whidbey island – Orangette https://orangette.net Fri, 15 Jan 2016 22:40:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 The days are twice as long https://orangette.net/2013/10/the-days-are-twice-as-long/ https://orangette.net/2013/10/the-days-are-twice-as-long/#comments Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:17:00 +0000 https://elitemporaryblog.wordpress.com/2013/10/17/the-days-are-twice-as-long This time last week, I was in a wood stove-heated cottage with no Internet, no telephone, and no television, reading my sixth New Yorker of the day. I am fully caught up with The New Yorker. (!) (!!)  Those words may never again be assembled in that order by me, or by anyone, ever. Actually, I should already switch tenses: I was caught up with The New Yorker. Briefly. Past tense. Last week, I had the pleasure of spending two nights at Hedgebrook, a nonprofit retreat for women writers, located on Whidbey Island. It’s an incredible place: just six one-room cabins, a cottage, a farmhouse, a garden, and a couple of woodsheds on 48 acres, dedicated solely giving women the time, space,…

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