Hypatia-in-the-Woods Residency

In September, I had the honor of spending two weeks at a writing residency hosted by Hypatia-in-the-Woods in Washington. During that time, I stayed in a cabin called Holly House and worked on my current novel. Here’s the living room:

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There was a little loft upstairs, and I spent most of my time sitting on the bed with my laptop.

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I got so much done. I’m grateful to Hypatia-in-the-Woods for the opportunity to focus on the work I most want to be doing.

When not writing, I ran into some nature, like this praying mantis:

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And this dome-like spider web:

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And the Mima Mounds National Preserve. No one knows what made these mounds–my favorite theory is prehistoric gophers.

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This being Washington, there was lots of water around:

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All the sea shells on the beach were covered with barnacles. Here I am being horrified about it on Instagram:



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It’s fine it’s fine nothing disgusting at all about this

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