True story-- and I mentioned this to a few folks in Elmira--but I initially
tried to get grounded in the Hawthorne group, due to my huge ingest and
admiration of the Salem stylist.  I was passionate for Hawthorne!

Well... I was disabused of my thinking upon my contact with the conferences
on NH.  This will sound absolutely stereotyped:  but in fact the group
seemed to me, back twenty years ago, rather muted, dour, humorless (though
in fact NH can be pretty funny) and, in short, not so much fun.  I, being
the fun guy that I am, immediately gravitated away from the
Hawthornians.... and alas, here I am now among this group called the
Twainiacs.

I really do think there is something to Bruce's comment:  it's the funnest
group to have a conference with!  If not please tell me which group is, cuz
I want to go to their meetings.

-hb


On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Ben Wise <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I prefer the Emily Dickinson conference where everyone stays home.
>
> Ben
>
> --
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