In a matter of weeks, I’ll be departing for New Mexico for my annual “illuminated travel journal” workshop, held most years at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos.  Usually by this time, all the plans are firmly in place and there are a host of folks gathering supplies, building pre-workshop community online and finalizing travel plans.  As with all things in the covid era, this year is different.  But, with cautions in place, and hope in my heart, I am forging ahead with this year’s workshop.  The scope of the workshop is more intimate – only half the size of regular years, in keeping with New Mexico’s covid-safety guidelines.  There is a certain expected fluidity in covid-era plans, and thus, this finds me with a slot open in the Taos class this year.

If you find yourself looking for a way to dip your toes back into travel, but in a way that doesn’t feel like an onslaught, this trip might be for you.  Including myself and my trusty assistant and dear friend Rosemary, we are merely a group of 10.  All attending will be vaccinated.  Two of three meals a day will be taken at Mabel’s together, and there are plenty of take out options available locally in Taos.  Rooms are single occupancy.

I’d love if you could join us this year.  These are strange times indeed.  What better way to catalog them than in a painted journal.  A keeper of the beauty around us we might otherwise miss while weathering the storms of current events.  Send me an email at abeefrnd@gmail.com if you need more information.  Here is the link to the trip details: https://www.amybogard.com/taos-new-mexico/

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