prompt.
Digital Documenter Mary:

Log: Barbara
The Summer 08 Tour – The Amazing Race to the Writing Pieces
Itinerary for July 8, 2008
8:30 am [...]

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