The End of Week One

Sunday, June 13, 2004

Yesterday was Nina’s last day with us. It was very tough to see her go. We all contributed and made her a scrapbook with pictures of all of us in it. Sort of a Kappa Kappa Gamma “Stepford Wives” story. A few people brought DVDs. A few of us started watching PITCH BLACK, but it was terrible. Played guitar and sang with Nina, Eric, Peter, Amelia, Grace and a few others here and there. Kept at it (mostly Beatles tunes) until about 2:00AM. Suzy McKee Charnas arrived last night. A few of us talked with her at lunch today and helped her move her stuff.

The greatest thing about Clarion is that everyone here understands. We understand each other’s love of sf/f and writing and we’re willing to accept each other as we are. I don’t know when I’ve ever felt this close to a group of people.