Elizabeth Gilbert's Blog, page 112
December 11, 2013
I’m on The Colbert Report tonight, you guys! Just finished taping….super fun!…
I'm on The Colbert Report tonight, you guys! Just finished taping….super fun! Tune in tonight!
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MY LAST EVENT OF THE YEAR! This THURSDAY! Dear friends – Come meet me in MY HO…
MY LAST EVENT OF THE YEAR! This THURSDAY!
Dear friends –
Come meet me in MY HOMETOWN, at a book-signing this Thursday afternoon at the wonderful BOOK GARDEN bookshop in sweet Frenchtown, NJ….along with two of my favorite writers (and neighbors): Jonathan Miles and Rayya Elias.
Details here:
http://www.bookgarden.biz/workshop/elizabeth-gilbert-signature-book-signing/
Heart,
Liz
Events at The Book Garden
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Come see what we're up to!
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ANN PATCHETT AND LIZ ONSTAGE! For anyone who missed my event in NYC last night…
ANN PATCHETT AND LIZ ONSTAGE!
For anyone who missed my event in NYC last night with Ann Patchett…here is a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn6cfMAkrtQ
IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT.
A woman came up to me in the signing line after the talk, and said, "What a joy, to spend the evening listening to two intelligent women talk about interesting things, without any mention of husbands, children or pets."
(To be fair, there was a mention of a pet.)
Big love,
LG
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SOAT in Brazil!
SOAT in Brazil!
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SOAT in Brazil! It's amazing, I'm loving every page!!
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SOAT in Iran!!!
SOAT in Iran!!!
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Lots of Love from Iran dear Elizabeth. Ur books have inspired me and have changed my life in the best way possible. Just wanted to say hi and thank u dear
Bests
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SOAT and Quintin and Jewel…sweet!
SOAT and Quintin and Jewel…sweet!
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Quintin and Jewel wanted to show me what came in the mail today — in North Carolina.
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SOAT at Paddington Station in London!
SOAT at Paddington Station in London!
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Early morning SOAT with Paddington at Paddington Station, London. The British Edition is SO beautiful!
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December 10, 2013
Downton Abbey, anyone? Look who I just met! Branson, Edith and Thomas! Freakin…
Downton Abbey, anyone?
Look who I just met! Branson, Edith and Thomas!
Freaking starstruck.
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(I’m reposting this, with the front AND back of the medal.) Page 20, THE SIGNAT…
(I'm reposting this, with the front AND back of the medal.)
Page 20, THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS:
"He watched Captain Cook give the Indians souvenir medals, stamped with an image of George III and the date of the expedition, to mark this historic encounter. He watched the Indians immediately hammer the medals into fishhooks and spear tips."
Guys, I found one.
When I was doing research for my novel, I discovered this cool fact — that Captain Cook had traveled the world with sacks of these commemorative medals to hand out wherever he landed. Their purpose was both to impress the natives with a curious gift made of rare (to them) metal, and also to leave behind a record of the Englishman's visit (in case some French or Portuguese ship captain might land on that same island years later, and claim they had been the first to discover the place.)
Think of it as a brass relic that says, in essence: WE WERE HERE.
Ever since I learned of this, I wanted to try to find one. It was wonderful to imagine where all these medals might have ended up — those medals which had not, as I said in the novel, immediately been hammered into something more useful than a necklace medallion. I know there are a few in New Zealand, a few in Australian museums. Nobody has ever yet found one in Tahiti.
But working with a historical coin specialist, I found one! It was in a private collection in the UK, and had belonged, most likely, to one of the officers of Captain Cook's expedition. He very likely carried it all over the planet with him, then passed it down the family line as a memento of his voyage. Alternatively, it could have been a gift to a British patron, or supporter of the voyage. Who knows? All I know is that it was found in London, and now, miraculously, I've purchased it as a souvenir of my OWN voyage (and Henry Whittaker's) with Captain Cook and with THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS.
Pretty cool, right?! This little object is such a treasure to me.
I like the pretty sailing ships, too…
But the best thing about this medal is that it boasts that George III is the king of "England, France, Ireland, Etc."
1) I like the "etc". So very empire-building.
2) But, dude, that takes some serious balls (or wishful thinking) for the King of England to claim that he was also the King of France!
Nice try, George. I'm sure they weren't buying it even in Tierra del Fuego…
Anyhow, thought you guys might want to see this. A relic of the journey.
Happy reading!
LG
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Alma’s carriage house! The Woodlands (the real Philadelphia estate upon which I…
Alma's carriage house! The Woodlands (the real Philadelphia estate upon which I based White Acre) just sent me this beautiful snow-covered photo today of the actual carriage house that inspired Alma's office…
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We're sure Alma would have her woodstove burning in her study in the carriage house on a snowy day like today! #SOAT
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