Workshop Leader
Michael Currier
Michael fell in love with the Rowe Labor Day Retreat in 2007 and has been a regular participant since. He is a bit of a vagabond having been a house restoration contractor, teacher, and psychotherapist. He lives in Providence, R.I. where he works as a crisis interventionist and yoga teacher. Stops along the way include Seattle, Boston, Martha’s Vineyard and Yamanashi,Japan, Ayrshire, Scotland and Salamanca, Spain. He speaks three languages and loves a good poem. Spiritual centers of gravity include yoga, Unitarian Universalism, Vipassana meditation and 12 step programs. His passion is helping others to clear blockages and make space for new possibilities in their lives.
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Rowe Labor Day Presents – Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory”
Within the week after this program, the recording will be added to Rowe Labor Day Presents: on the Recorded Programs page.
This month’s community call will be a group reading of a favorite holiday story, Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory”. It will be followed by a chat about your holiday traditions. The story is short, maybe 13 pages, and delightful. Make some ginger tea or spike your eggnog and then settle in as we each take turns reading a part. You can also just listen if you prefer.
Originally published in Mademoiselle magazine in December 1956, this tiny gem of a holiday story starts with 7-year-old Buddy inaugurating the holiday season by crying out to his cousin: “It’s fruitcake weather!” So begins an unforgettable portrait of an unusual and enduring friendship between two innocent souls–one young and one old–and the memories they create from beloved holiday rituals.
Get a hard copy or you can find free copies of the PDF in multiple places on the internet.
http://www.pf.jcu.cz/stru/katedry/aj/doc/kocmichova/T_Capote_A_Christmas_Memory.pdf
http://www.dinobook.club/search/a-christmas-memory.pdf
