Tree of Many Feathers: An Old Blog

  • Wild Water: Cold Spring, Star Tannery, VA

    Date of Visit: June 16, 2023 8.1 miles east of Wardensville is an Artesian spring that the locals refer to as “Cold Spring.” You will find it on the south side of Wardensville Pike (the

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  • Finding Lost River

    From Wikipedia: “The Lost River is a 31.1-mile-long (50.1 km)[2] river in the Appalachian Mountains of Hardy County in West Virginia‘s Eastern Panhandle region. The Lost River is geologically the same river as the Cacapon River:

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  • August Writing Retreat

    Join a small, welcoming, and supportive community of writers for a personalized writing retreat at one of West Virginia’s award winning and charming historic B and B’s. Writers of all experience levels and projects are

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  • I ask all writers to set a writing goal for themselves for their time at the retreat. It is important to keep our goals simple and realistic, of course. This helps us to avoid burning

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  • Join a small, welcoming, and supportive community of writers for a personalized writing retreat at one of West Virginia’s most beautiful State Parks. Writers will stay in the historic cabins of Lost River State Park,

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  • Join a small and welcoming community of writers for a personalized writing retreat in one of West Virginia’s most beautiful State Parks. Writers of all experience levels and projects are welcome—a perfect opportunity for those

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  • Fall Writing Classes in Dc

    I’ve got two classes coming up this fall at The Hill Center in DC. Check them out! Classes: Writing DC: Writing About Place and Space Saturday, November 2nd, 1pm (The Hill Center) Writing Your Life

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  • June 13 through 16th, Lost River Valley, WV More Information on the Solstice Writing Retreat–Our Retreat ScheduleRetreat time is your time. Writers may choose to focus on their writing, socialize and attend events and activities,

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  • Start the New Year with a Deep Dive into Your Writing Join a small, welcoming, and supportive community of writers for a personalized writing retreat at one of West Virginia’s most beautiful State Parks. Writers

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  • I wrote this blog post for the Hill Center’s blog. You can find the post here (along with a super-scary-BIG photo of my face. (YIKES!) Part 2: Writing Groups and Groups that Support Writers Michelle

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  • I wrote this blog post for the Hill Center’s blog. You can find the post here (along with a super-scary-BIG photo of my face. (YIKES!) Part 1: Writing Coaches Michelle LaFrance (our amazing writing teacher!)

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  • Stoneware with Kathryn Kavanagh

    July 15th and 22nd The email I received from Kathy Kavanaugh read: “I live in the woods 7 miles outside of ‘downtown Mathias”’(good luck finding that). There are a couple of creeks to ford on

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