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The Sea Ranch
My muses have been at work this morning as I walk with Justine, my anthropologist protagonist of my fictional trilogy, through the centre of Florence. We have just sought out the Caravaggio painting of the Sacrifice of Isaac and now emerge into the sunlight of Piazza della Signoria, remembering the witnessing of Lucy Honeychurch (A Room With a View) of a grisly murder in that very place.
My husband and I are in a small hotel in Chico, California, visiting two grandchildren and are soon leaving to visit friends Annie and Seym in Medford–and another granddaughter at the University of Oregon.
Yet imagination and the internet create a fascinating playground wherever I am. All at my fingertips–and the tip of my mind. Cyberspace extends the mind into whatever realm I choose…from the Uffizi to Dante’s house to the tombs of the Etruscans in Cerveteri. This morning I wanted to visit Caravaggio’s room 43 at the Uffizi. And did.
It is this reality that makes our home on The Sea Ranch, California (see photos below), the perfect haven in which to think and write. When we moved into our redwood forest near the coast five years ago, it was with the promise to indulge our senses in the environment, the vibrant and progressive community, and the written word.
On the next posts I’ll send a couple of new compositions on shifting perspectives and Women’s Ways of Leading and an update on grandson Dylan alone in Death Valley.
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Linda,
Your postings are really thought provoking and run to some depth. I would be very interested in exploring further the connection between literature and leadership. Do these two thrusts have to go together or do they only get stronger if they are combined into a single element? This whole notion of the possible combination of these elements has so many ramifications in the ethnic communities in this country.
Also, your writing is so clear! As I am sitting here reading through your postings, I find a certain spiritual thread which runs throughout them. This is really helped by the fact that I am listening to a Native American radio station (called ‘GotRadio’) on my computer.
Tom,
Thanks so much for your response. I am only just exploring the connections between leadership and literature myself, but suspect that they will not combine into a single element, but more like a venn diagram, reciprocally strengthening.
What spiritual theme do you observe?
I have already written my post for tomorrow (on resurrection), but will respond to your thoughts on my next post.
Happy Easter, Linda