A Much-needed Retreat

At the end of last week, I headed up to southern Illinois for the third annual Once Upon a Page retreat. As you can see from our picture, we were missing quite a few who came the year before. We had half as many this year, actually, and our dear friend Erin Howard, one of the founders of our group, couldn't come, either. But we had a good few days.
Since the three of us weren't all there, we didn't spend nearly as much time making YouTube videos like we have in the past. I think we did about five or six total, just to have a few, but we'll make up for it using Zoom over the next few weeks since we won't be able to get together again until probably next year. Still, a lot of other good was gleaned.

For one thing, I actually got some writing done! I had been putting off writing a short story for months, and this weekend I finally got it down. And since Heather was working on hers, too, we were able to swap and do a quick edit for each other before leaving. Both are fun and will be available in the Scrivenings Press Christmas giveaway for newsletter subscribers at the end of the year. I'll be sure to let you know how to snag that when it's closer.
I also got a bit of editing done on something I wrote last year or the year before. Another project on my "meaning to do" list.
We played some games, did some writing exercises together, ate so much good food, like s'mores made with Peeps, and had a great time uplifting one another.
I knew I'd been under quite a bit of stress lately and had lost some of my love of this part, but after this weekend, I'm back up and ready to go once more. At least for now. ;)
Hey, I even made a short detour and got to see Superman. Therefore, it must have been a good weekend!
What have you done lately to refresh yourself? Do you like to use Peeps marshmallows to make s'mores?

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