Born in Colorado, I lived my early years in a mountain community near Denver, then later south of Denver on the edge of a fairway in a country club community near the Platte River. The majority of my time there was spent not in the club house but at the river, exploring the cottonwoods, the frog ponds, and the shoreline. Perhaps this is when my love of rivers began, enhanced by childhood fly-fishing vacations in Montana. Marriage took me from college in Boulder to college in Arizona, then to a small ranch in Wyoming for twenty-five years, where my son and daughter were reared. My memoir “In Search of Kinship”is filled with stories about that time in my life. A few years ago, I returned to the mountain community near Denver to take care of my terminally-ill mother. Now, I’m discovering another part of the west – the high desert landscape near Santa Fe, New Mexico. But I’ve never lost my yearning for the river.

Ten years ago, the year my father died, I was asked to raft down the Colorado River and write an essay for the book, Writing Down the River: Into the Heart of the Grand Canyon. This primordial landscape touched a deep, creative chord. I fell in love with the idea of leading all-women river writing trips so that other women could experience this same sense of freedom. I teamed up with Sheri Griffith Expeditions out of Moab, Utah, and have been following this passion ever since. In 2006, Oprah’s O magazine included these trips as “One of the year’s top six great all-girl getaways.”

Every time I am on the river with a group of women, I rediscover the comfort of simple things – a cool drink of water, a playful mud bath, a Dutch-oven dinner, the joy of female companionship, the pleasure of sharing what we have written during the day. I love listening to the sounds of the river and the canyon wrens, hearing the voices of the women as they rediscover the rhythm of the wilderness, and their own melodic inner song. We let loose and don’t take life so seriously, while at the same time we connect with that deeper, more creative part of ourselves. This year I’m actually leading a 5-day writing and sculpting trip, featuring two renowned guest artists from the Santa Clara Pueblo. It will be on the Colorado River in beautiful Westwater Canyon, Moab, Utah September 3-7, 2008.

The Journey Includes:

One-on-one consultation with Page
Five unique days with Roxanne and Rose
Group time for creative facilitation
Readings under the stars
Journaling,sculpting,rafting,hiking,personal time
Enough civilization to be comfortable in nature
Professional women guides on every raft
Tents, sleeping bags, and pads
All meals prepared for you ~ fresh and healthy
Writing journals (and river clay!)

$1,299.00 ~ September 3-7, 2008 ($300.00 deposit due May 1st to hold your place) To register, please contact me at www.pagelambert.com.

Many blessings, Page Lambert.

*** Join Page in one of her writing adventures:

June 1-6: “Saddle Up! Literature and Landscape of the Horse” Writing Retreat at the beautiful Vee Bar Guest Ranch (www.veebar.com) near Laramie, Wyoming. Facilitated by Page Lambert and Sheri Griffith. For more information, go to www.pagelambert.com.

July 20-25: Taos Writing Salon “Writing from the Imaginative Storm” at the historic San Geronimo Hotel in Taos, New Mexico. Instructors include James Navé, Allegra Huston, Page Lambert, Leslie Ullman, Gladys Swan, and Paul Pascarella. $895 if paid by June 1^st. To register, go to www.thewritingsalon.net or contact info@thewritingsalon.net.

August 8-10: “Writing Along the Rim” retreat with Page Lambert in partnership with the Grand Canyon Field Institute, at the majestic South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona. $500/$525. For more information and links, go to: www.pagelambert.com. To register, phone (866) 471-4435 or email gcfi@grandcanyon.org.

Sept. 3-7: Women’s Writing and Sculpturing Adventure with Page Lambert and special guests Roxanne Swentzell, and Rose Simpson, a five-day rafting adventure on the Colorado River with world-renowned Santa Clara Pueblo sculptor Roxanne Swentzell and her daughter, artist poet and singer Rose Simpson. Outfitted by Sheri Griffith Expeditions with more than 34 years of first-class outdoor adventure experience (www.GriffithExp.com). $1,299.00. More information at www.pagelambert.com.

September 24-28: “Writing from the River’s Edge” 5-day canoe trip with Page Lambert in partnership with The Women’s Wilderness Institute. Green River, Utah. $850.00; more information at www.pagelambert.com, or contact heather@womenswilderness.org or phone The Women’s Wilderness Institute at (303) 938-9191.

Private Mt. Vernon Writing Retreats. Retreat to Page’s home in the Colorado mountains near Denver to write and work one-on-one with her on your novel, memoir, or poetry manuscript. These private 5-day/6-night retreats include your own private bedroom and writing space, meals, secluded hiking trails amidst aspens and ponderosas, elegant Friday night “king crab” buffet at Mt. Vernon Country Club, optional 1-hour massage at Lake Steam Baths, and 3 hours of editing and career consultation each day. For more information, or to book a week for the 2008/2009 season, email page@pagelambert.com or phone (303) 842-7360.

"I met Page at a workshop in NM and was immediately drawn to her vivid, lyrical writing style, her generous sharing in her teaching, and her warm spirit. Page is the perfect combination of talented author and sensitive, skilled teacher. I brought home new chapters of my novel, valuable tips for my writing, and a promise to myself to return, which I did, spending five days working one-on-one with her in Santa Fe." ~ Heloise Jones, North Carolina.

Page Lambert is the author of the memoir In Search of Kinship (Fulcrum Publishing), and the novel Shifting Stars, a Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award finalist (St. Martins/Forge), Page is the recipient of two Literary Fellowships in prose and poetry from the Wyoming Arts Council. Her written work appears in over twenty anthologies.