Happy Birthday month! I just finished my 2024 heat wave escape with a virtual trek through your beautiful book. Thank you for the inspirational story especially now (I'm 4 laps around the sun behind you and just down the road/I-80). As for an audio book recommendation, I highly suggest Ann Patchett's Tom Lake, narrated by Meryl Streep. Even with the nostalgic references to my native NH, I found the printed version to be rather slow, yet Meryl made the characters and story come alive with her performance.
So pleased you're enjoying hiking with us! I, too, listened to Meryl Streep read Tom Lake. On, my goodness, it was like lounging in a hammock, such a rich enveloping read/listen. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Joan. I just finished reading The Complete Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor. She is my favorite fiction writer. I have read her two novels twice. Also I just ordered your book to read while on retreat in Massachusetts my home state.
Thanks, Jean! Long time no see. I hope you are enjoying your trip me back east! Thank you for your book recommendations. I will check out her books! I don't know that I've ever imbibed in one of hers! I hope you enjoy hiking along with Cappy and me!
Happy Birthday Joan! I've beat you ny a couple years. I'm also reading/listening to Doris Kearns Goodwin new book. I love her quirky Brooklyn voice. The transcripts of her husband's writing read by the actor are a little jarring. What an interesting life he had, being a Kennedy insider. It really brings back my own political awakening in 1960, with the Kennedy election.
Are you going to teach any OLLI classes or field trips in the Fall?
Thanks for reaching out, Nancy! The book has been eye-opening for me. I was too young to understand what was happening in the larger world, but this shows why they were all so excited to think they could change the world. Yes! I'm teaching several classes, including three different literature classes. I hope you will join me! Joan
Thanks to the reader who pointed out that my title in the emailed version was WRONG... it's not HURDLING, it's HURTLING! I fixed it here, but I can't stop seeing the visual of Olympic Super-Athletes HURDLING through space--leaping small planets in single bounds!
Happy Birthday month! I just finished my 2024 heat wave escape with a virtual trek through your beautiful book. Thank you for the inspirational story especially now (I'm 4 laps around the sun behind you and just down the road/I-80). As for an audio book recommendation, I highly suggest Ann Patchett's Tom Lake, narrated by Meryl Streep. Even with the nostalgic references to my native NH, I found the printed version to be rather slow, yet Meryl made the characters and story come alive with her performance.
So pleased you're enjoying hiking with us! I, too, listened to Meryl Streep read Tom Lake. On, my goodness, it was like lounging in a hammock, such a rich enveloping read/listen. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Joan. I just finished reading The Complete Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor. She is my favorite fiction writer. I have read her two novels twice. Also I just ordered your book to read while on retreat in Massachusetts my home state.
Jean Varda from Calliope Writing Group
Thanks, Jean! Long time no see. I hope you are enjoying your trip me back east! Thank you for your book recommendations. I will check out her books! I don't know that I've ever imbibed in one of hers! I hope you enjoy hiking along with Cappy and me!
You truly are an inspiration, my friend!
Happy Birthday, Joan! So proud of your work, writing, and the support you give others! Hike on!
Happy Birthday Joan! I've beat you ny a couple years. I'm also reading/listening to Doris Kearns Goodwin new book. I love her quirky Brooklyn voice. The transcripts of her husband's writing read by the actor are a little jarring. What an interesting life he had, being a Kennedy insider. It really brings back my own political awakening in 1960, with the Kennedy election.
Are you going to teach any OLLI classes or field trips in the Fall?
Thanks for reaching out, Nancy! The book has been eye-opening for me. I was too young to understand what was happening in the larger world, but this shows why they were all so excited to think they could change the world. Yes! I'm teaching several classes, including three different literature classes. I hope you will join me! Joan
Thanks to the reader who pointed out that my title in the emailed version was WRONG... it's not HURDLING, it's HURTLING! I fixed it here, but I can't stop seeing the visual of Olympic Super-Athletes HURDLING through space--leaping small planets in single bounds!
Oh, the trials of writing and self-editing!
Thanks for reading! Joan