Dear Bookclub,
Experiencing a cyber catastrophe in the midst of writing a new blog post in preparation for our upcoming bookclub meeting, I was blindsided with the accidental deletion of a previous post....this March 2019 post. A convoluted 'entry' page for any of my "Blogger" blogs has always had the vulnerability to make such a deletion. I was soooooo bummed and really, really bummed because it was late at night and I had promised my 'health sub-conscious' that I would long be asleep at this time. I stubbornly attempted every googled suggestion for this problem and sat in front of my screen with crossed fingers, spiritual pleas spoken aloud, learning more about caches and backing up than I care to ponder and finally went to bed in a tizzy.
I awoke the next morning, still blue with the loss and got struck with the realization that I could recreate. Would not be the same but here it goes:
Our March Bookclub meeting was cancelled due to the exciting, unrelenting, crammed, conflicted schedules we are all experiencing. The March selection, J.D. Salinger's"Catcher in the Rye" must still be discussed and with a Joyce Maynard elaboration.
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First published in 1998, Maynard told of her relationship with Salinger in "At Home in the World".
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An essay and front page picture for The New York Times Magazine in the spring of 1971, titled "An 18-Year-Old Looks Back on Life", put Maynard on the map and into the scope of J.D. Salinger who contacted her and whisked her away from Yale, briefly enfolding her into his lair.
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At this point in writing, months have passed since both the March non-meeting and my start to re-create the lost blog. My memory of whatever else was so great that I mourned its deletion has also been deleted. So I will leave you with:
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| "And to think we started as a book group" |
Happy reminiscing,
LK
