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Thank you, Robin, for the news and mainly for the villanelle. I pray in my own way that we get past the bitter searching of our hearts which seems to go on and on around the world and get to the part where we rise to play a greater part. I'm not sure that it will happen in my lifetime, but I do hope that we can rely on each other and on our creativity as well to help us all get there.

On a more practical note, I decided that I will after all join your non-fiction book writing course. I need the time frame and the structure that your course provides and, believe it or not, I'm working on a book on creativity. So, it all fits together.

I'd love to join the Voroneț weekend as well - if the logistics are not too complicated.

Very exciting beginnings in 2025. Let's have faith!

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I'm very pleased to hear this, Mariana! I'm looking forward to another retreat and also to the debut course of writing a nonfiction book - which the more I think about it will be focused on each of us getting after it and writing our book - so to a great extent, although I will be laying the frame and also giving both group and individual guidance. the course will be a group effort with the reward of each of us holding our nonfiction book in our hands. I think that will be very exciting.

Indeed, this heart searching still feels bitter, but my hope is that as we rise to play a greater part each in our own small way, we can make it less so.

I hope you will join us in Voroneț - or possibly Gura Humorului, depending on how many sign up. Regarding logistics, we are looking at the long weekend starting on Thursday, 20 March, and ending on Sunday, 23 March. Please let me know if that will suit you. I will post other logistics as they materialise.

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