New York women

Recently, I read two books back to back. They both deal with women who came of age in upstate New York a decade apart. One is a reigning opera diva though she has said that the negative connotations of that word do not describe her at all. The other is a clinical psychologist living in Toronto, Canada. One book takes the reader through the glittering and not-so-glittering aspects of the opera world; the other portrays a 1950s "Father-Knows-Best" world of small town America where women wore heels to the beauty parlor and the nuns who taught school always knew best especially about such occasions of sin as the new phenomenon, Elvis Presley.

I'd like to thank everyone who has visited this audio blog during the past 30 months or so. I hope you have found it enjoyable and amusing; hopefully never boring!

I hope to learn how to produce MP3 files but in any event do plan to keep you posted via text announcements about happenings in my life. The most recent of which is that I am in the midst of applying for a library job. Yes, it's with a regional library that handles recorded books for blind and physically challenged patrons. Keep your fingers crossed.

Best and thanks again for all the support and nice emails.