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Kathleen Saville

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Memoir, Nonfiction, Travel

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Based in Cairo, Egypt and Holland, Vermont, Kathleen teaches creative writing at the American University in Cairo. She's the author of the recently published "Rowing for My Life: Two Oceans, Two Lives, One Journey" (Skyhorse / Arcade Publishing) and her non-fiction work has appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, Written River, Orion, Adventum Magazine, and St. Katherine Review. When not teaching, she loves spending her summers bush-whacking with old friends, kayaking and just hanging out in the beautiful Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. ...more

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	Rowing for My Life: Two Oceans, Two Lives, One Journey 4.13 avg rating — 79 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pacific Voyage: Rowing 10,000 Miles Across the South Pacific in 392 Days by Curtis Saville, Kathleen Saville (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1987 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mississippi Voyage: How We Rowed Down the Mississippi River in 67 Days by Curtis Saville, Kathleen Saville (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Cairo living: the commute, walk home and balcony time

Motorcyclist on 6th October Bridge: Is his commute easier than mine on the bus? Motorcycle commuting has got be faster as they weave their way in and out of the crooked lanes of traffic on the Bridge. They hardily ever wait in backed-up traffic like us. Since the pandemic, the number of motorcycle commuters has increased exponentially.

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The Night Ocean

by Paul La Farge

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Rising Ground: A Search for the Spirit of Place

by Philip Marsden

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Kathleen’s Quotes

“Harmony, balance, and rhythm. They’re the three things that stay with you your whole life. Without them civilization is out of whack. And that’s why an oarsman, when he goes out in life, he can fight it, he can handle life. That’s what he gets from rowing.”
― Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

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“Every good rowing coach, in his own way, imparts to his men the kind of self-discipline required to achieve the ultimate from mind, heart, and body. Which is why most ex-oarsmen will tell you they learned more fundamentally important lessons in the racing shell than in the classroom.”
― Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

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“A good shell has to have life and resiliency to get in harmony with the swing of the crew.”
― Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

tags: boating, inspirational, ocean, ocean-rowing, rowing, water

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“And so in time the rowboat and I became one and the same-like the archer and his bow or the artist and his paint. What I learned wasn't mastery over the elements; it was mastery over myself, which is what conquest is ultimately all about.”
― Richard Bode , First You Have to Row a Little Boat: Reflections on Life Living

tags: inspirational, oceans, rowing, survival

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