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At the tender age of 21, today's Diarist has already visited 15 countries, saved $65K and has just moved interstate all thanks to her career in the seafaring industry! Next stop is saving for a house with her partner who is a Captain in training. She can't wait to share all of the opportunities her unique industry has giver her, and we can't wait to share her with you! Friends! If you loved this episode, then we know you are going to love Victoria's new book, Money Diaries with She's on the Money! This book has been written so you can feel empowered and see that YOU have the power to rewrite your own money story! It's coming in May but you can pre-order your copy now, click here!  Acknowledgement of Country By Natarsha Bamblett aka Queen Acknowledgements. The advice shared on She's On The Money is general in nature and does not consider your individual circumstances. She's On The Money exists purely for educational purposes and should not be relied upon to make an investment or financial decision. If you do choose to buy a financial product, read the PDS, TMD and obtain appropriate financial advice tailored towards your needs.  Victoria Devine and She's On The Money are authorised representatives of Money Sherpa PTY LTD ABN - 321649 27708,  AFSL - 451289.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Season 6 for Books Broads and Booze! We finished our theme of identity last season. This season, we are focusing on award winning books. At the top of the season is The Princess Diarist by the cultural icon Carrie Fisher. Listen to our discussion of young Carrie Fisher. May the force be with you. Drink responsibly! Questions and comments may be sent to broadsbookandbooze@gmail.com Theme music by Dee Yan-Kay

Hello to you listening in Mount Lawley, Western Australia!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Motivate Your Monday and your host, Diane Wyzga.The former British actor Alan Rickman (whom many remember as Professor Snape in the Harry Potter movie series) was an avid diarist of all things large and small in his storied life. The book, Madly, Deeply - The Alan Rickman Diaries Review spans 22 years of diaries, beginning in 1993 and ending in December 2015 shortly before his death capturing Rickman at the height of his fame.This line on page 37 of his book caught my ear: “I hate it when my head, heart and aspirations are filled to the brim only with career. The rest of me hangs around like a jacket on the back of a doorknob.”Apart from Rickman's magical imagery, I hear longing for belonging to all parts of his life. Maybe like me you get caught up in the tasks of the professional day and let linger those delights and pleasures that round out a successful life.Practical Tip: Today is your chance! Think about that part of you that “hangs around like a jacket on the back of a doorknob” and resolve to pick it up, put it on, and explore what else is out there to enjoy with love and lust for life. You're always invited: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic....., would you subscribe, share a 5-star rating + nice review on your social media or podcast channel of choice, and join us next time!Meanwhile, stop by my Quarter Moon Story Arts website to:✓ Check out Services I offer,✓ Arrange your free Story Start-up Session,✓ Opt In to my monthly NewsAudioLetter for bonus gift, valuable tips & techniques to enhance your story work, and✓ Stay current with Diane and on LinkedIn.Stories From Women Who Walk Production TeamPodcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 to Present Quarter Moon Story Arts. All rights reserved. 

It seems like more and more indie games are causing big waves in the gaming zeitgeist. One of the earlier examples of this is the game being covered in this episode. I am joined by Anthony from the Indie Diarist Podcast to discuss the acclaimed indie game To the Moon. We discuss some of the game's history, its thematic material and how it affected us personally. We discuss the morality explored in this game and how sometimes just one line can really affect you. It was an amazing discussion and I hope you all enjoy it! Check out the Indie Diarist HERE Follow the Indie Diarist on Twitter End Song: For River - Piano (Johnny's Version) Artist: TKan Gao ft. Laura Shigihara Album: To the Moon OST https://freebirdgames.bandcamp.com/album/to-the-moon-ost Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Donate to the Bit by Bit Foundation HERE Support the Podcast! https://www.patreon.com/stillloadingpod Want to buy some Still Loading merch? https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast

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In a deep conversation with Cu to the Chase host, we discuss the impact trauma had and has on my life and the daily struggle to navigate through the remnants of if. And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” Anaïs Nin AUTHOR, DIARIST ... ​ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/denisethelifecoach/support

