tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146928463353478852.post7283857162900957646..comments2021-12-23T04:53:44.566-05:00Comments on American Dream Finder: A Letter on LearningCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06488301404397970300noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146928463353478852.post-21775792304520260852011-03-11T06:43:03.466-05:002011-03-11T06:43:03.466-05:00Thanks so much. That's one of the best complim...Thanks so much. That's one of the best compliments I can get - to get people thinking.<br /><br />I've traveled in Europe more in the U.S., and it's amazing how I meet Europeans who have travelled all over my own country. There are so many things even in New York City I haven't done...gone to the Empire State building, the Statue of Liberty, etc. I rarely see a Broadway show, and people come all over the world to do these things.<br /><br />What a nice way to look at meeting strangers as a short novel. You never know what the story will bring. <br /><br />I think of something Tori Amos said, not in song, but in commentary,<br /><br />"People come in and out of your life, sometimes for a day, sometimes for longer. And all of them make you what you are. You can't separate these people out of you. They form who you are, even the ones you say, "I don't know if I want to be formed by them anymore." But you are in some way. Maybe that's why you don't have to look at them so harshly, because they have affected you.”<br /><br />In the end though, it's us as individuals, with our love for the land, for something intangible, that when soul mates come and go, you're never alone even when you're standing just you and your shoes, because you carry them with you."<br /><br />I carry so many people with me, and like Tori and Ruedi, have such a love and reverence for the natural world.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488301404397970300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146928463353478852.post-29389911601059020392011-03-10T21:02:22.708-05:002011-03-10T21:02:22.708-05:00You always get me thinking...
I had a spate of vor...You always get me thinking...<br />I had a spate of voracious reading over the holidays and then stopped. Mostly I listen to stories/books on the BBC whist painting, though I love a good book on the subway. <br />But then there's the weekly New Yorker to get through which contains many books-to-be.<br />I haven't traveled much in the US either, though lots outside. I have to go to Austin for a family wedding in April - UGH.<br />Everyplace I've visited in the US was for work rather than desire. <br />Yet I'm always surprised at my short sightedness when I do get there. <br />On the other hand I love meeting interesting strangers - like reading a short novel -very satisfying.<br />merci carolgParisbreakfastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558314043814894010noreply@blogger.com