Meet Your Writing Retreat Leaders: Joanna Young
Posted on 11. Mar, 2009 by Joanna in Sardinia
The writing retreats in Sardinia are run by myself, Joanna Young, and Emma Bird. We also run this site and do all the admin and paperwork, and answer your emails and calls about the retreats. We thought it would be a good idea to share a bit about ourselves to help you get to know [...]
Time to Come Out of Hibernation
Posted on 09. Feb, 2009 by Joanna in Creativity
It seems to have been a long winter already. I don’t know about you but I’m itching for the spring to come, to be able to shed some layers, and to emerge from winter hibernation.
The prospect of a week in Sardinia in early May is pulling me forward through the dark winter months. [...]
5 Reasons to Visit Sardinia
Posted on 20. Jan, 2009 by Joanna in Sardinia
There are so many reasons I wanted Joanna and I to run our Absorbing Writing retreat in Sardinia, the sunshine island I moved to six years ago.
Here are some of them:
1. The sea. Sardinia’s coastline is spectacular. From stretches of white sandy beaches to intimate, secluded coves, Sardinia boasts surprise after surprise. As for the [...]
Time for Capuccino in Sardinia
Posted on 12. Jan, 2009 by Joanna in Sardinia
This time last week I was in England and it was freezing. Well, below freezing actually. Something silly like minus four. I couldn’t stop staring at the icicles that had formed on a light outside the garage. I’d have been warmer if I’d dressed properly but these days I don’t own anything heavier than a [...]
The Perfect Venue for a Writing Retreat: Moo Postcards
Posted on 11. Dec, 2008 by Joanna in Sardinia
Hmm, just got a batch of beautiful MOO postcards through, each one capturing a different aspect of Ca’ la Somara. The swimming pool, the long dinner table, the vine growing over it…
Despite the coldness here (in Scotland), and the short, dark days the scenes throw me back to Sardinia, and forward, with anticipation, to the [...]
More Ways to Get to Sardinia: New Flights from Ryanair
Posted on 25. Nov, 2008 by Joanna in Travel
Good news: Ryanair has announced that it’s expanding its service to Sardinia.
Starting in the early spring (late March/early April) there are now flights to and from:
Alghero
from
Venice (Treviso)
Brussels (Charleroi)
Paris (Beauvais)
Genoa
Oslo (Torp)
and
Cagliari:
from
Brussels (Charleroi)
Genoa
Karlsruhe Baden
Paris (Beauvais)
Rome (Ciampino)
Trieste
Verona (Brescia)
Cuneo
Dusseldorf (Weeze)
Edinburgh
Marseille
Seville
Venice (Treviso)
Manchester
Speaking selfishly, I am particularly pleased about the direct flight from Edinburgh to Cagliari!
Joanna (in Scotland)
Searching for an Oasis and Finding Ca’ la Somara
Posted on 24. Oct, 2008 by Joanna in Sardinia
October in Sardinia. Finally, the chance for Emma and me to put our plans into practice.
Except, the plans changed, as plans do. Because some things hadn’t quite worked out the way we expected (the way things do). And because we both knew, deep down, that were there things we needed to add [...]
A Sensory Love Affair with Sardinia
Posted on 30. Jul, 2008 by Joanna in Sardinia
I’ve just been for a swim and now I’m sitting on the crowded beach below my house. There’s no need for a towel. In a few minutes, thanks to the strength of the early evening sun and the salty sea breeze, I’ll be dry. Wet sand, made up of tiny grains of pink granite, slide [...]
Writing Workshops Spring 2009: Help Us Plan
Posted on 03. Jul, 2008 by Joanna in Snippets
As Emma mentioned, spring and early autumn are the best times of year for us to run the writing workshops. While she’s melting in the heat just now we’re busy planning the schedule of workshops for the spring.
We’re planning around various workshops between 17th April and 2nd May 2009. If you’ve got a [...]
Why Sardinia will allow you to create absorbing writing
Posted on 03. Jul, 2008 by Joanna in Sardinia
I’m not much good in this hot weather.
Up to 30°C and I’m still firing on all cylinders. But when the temperatures soar to 37°C in the middle of the day, I spend more time trying to keep cool – an ice cream? a swim in the sea? a refreshing glass of limonata made with [...]