Journal entry by Joanne Negstad — Aug 10, 2018
When Joanne was Vice-President of LSS of MN she would often drive to Moorhead, MN, one of LSS' regional offices. Her pattern was to leave home at 5:00 a.m. so with the three hour drive she chould be there by 8:00. After working all day she'd leave for home at 5:00 p.m. and arrive home at 8:00 p.m. Working like that, left little time for reading.
In retirement she discovered a passion for reading and was reading two or three books a week. If the first chapter didn't engage her she'd move on to another book. "Life's too short to read something that's not engaging" she said. Little did she/we know.
History Book Club just read a book I think she would have finished. Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit Of Their Runaway Slave. Ona Judge, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, provides a fascinating portrait of George and Martha Washingtons' relationship to their slaves. Joanne's keen sense of justice would recoil at the descriptions of the treatment of the enslaved. I recommend the book, which was a Christmas gift to me.
Blessings,
Al
In retirement she discovered a passion for reading and was reading two or three books a week. If the first chapter didn't engage her she'd move on to another book. "Life's too short to read something that's not engaging" she said. Little did she/we know.
History Book Club just read a book I think she would have finished. Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit Of Their Runaway Slave. Ona Judge, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, provides a fascinating portrait of George and Martha Washingtons' relationship to their slaves. Joanne's keen sense of justice would recoil at the descriptions of the treatment of the enslaved. I recommend the book, which was a Christmas gift to me.
Blessings,
Al
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