Capturing Memories will hold a weekend writing retreat for women March 14–16, 2003. We will meet at the Trillium Retreat Center on quiet, rural Vashon Island and have the opportunity to relax and write our stories without interruption.

Workshop topics

• Creating and Using Life Timelines
• Captioning Photographs
• Using "Life Lists"
• Creating Annotated Floor Plans
• Organizing Your Stories
• Writing as Gifts
• Publishing Your Stories
• …and more!

You will have the opportunity to…

• Relax, read, write
• Be inspired by other writers
• Begin your life timeline
• Share your stories
• Peruse lifewriting resources
• Hike the forest trails
• Soak in the hot tub
• Enjoy vegetarian meals

The Trillium Retreat Center…
…is an enchanted getaway on fifteen acres of forest and meadows. Sleeping accommodations are in three heated cabins, with each providing bunks for eight people. Our workshops will take place in a spacious yurt with abundant natural light and radiant heating. There will be designated quiet spaces for you to write or read. The bathhouse includes an ozonated hot tub, a Russian steam bath, a cold plunge, and a carpeted lounging area.

Delicious vegetarian meals, including full breakfasts, will be served Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. Coffee and tea will be available all weekend.

Registration

$264 per person.

Come with a friend: Two or more registrations sent together, $250 per person.

Retreat fees include sleeping accommodations, all meals, workshops (attend as many as you wish), a lifewriting notebook, and full use of the Trillium facilities.

Register by December 31 and receive a 10% discount.

Cancellation policy:

	By February 15		Full refund (less $10 handling fee)
	By March 1		50% refund
	After March 1		No refund

This lifewriting retreat is open to women ages 18 and over. Please, no children or pets. No alcohol or drugs (including tobacco!) are allowed on the retreat grounds.

To register, print a registration form, fill it out, and mail it to the address listed on the form. If you prefer, a plain text version of this registration form is also available.

Retreat Facilitator

Cathy Fulton has been facilitating life­writing groups and workshops since 1997. She always shares a wealth of information, ideas, and resources. Cathy also provides consulting and publishing services for organizations who wish to share their stories through exhibits and books. Her consulting firm, Capturing Memories, specializes in high-quality, short-run publications.

Capturing Memories has assisted the Southwest Seattle Historical Society and the Issaquah Historical Society in compiling and publishing photo journals of their communities. These books capture some of the memoirs, photographs, and mementos of local residents of the 1920s through the 1960s. Cathy is the author of Memory Book Projects: Collecting Stories and Memorabilia (a Memory Book Project director's guide) as well as several lifewriting how-to booklets.