Live Life Now by Eileen McGrath Mosher
I recently came across this piece of correspondence from January 2006. Mark, I hardly know what to write. I just finished your book (minutes ago) and was so moved by your beautiful remembrance of your…
Category: Correspondence
Candor
You asked, “Did I ever tell you My reaction when I finished The Book of Mev?” “No. Please do.” “I cried and cried and cried.”
It’s Randa’s Birthday!
What a bright light you are (always have been)! How many of us are drawn to you (goodness is so alluring)! May you have decades more of birthdays (this wounded world needs you)!
A New Journal for a New Year
My friend Emily Guck sent me the following… Today is a day for a new journal. I’ll remember these words as I seek to fill it this year–Thanks, Dr. C! “Dear Emily- When the time…
Always Mantain only a Joyful Heart
Dear Chris, Thanks to you, I now have the following favorite Alice Walker poems from The World Will Follow Joy: Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit Democratic Womanism Hope to Sin Only in the Service…
Alive beyond Alive
My friend Loyola works at Mount Saint Joseph (she’s chair of the Art Department) and knew Pete Mosher. We reminisced last night and today before Pete’s funeral. Cab picked me up at Lo’s this morning…
Reflections on “The Book of Mev” from Cochabamba by Kate Raymond
Dear Mark, I return to the United States on December 15th and will spend the holidays with my family in Dallas. Then from the 26th through the beginning of January we will be in Colorado…
You, Walt, and I (And Most Everybody Else We Know)
Cab, Here’s section 51 of Song of Myself, which you’ve heard me and others quote scores of times, and even today as we discussed The Brothers Karamazov. And you might also enjoy June Jordan’s essay,…
“I Know You Can Read My Mind”
You can cry on my shoulder anytime, no questions asked You can use me to train for the Guinness Book of World Records for Lingering You can take me for a Lou Reed ride in…
What I Wrote the Night before You Spoke (Gratitude Journal/8)
Suhad, I thank you even before you speak tomorrow because I know you’ll be passionate I know you’ll tell your truths I know you will be fierce and charming I know you will honor your…