RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA

By Eva Scholtz

June 29, 2000 12 AM PT

Women who write or who would like to start are invited to “The Writing Tree: Workshops on Fiction, Journal Writing, Creative Nonfiction and Poetry” at 7:30 p.m. July 11 and 25 at Rancho Santa Margarita Library, 30902 La Promesa. Free. Information: (949) 589-6359.

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