I read Travels with Charley last Fall and have recently been reminiscing on my favourite passages, so seeing this post was timely. I also enjoyed his commentary and observations on this topic and had actually noted down a passage that comes right before the one you had highlighted. I like how he describes it as rearranging the world in our own style
It's a great read! I did some back road driving this weekend and thought about how much he was lost on his trip. With google maps I can be on a windy rural road named Slippery Log Rd that's 3 hours from my house and not be lost :) I wonder what that means for us. Glad you liked the post!
I read Travels with Charley when I was in college, and then I read Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon, written 20 years later. Both are wonderful time capsules of the country and the people that make the place real. I think it continues to be helpful to remember that who we are when we see a place, who we meet when we come somewhere new, and who we have just been with when we meet a stranger will always effect how we experience each new place.
I read Travels with Charley last Fall and have recently been reminiscing on my favourite passages, so seeing this post was timely. I also enjoyed his commentary and observations on this topic and had actually noted down a passage that comes right before the one you had highlighted. I like how he describes it as rearranging the world in our own style
It's a great read! I did some back road driving this weekend and thought about how much he was lost on his trip. With google maps I can be on a windy rural road named Slippery Log Rd that's 3 hours from my house and not be lost :) I wonder what that means for us. Glad you liked the post!
I read Travels with Charley when I was in college, and then I read Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon, written 20 years later. Both are wonderful time capsules of the country and the people that make the place real. I think it continues to be helpful to remember that who we are when we see a place, who we meet when we come somewhere new, and who we have just been with when we meet a stranger will always effect how we experience each new place.
Amen! I have to check out Blue Highways. I love a good road trip book (and a good road trip)!
Good stuff. Reminds me that community listening is a team sport.
Yes! With more listeners we can get a fuller picture.
Appreciate the call to humility!