(c) Jessica Barker

(c) Jessica Barker

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Turkey time!!

Om nom breakfast time at the writing retreat!

Om nom breakfast time at the writing retreat!

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Madeline and I built snow men one fine snowy morning…

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Hiya folks!  This is Jessica, one of the staffers on the retreat.  

I arrived here in beautiful Durango a week ago today in a rather roundabout way: flew into Albuquerque, took a 13-hour Greyhound to Grand Junction, CO, and was then picked up by Dev (another staffer) to drive down to Durango.  

Somehow I not only managed to survive with minimal sleep deprivation, but I also took some pictures of the southwest Colorado landscape during the final leg of my trip.  Enjoy!  

Yup.

Yup.

Beet: it’s what’s for dinner.  
 2-week-long appetite loss = gone. -Ginger-curry greens (turnip, green wave mustard, beet) with onion and white eggplant (garnished with dill)- Fried goat cheese-Boiled beets-Some walnuts and raspberries to boot

Beet: it’s what’s for dinner.  

 2-week-long appetite loss = gone. 

-Ginger-curry greens (turnip, green wave mustard, beet) with onion and white eggplant (garnished with dill)
- Fried goat cheese
-Boiled beets
-Some walnuts and raspberries to boot

She’s the reason why no work gets done.  

She’s the reason why no work gets done.  

Summer postlude…

Summer postlude…

Labor Day 2011.

Labor Day 2011.

There are many great advantages of biking.  One of them is being able to stop to take pictures of swans.  

There are many great advantages of biking.  One of them is being able to stop to take pictures of swans.  

Little clams!

Momma and Grammy.

Momma and Grammy.