Writing Exercise

I'm at the Write Retreat at Fallen Leaf Lake. I have a cabin where the bed faces a glass sliding door with a large wooden balcony that has a pine tree trunk coming up through the middle -- all overlooking the lake, which is a deep sapphire blue. I wanted to just stay in my room this morning and work on my writing with the cool breeze in my face. Nevertheless, I got myself into the classroom.

One of the first writing exercises was to decide which literary figure or beverage we most identify with. My mind flitted through literary people -- Dorothea in Middlemarch, Kitty in Anna Karenina (of course I only allowed myself to think about people from high literature) -- but no one seemed right.

But a beverage came immediately to mind. Prosecco. Dry yet sweet, bubbly yet affordable, doesn't travel well outside the Veneto, intriguing pale yellow color, you can't name a single famous producer or vintage.

Can't figure out why, but it seems like the right choice.