Prices Starting At:
$255/night (per person) - Single Occupancy
$193/night (per person) - Double Occupancy
* All Inclusive
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Program Partner: Adirondack Center for Writing
Join a group of like-minded women for a reading and writing retreat. Activities will include writing workshops, reflective paddling, arts-based activities, technical writing, experiential learning, and Adirondack-based readings to contemplate the role of sense of place in nature writing.
Great Camp Sagamore is pleased to offer this workshop in collaboration with the Adirondack Center for Writing of Saranac Lake, an organization dedicated to building a community of reading, writing and listening across the Adirondack region. This weekend is dedicated to the memory of Anne LaBastille, whose passion for the Adirondacks led to her writing the landmark series of "Woodswoman" books documenting her experiences and observations of the natural world. This program is made possible through the Anne LaBastille Estate.
Choose from a two-night or a three-night option. Formal instruction will begin on the evening of Friday, June 14 after dinner. New this year, the paddle excursion on Twitchell Lake, the lake on which Anne LaBastille built her cabin, will occur in the afternoon on Friday. Those signing up for the two night option may arrive early on Friday to participate in the paddle if they so choose. Inquire for more detail.
Instructors
Mary Sanders Shartle
MARY SANDERS SHARTLE–author, poet, is nearly always running writing workshops in Saratoga County or the Adirondacks since 2002. She is a leader of the popular Anne LaBastille Women’s Writing Weekend at Great Camp Sagamore since 2019. Her novel, The Truth and Legend of Lily Martindale (2014 SUNY Press) won Indie Fab, IPPY awards among others. She has been published in Hamilton-Stone Review and JMWW. She was a fiction author selected for the Anne LaBastille Residency in Twitchell Lake. “The Three Poets,” (Shartle, with Marilyn McCabe and Elaine Handley), were three-time winners of the Adirondack Center for Writing Poetry Award. She lives in the foothills of the Adirondacks, where she has convinced Merlin that she is actually a Common Raven.
For more information: https://marysandersshartle.wordpress.com/
Angela Connon-Crothers
Angela Cannon-Crothers is a naturalist and environmental educator. Her most recent book, Changing Seasons in The Finger Lakes, won the Cayuga Lake Books Award for Creative Prose in 2019. Her other books include The Wildcrafter (a novel), Our Voices, Our Wisdom; An Herb Haven Year, and Grape Pie Season (a children’s book illustrated by Darryl Abraham).
Her poetry, essays and articles have appeared in regional, national and literary publications. She works as the Forest Schools and Field Studies Coordinator at Cumming Nature Center in Naples, NY.
During the retreat, she will be facilitating the “Paddle and Reflections” portion on Saturday June 15 th with guided journal exercises, and a group poetry writing experience.
Leslie Surprenant & Harper
Leslie Surprenant is a retired environmental biologist, a professional ski instructor, NYS Licensed Guide, and an instructor for New York’s Becoming an Outdoors Woman. She was a long-time friend of Anne LaBastille, enjoying many camping trips and adventures with her. Leslie was Anne’s estate executor.
Leslie Surprenant; Presenter, Trip Leader
Fisheries Biologist / Conservation Ecologist (Ret.)
Professional Ski Instructor (PSIA Level II Alpine)
NYS Licensed Guide # 761
