Meet Me There...Project *HoW*

[Teresa]

Several of us have brought up a gathering of 6S members at some centralized or otherwise favorable location.  I picture kum ba yah moments or inappropriate raucous laughter and maybe getting ourselves kicked out of a hotel...BUT...I digress.

 

There are obstacles - some logistical, some financial (aren't most writers poor?) and some are Father Time's fault.  But if we put our pens & pixels together maybe we can kill those obstacles and set up a gathering as soon as August, 2010.  Time, place, duration and nature (focus, accommodations, organization or none) are the decisions to be made, as well as whether enough of us care to hold hands around a campfire and quote Hemingway.  I'd personally love to stay up all night writing dirty Haikus or musing on the benefits of caffeine overdoses, but that's just me.

 

What do you picture, and if interested, what's your "How" of our House of Words dream? 

 

Kum ba yah, my loves.  I'll be the one wearing a pink cowboy hat and tutu under the banyan tree (or whatever tree is native to our destination).  But doesn't Hawaii sound nice?

 

Meet me there...  

[Sandra Davies]

I have the latter half of August free ..... spirit is willing ...

[Teresa]

Go nite-nite and wake up with BIG ideas...patting your head...

[Mike Handley]

I so want to do this. Regarding August, my company has a vacation blackout from Aug. 6-23. So early or late is best for me. As to the location, I'm fairly certain I couldn't afford Hawaii. A domestic flight or even a drive would better fit my budget. I'll start thinking about those big ideas.

[Teresa]

Hawaii was just a wistful thought. I'd love to get our far-distant friends here as well. We should map out our interested parties and see if there is a saturated location of willing 6ers. I was thinking our group could qualify for a "group" discount at a hotel, etc. I was also imagining a Monday - Sunday schedule and 6-members could come, stay and leave as they wish during that time. More thoughts later.

[Adam Byatt]

Tink. Tink. Tink. Smash. That pebble was a bit too big. Sorry for the broken window.

[Robert Crisman]

My budget right now will get me about two blocks, but maybe by August things will be different. I know I have a rich relative out there somewhere who's getting ready to die.
I think it would be great to get together just to see TC's pink hat. But getting kicked, Led Zeppelin-like, out of a hotel? Where would we land? The nearest hobo jungle? Dirty haikus sound great!
Anyway, it all calls for some thought, so I'm gonna think about it.

[Robert Crisman]

Hey, I know! We'll all ship out to sea--tramp steamers are best--and get kidnapped by pirates, and they'll drop us off on, say, Corfu and... No?

[Teresa]

Crisman, you're comin' to the HoW even if I have to fly you there myself. Same goes for a couple of others who may make excuses. And another thing - I want a photo of you wearing my hat & tutu!

Confession: I don't actually have a cowboy hat or a tutu...I just wanted to work "tutu" into the discussion...

[Mike Handley]

lol - Congrats, T ... Tutu was so well blended, I though you said cashmere, since I saw pink in the same breath. Now I'm waiting for the Tutu ads to the right of the screen ...

[shauna mcclure]

have hat and tutu, will travel.

[Teresa]

ShyJot ~ I've considered the grant route. To keep registration fees cheap or nonexistent, we may have to call ourselves "Holy HoW" but...;0)

Yes, this is serious, and we'll have to plan seriously. You and I are two of very few who have little kids. I have sitters wherever I go (not that I "go" anywhere often enough) through Babysitters4hire.com (Dr. Phil recommended). You check out their profiles, do background checks; the sitters show their education, work history, availability, hourly rates, and then they have to write a little essay which decides a WHOLE lot. I choose college kids in the 19-25 yr old range (I don't trust much beyond these in either direction). I've used them here in Sugar Land and Dallas and have found phenomenal sitters. Check it out (just in case we end up in god-knows-where...) I'll probably be traveling alone due to my hubby's crazy schedule so sitters are a must for those kum ba yah moments.

[Robert Crisman]

Are they color-coordinated? And do they have drape?
Hey, how about this! We all board the Amtrak that goes through all of our hometowns, get together in the club car and hatch plots, and then at a pre-arranged signal, jump the conductor and tie his ass up and stick him in baggage, then ride like the wind down the track drunk as goats and come up with some nasty haikus!
Whaddya think? Sound like a plan?
Whaddya mean no? Okay, Marlin Perkins, let's hear what you got! A safari in Kenya or some fucking thing? I'm trying to help here and you shoot me down like a dust rat! You about a hobo-jungle-lookin' motherfucker anyway, you know that? And-- What's that? Time for my meds? Can I stay up till ten if I take 'em?