We were in the same room for the third time ever for our first (and hopefully not the last!) creative retreat. And we decided to record an episode all about how we made it happen, what our plan was, and what we accomplished while in a valley near LaCrosse, WI with no WiFi for 48 hours.


Resources We Mentioned


We first heard about creative retreats from Jennie Moraitis back in episode 12 of the first season of Chasing Creative.


Ashley was making a sweater as part of the 100 Day Project which ends in early July.


Books We Swapped


What Ashley gave Abbie:

An American Childhood by Annie Dillard

Beneath Wandering Stars by Ashlee Cowles

Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy by Angela Garbes

Introverted Mom: Your Guide to More Calm, Less Guilt, and Quiet Joy by Jamie C. Martin

Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

What Abbie gave Ashley:

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living edited by Manjula Martin

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Glitter & Glue by Kelly Corrigan