nikki mcclure – Orangette https://orangette.net Fri, 22 Jul 2016 23:18:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 Out here, up here https://orangette.net/2016/07/out-here-up-here/ https://orangette.net/2016/07/out-here-up-here/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2016 22:17:30 +0000 http://orangette.net/?p=9647 Today I come to you from Sitka, Alaska, where I’ve been since last Saturday, leading a writing workshop on memoir and place. I’m among the faculty for the first-ever Sitka Arts and Science Festival, a week of multi-disciplinary cross-pollination and collaboration dreamed up by the Sitka Fine Arts Camp and several local partners, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. It’s been cool and misty almost every day, summer-in-Sitka-y. I didn’t bring enough clothing for this weather, even though, after fourteen years in the Pacific Northwest, I ought to know better. I’m re-wearing what I did bring. Today is day four for these leggings, day two for this sweatshirt. I’ve been wearing my cheap Uniqlo down vest, and it spits out tiny white…

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