Some Other Goals
The Southwest Washington Writers Conference
Due to the COVID virus, last year’s Southwest Washington Writers Conference had to be canceled. I helped organize and spoke at the first SWW Conference back in 2014, and so this was a disappointment. A few weeks ago I heard that the sponsoring organization no longer wished to continue with the conference. This compounded my disappointment.
Kyle Pratt teaching at the Southwest Washington Writers Conference. (Click to enlarge)
I’ve joined with a half-dozen other interested individuals to form a non-profit organization to sponsor and keep the conference going. Now, all we need is for COVID to go away. If it does our goal is to hold the next conference on September 11, 2021. I’ll be writing more about the conference as the plans progress and, if it is held, I’d enjoy seeing you there.
Charlie Albright
Years ago, when I taught high school social studies in Centralia, Washington state, I had a student named Charlie Albright. He went on to be a concert pianist, performing at the Kennedy Center and other venues worldwide. I’ve written about him before, here and here, so I won’t repeat the details.
Charlie Albright (Click to enlarge)
However, we have kept in touch and early last year I was looking forward to a concert he had scheduled at nearby Centralia College. Of course it, along with all his other concerts, was canceled due to the pandemic. I’m hopeful the concert will be rescheduled and when it is, my goal is to be there.
In the year that we all hope COVID will pass from our lives, what personal goals or plans have you made? Let me know in the comment section below.
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