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Having been on the road with Sacred Hearts and the Renaissance for almost four weeks (how rich and interesting to carry a convent of women around with you in your head) I am due a short break on a small gulf island off he coast of British Columbia and Vancouver island. I will read, eat, swim, talk to friends and watch seals – which when you think about it with their black sleek costumes and  white ringed white faces, might remind me of my nuns. I shall miss them – they have been deep in my head

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So, someone sent this to me today and I was fascinated to read it. : http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2009/08/sarah-dunant-bares-all.html

It is quite close to my heart because ,of couse, while the renaissance is known for its beauty and wonder, it was also a time of huge violence and brutality.  That I certainly believe. And given the levels of pain and limits of medicine or even medical hygiene, and the religious emphasis on body versus soul, I thing the human body itself was a more p

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in answer to your question Veronica , il libro uscira a Novembre., ma non so come se chimara. Forse sara diversa… ….

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i think Lewis and Clark did it the other way around, yes but I finally arrive in the East.  First Washington and a great NPR interview with Lianne Hanson, then Miami – Book and Books and one hell of smart audience firing on al cylinders – thank you Miami Now New York City To all those of you have met en route during the nine city tour greetings. I have had some great conversations about history, women, religion, story teling, and just what a dark delicious but sometimes terrifying place the past

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Dear Anne Muirhead …… woke up to your comment in Kansas City.   The aim to somehow recreate the experiences of these women so many centuries ago, both psychological and religious,  made this the toughest book I had ever written, so if in some way it rang true to you then i am utterly delighted. And oh yes, I have been following the story of the Vatican's move to curb the activities of American nuns with great interest and talk about it wherever I go. One does not write history in order to commen

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a gerat blues track i seem to remember, but since i only get to stay a day it is more like Kansas city here I go. Two great gigs (Thank you Rainy Day books, you keep reading alive)  and a lot of big sky and flat land in between. If only one got to stay anywhere longer than 36 hours…Lindsey look forward to meeting you in Atlanta and thank you for your kind words about  SACRED HEARTS . Talking so much about something that took such a chunk out of one's life and soul seems rather strange after a wh

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All tours have low points and i am very much hoping 3 hours in cars in LA with a 6. am start the next morning marks the spot. i seem to remember a Jackson Brown lyric that fits here. "the only time that seems too short is the time that we get to play" by which, of course,  he meant music, and I would mean talking history, women, religion, art – all the stuff that makes life interesting, And yes, music though in this case polyphony and Palestrina.

thank you to all who have come to listen and join

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first thing to note. It's hot. Seattle sings in the sushine.  i got here yestrday after a fantastic weekend at the Denman island Writers and Readers festival. If you don't know about it and you live anywhere in British Columbia then check it out. The most beautiful place, the kindest most hospitable people and the most stimulating discussions – religion, spirituality ( not always the same thing) politics,  16th century nuns , writing you name it . And all around the  forests and the water – the

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I love this city so much.  There is such a deep sense of relaxation to it. Any place where you can see mountains and water at the same timne is good for the soul.   Not that I am seeing much of it.  Tv am studios, books shops and the odd glimpse of a view out of car window.  But I will be back for pleasure.

On Monday I did a great gig in Ben Mcnally's books In Toronto, but in a huge itlaian restaurant, where of course people yelled and shouted, as italians love to do.  I had brought a cold stowed

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