NARRATIVE NATURE: AN OBSERVATION-BASED WRITING WORKSHOP
AUGUST 1 & 2, 2026 @ NORTH CASCADES ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER

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Join award-winning author and North Cascades enthusiast Lance Garland at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center for a day of hiking, reflection, and creative writing in a spectacular mountain setting.
We’ll begin with hiking boots, a notebook, and a pen, carrying one simple intention: to be deeply present. As we hike, we’ll pause at turquoise waters, forested shelters, babbling creeks, and rushing waterfalls to explore the connection between writing and the natural world. Guided by brief readings and prompts, participants will move between group discussion and quiet time for observation and writing.
In these moments of stillness, what captures your attention—light filtering through the canopy, the scent of warm soil and moss, or the feel of sun and shade on your skin? Writing by hand helps deepen awareness and invites a more immersive creative experience.
This workshop blends personal reflection, creative practice, and time outdoors, offering space to reconnect with your creativity and the living landscape. Writers at all levels are welcome, as are those interested in beginning or deepening a journaling practice.