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Join me at the Hawaii Book & Music Festival and the Mokule’ia Writers Retreat on Oahu

March 24, 2018Linda Watanabe McFerrinNo CommentsHawaii Book & Music Festival, Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Travel, Mokule'ia Writers Retreat, Writers Retreat, Writers Workshop

Mokule’ia Writers Retreat Please join me in May on Oahu for the Hawaii Book & Music Festival and the Mokule’ia Writers Retreat   Hawaii Book & Music Festival May 5 – 6, 2018 Mokule-ia Writers Retreat Nā Wahi Ho‘oulu (Places That Inspire Us) May 6 – 11, 2018 The Mokulē‘ia Writers Retreat is an annual…

At Night on the Day of the Dead

November 2, 2017Linda Watanabe McFerrinNo Comments2017, Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos, San Francisco

Noche de los Muertos on the Day of the Dead San Francisco, California We are pressed, our backs to the wall, in Balmy Alley, a bottleneck of a back street in San Francisco’s Mission District, as the dead drift by. Skeletons on stilts, in bridal gowns, playing drums in steel bands – Los Muertos, the…

Travel and Write in Spain: Wandering in Andalusia!

October 1, 2015Linda Watanabe McFerrinNo CommentsLinda Watanabe McFerrin, Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Travel, Wanderland Writers, Workshop

We’re almost booked up for this terrific Writers Workshop in Spain!

From Wanderland Writers Workshops:
Wandering in Andalusia:  Seville and The Alhambra—March 11-March 18, 2016

“Near the walls of Seville/ At my friend’s house, Lillas Pastia/ I will dance the Séguedille/
And drink Manzanilla.” From Carmen, by Georges Bizet.

Well-known writers and instructors Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Joanna Biggar are off on another adventure and invite you to join them in Andalusia. In this legendary region of Southern Spain many worlds meet: classical (Hercules was the supposed founder of Seville) and medieval; Jewish, Christian and Moorish; colonial, imperial, and modern. From our hotel in central Seville, with its graceful Moorish-style tiled decor, its fountains and secluded courtyards, we will explore them all through art (Murillo and Velásquez were native sons), architecture, music and food.

Adapting our curriculum to the locale—and our schedule to the land of the siesta—we will give several workshops and private consultations while offering many ways to discover the city, including: a walking tour; visits to the Cathedral, with its splendid altar, its tomb of Columbus, and its towering minaret, the Giralda, next door, and the royal palace of the Alcázar; a trip to the Flamenco Museum and a night of flamenco; an afternoon of soaking and tea at the Baños Arabes; an evening across the river in the Tirana District, once  famous for the factories which attracted gypsies like Carmen, now famous for bars and clubbing. We will savor tapas and sherry, wine and guitar music.

There will also be time to write and discover on one’s own, from high-end shopping, to cycling, to a choice of museums, to

For Amelia on What Would Have Been Her Birthday

September 23, 2015Linda Watanabe McFerrin4 comments

The Shell Game for Amelia The girl in this picture has a ponytail. Her face is stern. She is collecting seashells on a deserted Hokkaido shore, north of Hachinohe. You see, the beach is littered with these shells, she, tiny, picking her way among them. This was my sister before the sea swept her away….

Writers Return from Japan

September 19, 2015Linda Watanabe McFerrinNo CommentsLinda Watanabe McFerrin, Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Travel, Travel, Wanderland Writers, Workshop

We’re back! After wandering all over Japan, the writers have returned with some amazing stories. I’ve heard bits and pieces and can’t wait to read, edit, help publish and celebrate many of those fantastic tales. You’ll find some of them here or on our Wanderland Writers website. For others you’ll need to go to additional…

Indigo Twist with Sharon Cooper-Murray

April 22, 2015Linda Watanabe McFerrin1 commentAnton DuMars, boo hags, Dead Love, Gullah traditions, haints, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Sharon Cooper-Murray, South Carolina, twist dolls, Zombies

Morris Island, South Carolina, April 2015 Here we are again, the writers and illustrators who have come together for this year’s Southern Sampler Artists Colony, on Morris Island with Captain Anton DuMars and Sharon Cooper-Murray, aka The Gullah Lady. Anton has stayed with his boat and Sharon has taken us on a walk along the…

Amelia in Marbella

April 8, 2015Linda Watanabe McFerrin11 commentsAmelia Passetti, El Estrecho, feng shui fish, Marbella, travel in Spain

Marbella, Spain, 2015 The pop-eyed fish ogle us from the walls of El Estrecho, a little tapas bar in the seaside village of Marbella on the Mediterranean coast. Bubble-eyed and kite-tailed, they have no business being here, spying upon us as we eat our tapas, drink our wine, lament the unavailability of gazpacho at this…

Mardi Gras Memories: Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler!

March 4, 2014Linda Watanabe McFerrinNo CommentsFrench Quarter, Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler!, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Travel, Mardi Gras 2014, New Orleans, Travel, Wanderland Writers

1995-02-05 04:00:00 PDT NEW ORLEANS — PINOCCHIO zooms by on roller skates, thin, hairy legs protruding from green lederhosen. Three Elvises swival past, hips rotating like long-playing records. A besequined, masked stranger raises his wine glass and blows me a kiss. Scandalous. Ridiculous. Crazy. Taboo. It’s Fat Tuesday –Mardi Gras, the most delightfully wicked time of…

Only One Spot Left on the Next Wanderland Writers™ Adventure …

January 30, 2014Linda Watanabe McFerrinNo CommentsBritain, Cornwall, Left Coast Writers, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Travel, Travel, Wandering in Cornwall, Wanderland Writers, Workshop, Writers

What do Virginia Woolf, Daphne du Maurier, Agatha Christie, John Le Carré, Thomas Hardy, Tristan and Yseult, and Britain’s King Arthur have in common? The lighthouse and castle-studded Cornwall, where their journeys—along those of with many another literary and legendary character—led. We have only one spot left in our next Wanderland Writers™ workshop, the latest in a series…

Here and There: Dante, Mayo and the Libidinous Finns

November 12, 2013Linda Watanabe McFerrin1 commentFinland, Finns and alcohol, I should have stayed home, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Travel blogs, Travel in Finland

Last night at the Market Bar  in the Ferry Plaza in San Francisco, we were dining among the Finns, so I had to share this story … ©Linda Watanabe McFerrin “Il ya des mains pareilles a des feuille capturees. Et d’autres qui parle sans arret dan leur collerette de rires.” —Jaime Mais, Au crible de…

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