Sanctuary Orientation and Maps

Orientation:

We’re going to start writing at 10, so come a little early and get settled.  We’ll write and share, write and share till about 1:00 or so – or whatever time is working, with a short break to tank up on more coffee, water, muffins, etc.  Lunch will be half an hour or so.  The afternoon silent writing session will start somewhere between 1:30 and 2:00.

The morning will be spent doing a series of writing exercises to lubricate the machinery – get the creative writer in you feeling more relaxed, focused and perhaps even a little experimental.

After the lunch (provided – please let me know if you have any food allergies) there will be a silent afternoon to work on your own (on computer or by hand, as you choose) on whatever project is preoccupying you as a writer these days.

Uplands is a peaceful rural location, so if you want to get out for a walk and think, that is also possible. (Bring your raincoat or an umbrella!).  The afternoons are your time to work in silent communion with other writers, feeding off the combined creative energy in the space.  You can work on refining what you produced in the morning, or you can work on a project you’ve already begun.

Writing is over at about 4:30 p.m.  for those who need to get home, but if you wish to stay, there will be an opportunity to share some of what you’ve been working on and to debrief, discuss issues of craft, etc.  The day will definitely be complete by 5:30.

If you want to google a map for instructions, the address they like is 13240 Mast Road, Scugog, Ontario  L9L 1B5.  If you get lost, my cellphone number is 905-985-8389 – but we’ve never lost anyone yet.  At least, not for long!

Click here for a downloadable package of maps to Uplands and information about the day

(Google map below the following instructions.)

For those coming from Uxbridge/Newmarket: 

If you can get yourselves to the intersection of Lakeridge and Line 21/ Goodwood Sideroad, then turn East (left) as though going to Port Perry. A couple of hundred yards, Mast Road turns off to the right (South). Follow Mast Road to the stop sign. Turn left. It’s the very first driveway on your right hand side, just past the bank of mailboxes. There are green gateposts and green lights on those gateposts. Follow the driveway about 250 yards (go past the first house, where I used to live, and down the driveway to the next house — our new home) and you’re there.

 

For those coming from Port Perry & Places East:

Follow Hwy 7a out of Port Perry and when you get to Manchester continue straight along Goodwood Sideroad/Line 21 about 6 km. Turn left (south). Follow Mast Road to the stop sign. Turn left. It’s the very first driveway on your right hand side, just past the bank of mailboxes. There are green gateposts and green lights on those gateposts. Follow the driveway about 250 yards (go past the first house, where I used to live, and down the driveway to the next house — our new home) and you’re there.

For those coming from Whitby/ Oshawa:

Up Highway 12 to Manchester (where 7a turns off east to go to Port Perry). You turn WEST and go approx. 6 km. to Mast Road (a small road on the left hand side running south off the Goodwood Sideroad). If you get to the lights at Lakeridge, you’ve gone too far). Follow Mast Road to the stop sign. Turn left. It’s the very first driveway on your right hand side, just past the bank of mailboxes. There are green gateposts and green lights on those gateposts. Follow the driveway about 250 yards (go past the first house, where I used to live, and down the driveway to the next house — our new home) and you’re there.

Or, for those coming from Pickering/Ajax:

Up Lakeridge to Line 21/Goodwood Sideroad. Turn right (east). Go about 500 meters to the bottom of the hill. Mast Road is on your right. Follow Mast Road to the stop sign. Turn left. It’s the very first driveway on your right hand side, just past the bank of mailboxes. There are green gateposts and green lights on those gateposts. Follow the driveway about 250 yards (go past the first house, where I used to live, and down the driveway to the next house — our new home) and you’re there.

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