This writing retreat and workshop is centered around nurturing the writing practices of participants— poets and writers of fiction, memoir, personal essay, and forms of text/image, who seek a community of writers within which to encourage their own creativity and contribute constructively to the work of others. Our daily schedule includes ample individual writing and personal time together with group discussion and individual conferences. Cathryn Hankla is a professor emerita of Hollins University where she taught writing and literature to undergraduates and MFA students and administered programs in English and creative writing. Her publications range from poetry to fiction and memoir. Recent books include Lost Places: On Losing and Finding Home (2018), Not Xanadu (2022), Immortal Stuff (2023), and Return to a Certain Region of Consciousness: New & Selected Poems (2025), which includes selections from eleven previous volumes along with a section of new poems.