{"id":10975,"date":"2022-09-01T18:19:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T18:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vendettaverse.com\/members\/?p=10975"},"modified":"2022-09-01T18:19:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T18:19:44","slug":"my-masthead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vendettaverse.com\/members\/2022\/09\/my-masthead\/","title":{"rendered":"My Masthead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Masthead:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tallest point of a ship, your vantage point.  Where you climb to see everything that\u2019s going on.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year in the dead of winter, I became aware of a day loing writing residency at the Herman Melville Estate, Arrowhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some spots opened up, I wrote about really wanting to go, and one of My kindest subscribers and supporters actually sent Me the money to be able to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the day came, and it came up so quick!  So the way it  works is, you get use of one of four lil mini writing studios on Herman Melville\u2019s property.  They are all named after different writers and styled and built to include some design elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I chose  the Thoreau lookout.  Which  was designed with reference to the conservator at Mount Greylock, where he wrote much of his work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little did I know it was the longest hike to that unit\u2026..so, I hiked ona  hot hot day with like, leather writing bags and notebooks falling out of My bag and the bag falling off My shoulder, in My crocs. It was quite hilarious.  After all that hiking I found I didn\u2019t bring My lighter or My bug candle so I had to go all the way back down  then back up again and wow that was a workout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The actual physical space was amazing.  It had awesome windows you could open, a skylight, so much fresh air and bright  sunlight!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wrote and wrote and wrote, I wrote so much My hands were cramping!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I smoked joints, took a break for lunch, and put My feet in the grass and wrote some more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n