{"id":28519,"date":"2025-01-26T18:22:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T23:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/margaretharrell.flywheelsites.com\/?p=28519"},"modified":"2025-01-26T18:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T23:22:04","slug":"my-three-wonderful-visits-to-macdowell-colony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/margaretharrell.com\/2025\/01\/my-three-wonderful-visits-to-macdowell-colony\/","title":{"rendered":"My Three Wonderful Visits to MacDowell Colony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Bernice B. Perry, an aviation pioneer, the first female pilot, was also a very good photographer. I stumbled upon this photo of me she took ages ago at MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire, now just know as &#8220;MacDowell.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macdowell.org\/artists\/margaret-harrell\">Look here<\/a>. I was the lucky beneficiary of three MacDowell fellowships, where I met marvelous fellow artists in all disciplines and had my own cabin to retreat into. I will never forget the friends I made there, such as Tillie Olsen. Remember, this is ages and ages ago. I told them to keep it, not update it, as I had never seen it before. That look. I was so earnest, wanting to use all my time there to the fullest, working on my &#8220;Big Book.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macdowell.org\/assets\/meta\/_1200x675_crop_center-center_none\/Margaret-Harrell_1969_SEO.jpg\" alt=\"Margaret Harrell - MacDowell Fellow in Literature - MacDowell\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernice B. 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