It's the HistoryExtra podcast's 15th birthday, and to celebrate, we've asked 15 historians to nominate a figure from history they think deserves their ‘15 minutes of fame'. In this episode, Professor Margaret MacMillan nominates Babur. Speaking with Matt Elton, she considers the life and legacy of the 15th-century leader, who founded the Mughal empire – and kept a renowned diary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Machetes and knives and bear-claws, oh my. As Sean and Daniel embark upon this episode it is immediately obvious that this is far from being any sort of feel good children's fantasy.   The JL boys investigate the backstory of both “The Blacksmith” and ”The Diarist” as well as the details of their proposed plot that was thankfully foiled before it could be carried out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A discussion with the cast and production team about Artform's  production of Ann Frank performed at the Broadway Studios Theatre in SE London.Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank was a German-Dutch diarist of Jewish heritage. One of the most-discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously with the 1947 publication of The Diary.Ever wondered what goes into putting on a show? Find out as we have a discussion with the cast and production team about Artform's theatre productions.www.Artform.org.uk

Cat and Silver close out their month-long celebration of Women's History Month with a discussion around Carrie Fisher's 2016 memoir, The Princess Diarist. Join the girls as they laugh, cry, and reflect on the legacy left behind by our Princess, Senator, and General, Carrie Fisher. Stick around to the end of the podcast to find out the theme of Into the Garbage Chute's April Series. You definitely do not want to miss this!

If you want to boost your brain without the banter, you're in the right place. This is a spin-off of the main ‘Prompety Prompt' show where we give you short audio suggestions to get you writing, right here, right now. No chat, no nonsense - just writer/coach Letty Butler, talking you through a creative prompt every two weeks to get the ideas and the ink flowing. So grab a pen or a laptop, find a quiet space and get ready to unleash your captive creativity. If you do write anything based on these prompts, we'd love to read what you've written. So please feel free to share your creative outpourings with us via prompetyprompt@gmail.com  This week we're going to ask you some quick questions, get exhausted and write a journal entry about a terrible thing. https://www.prompetyprompt.co.uk/ #WritingExercise #GuidedJourney #Relaxing #ASMR #WritingPrompt #WritingHelp  

Big changes happening here, as we add a *fourth* Diarist (!) and spin *twelve* classic tunes into the mix. In this episode we reach back before 1975 for our selections, and we find Billy Preston, Elton John, David Bowie, Blue Cheer, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jesus Christ Superstar, Led Zeppelin, Rod Stewart, Van Morrison, Fela Kuti, the MC5, and the 5th Dimension.As always, find the Playlist on Spotify + Apple Music and your Extras on Twitter.Credits: Intro/ Outro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know"/ "... In a Letter." 

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In this episode, we hear from Mad Covid diarist Sunitha about her experience with mental health over the past year, and beyond.  Read some of Sunitha's diary entries here, and find the rest of the Mad Covid Diary here Find more from us at madcovid.com, follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @MadCovid Music is Slow Granite by Clipdad

This week we talk about out thoughts on the book 'The Princess Diarist,' by Carrie Fisher. How the Star Wars franchise impacted her life and our lives as well. Check out the book! https://www.amazon.com/Princess-Diarist-Carrie-Fisher/dp/0399173595 Listen us on Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3bW20pw We are also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1MTijlG9KQm9aQpO9McS0x?si=mYQ6Ak30S22CpiOIXx0D6A Check out our website! Therapyfornerds.com Follow us on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/therapyfornerds Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/licensedtherapyfornerds/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/licensedtherapyfornerds/ Check out our individual social media accounts: Cassidy Russell Website: Cassidyrusselllmft.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/CassidyLmft Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cassidyrusselllmft/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cassidy-Russell-LMFT-107290121182126/ Abbey Ronquillo Website: Tri-counseling.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tri_counseling/ Katie Busse Website: katiebussetherapy.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/KatieBTherapy Instagram: https://instagram.com/katiebussetherapy?igshid=fe8pr37itfdv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katiebussetherapy

Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson was one of the few Black women diarists of the early 20th century. She also worked as an educator for most of her life. Actor Kierra Bunch reads three selections from her first book “Violets and Other Tales”: “Three Thoughts,” “The Woman,” “Paul to Virginia.” Directed by Ron OJ Parson.

