Ask Amy: Taking mom on trip might be real adventure
Dear Joyful: I, too, have discovered the joy of listening to audiobooks during the pandemic. Listening is such a different experience from reading. Both are engrossing ways to dive into a narrative.
Yesterday, walking through the snowy woods near my home, I listened to “Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times,” by Katherine May (2020, Riverhead).
My own two memoirs are also available on audio, narrated by me!
(Someday, I’ll muster up the strength to listen to them.)
I love the fact that libraries have figured out how to serve their communities during a time when visiting the library indoors is not always possible.
Dear Amy: I read your comment to “Fan, but Not Alum in Chicago” in the Chicago Tribune.
As a Harvard grad of long ago, I have always been sensitive about telling people about my education. If asked, I always responded, “I went East to college.”
I think I’ve overcome my reticence by now and tell the truth. We’ll see.
—Richard, Harvard College ‘54
Yale Law School ’57
Dear Richard: Saying that you went to Harvard is known as “dropping the H-bomb.” Many Harvard grads tease this out by saying, “I went to college near Boston.”
I say, if you’ve got it, flaunt it!
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