Minutes (Whitney)

The morning began with mini-muffins provided by Vicki and strong coffee made by yours truly. After we all got settled, I kicked off the day with some announcements. Announcement the first: John’s sensitive bowels were the reason for his absence. Announcement the second: Just kidding, John had the opportunity to lead the morning writing with the Open Enrollment Institute that Cathy B., Marty Casey, and Jenn Strekas have been heading up in the colorful, meaningful, powerful, and beautiful way that only they could do! Announcement the third: John’s still taking T-shirt orders (“Show him the money!”) 

Vicki led us in our morning writing by reading a letter that Picabo Street, an Olympic medalist in skiing and snowboarding, wrote to herself at age 27 (now age 35) after she won her first gold medal. Our invitation: to write letters to our (younger) selves with the advice/words that would have helped us has we known the other side of that time. Thank you, Vicki, for an original writing invitation.

After our morning writing, we headed to the LRC to get set up on the E-Anthology with our favorite fuzzy friend, Art Belleveau. Tanned, groomed, donning a crimson Sun Belt t-shirt, the knowledgeable and kind Ogreart helped us navigate the e-anthology and signed everyone up to be on the listserv. What would we do without our amazing tech-liaison? Thank you for being with us today, Art. Seeing your warm smile and getting a great bear hug from you officially kicked off the Sun Belt summer!! We’re happy to have you back from your cruise and on dry land. If you see him around anytime soon, ask to see pictures of the sting-rays… he went floating with them. 

Looking forward to Monday: Yvonne and Amy are sharing their TIWs on Monday and Writing Response Groups will meet. 

Cheers for now!