In this episode, we hear from Mad Covid diarist Sunitha about her experience with mental health over the past year, and beyond. Read some of Sunitha's diary entries here, and find the rest of the Mad Covid Diary here Find more from us at madcovid.com, follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @MadCovid Music is Slow Granite by Clipdad

This is a memoir of the late Carrie Fisher or as she is famously known, Princess Leia. This book recounts her time of when she first interviewed for Star Wars before and after filming as well as documenting her three month affair with Harrison Ford. 

Today's quote is from the diary of Anne Frank, a Dutch-German Jewish teenager who was a victim of the Holocaust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Professor Michael Steizer Jocks investigates the Holocaust through the diaries of Anne Frank and other diarist. This program was recorded by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).

It's here!!! Introducing: Exuberance Is Beauty If you liked The Diarist, You'll LOVE Exuberance Is Beauty! Enjoy the first episode of Exuberance Is Beauty - a fully cast and audio produced new fiction podcast by Donna Barrow-Green. A story of obsession and tragedy in 1940s Oregon Based on the novel by Donna Barrow-Green and hailed as "HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL Amazon Review” and “EXUBERANCE IS BEAUTY - 5 BEAUTIFUL STARS - Amazon Review” Subscribe here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1513091276 Amazon readers say “The main character, Eve, is whisked away to the middle of nowhere to have her illegitimate baby by a married man who seduced her. When he finds out about the child, he starts terrorizing her. He is a classic sociopath, sucking her in and manipulating her.” “[Jeff] is a controlling beast of a lover…[Eve] is a captive of the system without legal or moral help on the way.” Created by Donna Barrow Green  featuring: Darlene Sorenson, Eric Schneiwind, Shelley Bryant, Ross Laguzza Outro Music by Raf Green Subscribe here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1513091276 Find our more about the show and cast at Illuminus Audio Productions https://www.illuminusproductions.com/exuberance-is-beauty/ Support this podcast

Amanda and Sarah settle in for a look at ballads and bad dads. Sarah talks about the long tradition of folk balladry and the mystical Scottish fairy ballad about Tam Lin. Amanda goes full true crime with her own hometown murder story about David Crist, a piece of inhuman garbage who murdered/tried to murder his own family and also framed several prints in her house. Other subjects include COVID-19 party planning, casting Tam Lin, and framing your way to prosperity. Recommendations: Sarah and Amanda recommended many things. They had a lot to talk about after being physically separated for so long.  Sources: “Ballads of Blood; the Wyrd and the Uncanny in the Child Ballads" by Grey Malkin from Folk Horror Revival: Harvest Hymns. Volume I- Twisted Roots Tam Lin Balladry Vox (This Halloween-set medieval Scottish ballad is incredibly pro-choice) Wikipedia/Tam Lin Wikipedia/Ballad AP News (Daughter: ‘Daddy Held Me Down And The Truck Went Over Me’) Washington Post (Blood Relations, Blood Money?) The Seattle Times (Debt-Ridden Father Guilty Of Trying To Kill Girl -- He Threw Daughter Into Truck's Path - Twice)   The Baltimore Sun (Man gets life sentence in '82 Cockeysville slaying)   For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Episode 1: Two Criminals What kind of man drives a 1969 two door holiday coupe cutlass supreme with bucket seats and a console in the middle with a removable compartment where weed and other drugs can be stored? What kind of secret life does a middle class chemist living in a small three bedroom suburban tract house have? Who leads double lives. Follow the lie. In my father’s case it’s the mask of a sociopath.  Note from the author: House of Games examines the darkest recesses of my own childhood trauma and the ways it affected those around me. I have spent decades asking why…doing research and interviews. This podcast will weave together the story and the unexpected answers I’ve found. I attempt to explain how brain science frames my own experiences and offer stunning examples of society’s fascination with mental illness, brain science, and dysfunction. Episode 1 is part of the audio collage House of Games. Chapter 1 is narrated by the author, embedded in a sound scape production . Please review and rate this episode on itunes. It will help attract sponsors and support to keep the podcast going. Feel free to email me with thoughts or comments at donnabarrowgreen@gmail.com You can find related material on the show's blog: https://www.illuminusproductions.com/house-of-games/ (https://www.illuminusproductions.com/house-of-games/) Thanks to Raf Green for the outro song Flowers. You can find the album on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7fe1BBZGmU7FzIcIYBVS8l (https://open.spotify.com/album/7fe1BBZGmU7FzIcIYBVS8l) If you haven't listened to the Diarist by Donna Barrow Green you can find links and check out all of her work on https://www.illuminusproductions.com/ (https://www.illuminusproductions.com/)

