http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:21:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First, I like to apologise to all those who have visited this site and not had me respond to their posting. I have been travelling a great deal over the last six months, then teaching in St Louis for a month, and then trying to get my feet back on ... http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2010/02/another-year-another-journey/ Having been on the road with Sacred Hearts and the Renaissance for almost four weeks (how rich and interesting to carry a convent of women around with you in your head) I am due a short break on a small gulf island off he coast of British Columbia and Vancouver ... http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2009/08/heading-out-for-the-west-coast-with-apologies-to-dylan/ So, someone sent this to me today and I was fascinated to read it. : http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2009/08/sarah-dunant-bares-all.html It is quite close to my heart because ,of couse, while the renaissance is known for its beauty and wonder, it was also a time of huge violence and brutality.  That I certainly believe. And ... http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2009/08/interesting-review-blog-on-new-yorker-site/ in answer to your question Veronica , il libro uscira a Novembre., ma non so come se chimara. Forse sara diversa... .... http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2009/08/the-italian-version/ i think Lewis and Clark did it the other way around, yes but I finally arrive in the East.  First Washington and a great NPR interview with Lianne Hanson, then Miami - Book and Books and one hell of smart audience firing on al cylinders - thank you Miami Now ... http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2009/08/west-and-now-east/ Dear Anne Muirhead ...... woke up to your comment in Kansas City.   The aim to somehow recreate the experiences of these women so many centuries ago, both psychological and religious,  made this the toughest book I had ever written, so if in some way it rang true to you ... http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2009/07/vatican-and-sacred-hearts/ a gerat blues track i seem to remember, but since i only get to stay a day it is more like Kansas city here I go. Two great gigs (Thank you Rainy Day books, you keep reading alive)  and a lot of big sky and flat land in between. If ... http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2009/07/kansas-city-kansas-city-here-i-come/ All tours have low points and i am very much hoping 3 hours in cars in LA with a 6. am start the next morning marks the spot. i seem to remember a Jackson Brown lyric that fits here. "the only time that seems too short is the time that ... http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2009/07/sun-in-san-francisco/ first thing to note. It's hot. Seattle sings in the sushine.  i got here yestrday after a fantastic weekend at the Denman island Writers and Readers festival. If you don't know about it and you live anywhere in British Columbia then check it out. The most beautiful place, the kindest ... http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2009/07/seattle-via-the-gulf-islands/ I love this city so much.  There is such a deep sense of relaxation to it. Any place where you can see mountains and water at the same timne is good for the soul.   Not that I am seeing much of it.  Tv am studios, books shops and the odd ... http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2009/07/vancouver-with-half-a-voice/