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What I like about Redbird...

"I enjoy . . .
The close-knit writing groups
The networking and friendships.

The pool of shared knowledge and experiences, sometimes swimming in it, sometimes just dipping a toe in.

The practical guidance offered through classes, critiques, and contacts.

Knowing there are shoulders to rely upon when needed
The close proximity to my home.

The stairs, which give me the chance to expend all my anxiety and presentation fears before I arrive.

The elegant yet firm control exercised by critique group moderators, contributing to the single-purpose of each group setting: to critique.

The feeling of inclusion, of belonging to a community.

Judy's friendship. "
Jason M. Waltz

Women's Writing Retreat
with Judy Bridges


September 2009
The Clearing
Ellison Bay, Door County, Wisconsin



Ce He Mise Le Ulaingt,The Two Trees
By William Butler Yeats

Sung by Loreena McKennitt

Beloved, gaze in thine own heart,
The holy tree is growing there;
From joy the holy branches start,
And all the trembling flowers they bear.
The changing colours of its fruit
Have dowered the stars with merry light;
The surety of its hidden root
Has planted quiet in the night;
The shaking of its leafy head
Has given the waves their melody,
And made my lips and music wed,
Murmuring a wizard song for thee.
There the Loves a circle go,
The flaming circle of our days,
Gyring, spiring to and fro
In those great ignorant leafy ways;
Remembering all that shaken hair
And how the winged sandals dart,
Thine eyes grow full of tender care;
Beloved, gaze in thine own heart.

Gaze no more in the bitter glass
The demons, with their subtle guile,
Lift up before us when they pass,
Or only gaze a little while;
For there a fatal image grows
That the stormy night receives,
Roots half hidden under snows,
Broken boughs and blackened leaves.
For all thinks turn to bareness
In the dim glass the demons hold,
The glass of outer weariness,
Made when God slept in times of old.
There, through the broken branches, go
The ravens of unresting thought;
Flying, crying, to and fro,
Cruel claw and hungry throat,
Or else they stand and sniff the wind,
And shake their ragged wings: alas!
Thy tender eyes grow all unkind:
Gaze no more in the bitter glass.
Beloved, gaze in thine own heart,
The holy tree is growing there;
From joy the holy branches start,
And all the trembling flowers they bear.
Remembering all that shaken hair
And how the winged sandals dart,
Thine eyes grow full of tender care:
Beloved, gaze in thine own heart.
What's Up?

Shut Up & Write!
with Judy Bridges
Summer Session: August 14 & 15, 2010
Fall Session: October 23 & 24, 2010
Develop your skills.
Build confidence.
Get moving!

Women's Writing Retreat
with Judy Bridges & Laurel Landis
October 3 - October 9
at The Clearing in Door County, WI
Contact The Clearing for information and Registration

The Hairshirt Retreat
Redbird Women's Writing Retreat
Apr 28 - May 1, 2011

Redbird-RedOak Events
Classes and workshops
for adult and young writers.


Recent Events

Writers' Wellspring
with Judy Bridges
May 30 - June 5
at The Clearing in Door County, WI
Contact The Clearing for information and Registration

Spring Writers' Showcase
Roundtable participants will celebrate a year of writing by sharing excerpts from their work. No registration necessary. Free.
Wednesday May 5, 7pm - 8:30pm

The Hairshirt Retreat
Redbird Women's Writing Retreat
April 22 - 25, 2010

Create A Circle Of Support
at Fox Valley Technical College in Neenah WI
With Judy Bridges
Sat, March 20, 2010

Getting Published In 2010
Fresh Approaches To Today's Market
with authors Kirk Farber, Doug Jacobson,
Shannon Jackson Arnold, Karen McQuestion,
Eva Augustin Rumpf and Stacey Kannenberg
Panel moderated by Judy Bridges
Thurs March 11, 6:30pm

Writing Life Stories
With Carol LaChapelle & Judy Bridges
Sat, Feb 27, 2010

Start Your New Year Right
Create Your Best Year Ever
with Roi Solberg
Thursday, January 14, 2010