Green Gulch
Farm, Feb. 6 & 7, 2009
Past Event
(Friday and Saturday nights, departing on Sunday Feb. 8)
Optional Thursday night, Feb. 5
If you register by December 1, the price is $275.
Optional Thursday night, Feb. 5, is $100.
Cancellations before December 1 are refundable less a $25 cancellation fee.
After December 1, refunds will only be made if a substitute can be found.
No speakers, no programs, just time to write or draw surrounded by the beautiful scenery of West Marin, plus informal evening readings and critiques.
Green Gulch Farm is part of the San Francisco
Zen Center. The farm is located off of Highway 1 north of the Golden Gate Bridge,
in a valley that opens out onto the Pacific Ocean. The accommodations for the
retreat are at the Lindisfarne Guest House. The Guest House is a distinctive
octagonal building with twelve rooms on two floors surrounding a 30-foot skylit
atrium. The atrium provides a relaxing skylit sitting area where guests often
gather to read or sit with a cup of tea by the fire. The building is constructed
in a traditional Japanese style and heated with a central wood-burning stove
and passive solar system.
The guest rooms are simply, yet comfortably
furnished, with large windows opening onto landscaped grounds. Each pair of
rooms shares a bathroom and there is a centrally located shower.
Snacks are always available in the guest house kitchen. Vegetarian meals are included in the price of the retreat.
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Inside Hope Cottage, overlooking Green Gulch
Farm, Muir Beach, and the Pacific Ocean beyond.
Picture copied from the Zen Center
Website.
This retreat is available only to SCBWI members.
Note: The retreat begins at 3 PM Friday, February 6, and ends at 11 AM Sunday, February 8.
The optional Thursday night begins at 3 PM Thursday.
Directions to Green Gulch Farm: Take Highway 101 to the Highway 1/Stinson Beach exit. Turn left at the Arco station onto Highway 1 (Shoreline Highway). Follow the green signs for Highway 1/Stinson Beach. After 2.5 miles the road forks - bear left towards Muir Beach. Go 2 more miles and you'll see a eucalyptus grove and large sign on the left indicating the driveway, "Zen Center/Green Gulch Farm/Wheelwright Center."
Questions? E-mail Margaret Speaker Yuan at books4women@ yahoo.com
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Please mail this form with your check (made out to SCBWI), to
SCBWI, C/O Margaret Speaker Yuan, 17 Mt. Darwin Court, San Rafael, CA 94903.
Questions? E-mail Margaret Speaker Yuan at books4women@ yahoo.com