Saturday Evening, August 20, 2011, eighteen writers and guests assembled in the garden of Chestnut Pinto Ranch for a gathering of friends and a reading of original "Pastoral Poems or Paragraphs." Good food, good words, and a good time.
Jackie reads a poem
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Stevan, Tony, Mark, &
Michael dish up.
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Vicki and Kate
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Michael, Harold, & Anne relax
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Vicki,& Cheryl