Immediately after posing for a group shot, participants are frozen in an instant of formless transition. It feels eerily familiar.
What is Kenny thinking about as he enjoys his glass of milk?
We put Alice on the spot by filming her -- she's used to being on the other side of the camera.
What are Brian and Trevor thinking about? It's wonderful to have the time to think.
Clear your mind. Come sit down here and just ...
... look out the window at the trees and the bay and the wisps of fog
Images from our first Getaway in September 2008 -- we forgot to put people in some of these photos because the scenery was so ... picture-takeable!
The reading room of McCargo Hall, where we gathered in the evenings for intimate readings of our own works and of others, such as Chekhov and Roethke and David Foster Wallace.
Behind the lodgings, the vista looking east across Tomales Bay toward the town of Inveness.
McCargo Hall, the writing porch, one more place to spend many quiet hours writing.
The view from McCargo Hall on a misty morning.
The reading room of McCargo Hall.
Walking up to the dining hall for another delicious breakfast of ginger pancakes, eggs, bacon, potatoes, juice, coffee, toast, or maybe just a vegetarian thing ...
The California woods at Marconi.
It makes you feel alive.
The Marconi Conference Center sits above Highway One about 45 miles north of San Francisco. If you would like to know more, please e-mail cary@carytennis.com or call Cary Tennis Books at 415-731-2661.