Join me to write or walk in 2026.

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Saturday, February 14, 2026. 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time

HEART OF THE DESERT: WRITING OASIS FOR POETS & PROSE WRITERS
A creative day with Becca in the Anza-Borrego Desert

Treat yourself to a Valentine’s Day creative retreat at the inspiring U.C. Irvine Steele-Burnand Research Center in Borrego Springs, California.

Join award-winning author Becca Lawton (The Oasis This Time, Torrey House, 2019, and other books) in finding your next story during a day of writing together.

We’ll explore the Center’s flora and fauna, read the works of inspiring desert writers, and put our own words on paper. Optional readings of our new work will give writers fresh experience.

Writers will leave the retreat with the seeds of one or more creative pieces to expand on their own later. Those interested in getting into print will be given strategies and suggestions for next steps in publishing their work.