The season…
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Suddenly I get a reminder every day for some amazing colony or fellowship program. Deadlines are looming and hence such emails are flooding the internets.  I stare at the pictures ( above, the Millay Colony,whose Facebook announcement found me yesterday) and sigh.
Was a time when I would have applied to everything. But.
I cannot think about leaving the boys for a month. I just can’t. I want to write in a quiet place, focus on my work, talk with other writers, share a glass of wine.
But not badly enough to leave a one year old and a two year old. Not badly enough to “find someone to take them”. Not badly enough to miss seeing their faces daily.
Why doesn’t someone start a colony with childcare? Would that be so impossible? Who needs time more than moms?
Or maybe there could be a co-op setup. A colony where the moms and dads are gone 9-5, and the kids are essentially at “camp” and each parent rotates through, takes one shift in the “camp” a week?
Or maybe someone could do a colony where you can go for one week? One week would be HUGE for me. I could maybe do a week.