Elizabeth Gilbert's Blog, page 91
February 14, 2014
MY GREEN VALENTINE! Have a passionate day, dear ones, devoting yourself with al…
MY GREEN VALENTINE!
Have a passionate day, dear ones, devoting yourself with all your soul to whoever (or whatever) you love…
Heart,
LG
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February 13, 2014
Our poor, giant, stoic Buddha — carved far away in warm South Vietnam — never im…
Our poor, giant, stoic Buddha — carved far away in warm South Vietnam — never imagined what was coming to him in New Jersey.
is closed today for snow…but open again tomorrow! (Buddha willing!)
Timeline Photos
I think we mentioned that we had a lot of snow!!!But our lovely Buddha from Vietnam still happy!!!
It's a colorful and happy day in Frenchtown!
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EMOTIONAL/PHILOSOPHICAL TOPIC FOR CONSIDERATION, DISGUISED AS CUTE PET VIDEO……
EMOTIONAL/PHILOSOPHICAL TOPIC FOR CONSIDERATION, DISGUISED AS CUTE PET VIDEO…
All I want in life is to have the total equanimity, serenity and unflappability of this perfectly zen dog.
But most of the time, I'm sorry to report, I am the desperately distracted squirrel.
So how do we become the dog and stop being the squirrel?
Discuss.
(Alternatively, just watch this video for entertainment, 6 times in a row.)
Heart,
LG
Pet Squirrel hides his nut in the fur of a Bernese Mountain dog as seen on Ridiculousness
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Our pet Squirrel, Wally, hides his nut in the fur of our Bernese Mountain dog Jax.
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February 12, 2014
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHARLES DARWIN. I can’t let this day pass without paying homage…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHARLES DARWIN.
I can't let this day pass without paying homage.
The 19th century was the most transformative of human history. No century ever ended more differently than it began, and one of the reasons for that great seismic shift in human thinking was this good man.
Never did so gentle a soul ignite such a wild revolution.
He never wanted to be a radical. Darwin left his theory of evolution unpublished for almost 20 years because he was afraid that it would do exactly what it DID do — namely, cause a fight between religion and science that still hasn't ended. His own beloved wife, when he first brought her the idea, burst into tears and asked, "Does this mean we won't meet our dead children in heaven, after all?" Painful question to ask one who was so kind and humane, and who had almost become a minister himself.
When I think of Darwin, I think of his brilliant prose (a novelist's prose, as Alma noted in The Signature of All Things) but I also think of his deep goodness, his battles with depression, his utter devotion to science. He spent his life in study of the natural world, and his projects consumed his entire home, his entire life. The entire family participated in his experiments. His young children played their bassoons to his earthworms, to see if the creatures responded to vibration.
My favorite story: One of Darwin's daughters went to a visit a friend's house one day, looked around at her playmate's home and asked, "But where does your father do his barnacles?"
THAT was a Victorian, my friends.
Happy birthday, sir.
Love,
Liz and Alma
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Well, that’s certainly the shit that I dig.
Well, that's certainly the shit that I dig.
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Alma’s first glimpse of Iceland…land of the world’s most amazing mosses!
Alma's first glimpse of Iceland…land of the world's most amazing mosses!
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Took Alma to Iceland last weekend.
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In London? DON’T MISS THIS! Dear Ones — If any of you are lucky enough to be i…
In London? DON'T MISS THIS!
Dear Ones —
If any of you are lucky enough to be in London right now, please go see this exhibit of my friend Anne Connell's extraordinary paintings at Stephen Ongpin Fine Art.
Anne is a magnificent artist — a true master of the exquisite. I am a longtime collector (in fact, I've already snagged one of these pieces on display now) and I can't recommend strongly enough taking an afternoon off to go tumble into her world.
Here is more on Anne's work:
Wish I could be there…hope you can go!
xo
LG
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February 11, 2014
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY… So honored that Maria Shriver shared on The Shriver…
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY…
So honored that Maria Shriver shared on The Shriver Report this essay that I wrote on Facebook the other day…
Some of you may remember this one!
heart,
LG
Elizabeth Gilbert’s Advice to Women: Get Out of Your Own Way
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Almost every night on book tour this year, I ended up talking about this subject with the audience. My audiences are pretty much composed entirely of women (though I love you, too, my emotionally-secure men who dare to come to my events!) and invariably there would be a woman in the crowd who would
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The UK paperback of THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS! Dear Ones! My British publis…
The UK paperback of THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS!
Dear Ones!
My British publisher (the great Bloomsbury) just sent me this image. This will be the new paperback cover of SOAT. Super cool! Alma in the palms and tropics!
You'll be seeing lots of new cover designs for the paperback editions of the book, which will start coming out from all my international publishers this summer — just in time to bring your novel to the beach! (The Americans will also be publishing a paperback, with a fresh cover, around the same time.)
Those of you in the UK will be getting THIS lovely baby on July 3. (Or on 3 July, if you want to get all British about it.)
More to come, as the adventure continues!
For now, you can still purchase the grand, elegant hardcover right here:
HAPPY READING!
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February 10, 2014
Portrait of the authors…with their portraits! THANK YOU, MAY! Regular follow…
Portrait of the authors…with their portraits!
THANK YOU, MAY!
Regular followers of this page are probably familiar with sweet, funny, clever, delightful May Zhong — my absolutely favorite 15 year-old El Salvadoran avid reader/future author/budding artist.
May is a regular on this page — a bright point of light every day.
She made these drawings of me and my friend (author of HARLEY LOCO) and sent them in the mail.
WE LOVE THEM.
So we just had to do the double portrait selfie, for posterity, and for evidence that this fantastic gift had arrived safely.
Bless you, May! You really captured us, baby.
Rock on!
LG and RE
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