Retreat

Getting a little lost--and finding myself again, in the process.

I had the incredible good fortune to spend the last two weeks of April at Hedgebrook, a writing retreat for women located near Seattle, Washington, on Whidbey Island. I expected my time there to be both restorative and productive (which it was), but I learned some things about myself at Hedgebrook that surprised me.

For instance: I’ve done writing reside…