Watt's Gnus

Writers flooded out

Writers flooded out
2008, June 17

As writers some of us are very connected to our environs: family, nature, friends, you know ... reality, the type that bites or not. Others of us live in a world of dreams and fantasy.

Every summer both types of writers gather in Iowa for workshops, as the University of Iowa is renown for its #1 writing program in the U.S. [Iowa state is #2, Harvard #3]. Weekly and weekend sessions reach out to thousands of young adults to old geezers like me.

Not this week. Sessions have been canceled due to the flooding. If one could even get there as Amtrak has canceled routes as well. No word on bus ...

Reality bites, and even the Fantasy Writers didn't predict this one. Too mundane? Perhaps. But in the real world, we live by real rules.

peace out,

Kåre



Iowa writers

After floods turns black to blue
and fish swim back in channels,
remember that once you knew
how to sandbag fiction too.

Kåre Enga 2008-06-17



From the Gnus:

More Summer Writing Festival sessions canceled:

The weekend session of the Iowa Summer Writing Festival scheduled for June 21 – 22 and the week-long session scheduled for the week of June 23 have been canceled. The Iowa Summer Writing Festival will resume on July 6th.

But it is a sunny day there today according to the webcams:

U Iowa, Iowa City: http://webcam.iowa.uiowa.edu/pentacamaut.html

And elsewhere:
Clear Lake: http://www.clearlakeiowa.com/live/
Des Moines: http://www.webcambiglook.com/downtown_desmoines.html
ISU, Ames: http://www.iastate.edu/webcam/

I 80 was closed, but is now open in Cedar County. A picture of when it was flooded:

http://www.iowadot.org/morgue/news2008/i80snapshot.htm

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