Over at Bionic Tumbleweed, Christine McMahon wrote about her recent participation in Butler’s Chamonix Summer Writing Program. The yearly French excursion is a highlight of many Butler students’ MFA experience. Of a particular night spent camping in the French Alps, Christine writes:
A fire built. Sandwiches made, wine opened, both passed around with the easy conversation of new friends that are well on their way to old friend status. We lay on the forest floor and watched the moon rise across the valley. Sunburnt, covered in sap. Muddy, spilling sauce and wine. Telling secrets and tall tales without distinction. Using logs as pillows. Listening to each other, the crackling of flame, and the twinkling of the stars. If I have one wish for the world, it’s that everyone, disabled and able-bodied, have days as grubby and free-flowing; as perfect as last Tuesday.
Read the full post here, and more about the Chamonix Program here.