Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Thanks again, Williamstown

I’m remiss in not posting this sooner. On October 19 and 20, I was invited to participate in the Words Are Wonderful event at Mount Greylock Regional School in Williamstown, Massachusetts. I was invited by middle school teacher Liza Barrett and Liz Costley, community member affiliated with the Friends of the Williamstown Library and liaison with the Williams College Center for Community Engagement. This was my third visit to Mount Greylock to lead writing workshops for seventh-, eighth, and ninth-graders. As always, I had a lot of fun working with the students, and I’m grateful to the young writers and their teachers for a memorable couple of days.

I am also grateful to my old friends Richard Scullin and Karin Stack and my new friend Hazel (who can’t be my old friend yet because she’s only six years old) for putting me up at their home.

Highlights:
* hanging out
* playing music
* Indian food
* impromptu visit to MASSMoCA to see artist Michael Oatman overseeing the installation of a most Quixotic new work (more on this later)

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