An anniversary special Bonus Interview from November 2018. Diarist fans stay tuned for information on upcoming audio productions in 2020! Hosted by: https://kboo.fm/profiles/ken-jones (Ken Jones) Produced by: KBOO Program:: https://kboo.fm/program/holy-crowley-hour (The Holy Crowley Hour) Air date: Mon, 11/26/2018 - 11:00pm to Tue, 11/27/2018 - 12:00am On tonight's Holy Crowley Hour, we totally ignore Thanksgiving and celebrate a great local podcast, http://thediaristpodcast.com/ (The Diarist), a multi-episode, serialized podcast set in 1950s New York City. The lead character, Andrea Davies, is a young secretary described in the first episode as “a fish surrounded by sharks”. In the words of one reviewer, “The Diarist is what you get if Mad Men and Jane Eyre marry and have a baby, where a secretary becomes the personal assistant to a prickly and strange ad executive and falls in love.” Another reviewer said the podcast is if "Alfred Hitchcock decided to write a love story”. Our guests are the creative team behind the series -- creator/producer/co-director Donna Barrow-Green. actress/co-producer/co-director Beth Ricketson, and lead actor/co-producer Ryan Bowen. We'll talk about audio podcasts and The Diarist first, especially in light of the #MeToo movement, and then play Episode One for you, in its entirety. And we'll do all that before the clock strikes midnight, when a prickly and strange Joe Woods arrives to take us all off to Far Away Places. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-diarist--an-audio-drama/message Support this podcast

Season 2, Episode 7: In the first switcheroo episode, Jay and Alex discuss Anne Lister, the "first modern lesbian" who traveled Europe, managed her own monetary affairs, and wrote four MILLION words in her detailed and encoded diaries.

Enjoy this stand alone bonus episode! Hear all your favorite Diarist actors live with foley sound effects. The live show was recorded in Portland Oregon at the Twilight Theater as part of Portland Radio Theater Live! (with Exoplanetary and Willamette Radio Workshop.)  For credits visit thediaristpodcast.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-diarist--an-audio-drama/message Support this podcast

This week, Ollie went to speak to Headteacher of Hightown Junior, Infant and Nursery School, Russell Ingleby. Russell is going to be sending audio diary entries into the podcast over the coming months so, in this introductory episode, Ollie finds out more about Russell, his school and his philosophy around ‘The Hightown Way’. Hightown School … Continue reading Introducing our new Headteacher Audio Diarist, Russell Ingleby! PP217 →

Like you, I have all these things on the horizon I haven’t reached yet: I tell myself I can’t I tell myself I’m not there yet One day Some day When I’m some Thing, some other version of myself than what I am now. What happens when I get there? Will I still be straining for the future and disconnected from what is all around me? Or will I have a moment like today, where I stop, and look around and realize I have so much of what I’m looking for? MENTIONED ON THE SHOW dooce.com by Heather Armstrong Out on a Limb by Shirley Maclaine HOST LINKS - SLADE ROBERSON Slade's Books & Courses Get an intuitive reading with Slade Automatic Intuition FACEBOOK GROUP Shift Your Spirits Community BECOME A PATRON https://www.patreon.com/shiftyourspirits Edit your pledge on Patreon TRANSCRIPT I had a moment the other day, on a rainy day, drinking Earl Grey tea and writing at the Wildflower Apothecary and Tea shop where I go in the afternoons. It came over me, this wave of emotion, of realization and just awareness, in the moment. I am who I want to be when I grow up. I'm purposefully making that statement present tense, because I've still got a long ways to go. But I want to acknowledge that it's also happening now. If I can't be happy now, I mean, my family are all living and relatively healthy, nobody's fighting a serious illness. My pets are happy and healthy. I am so thankful and acutely aware of that joy every single day. My favourite moments are being on the couch watching Netflix or reading a novel on Kindle with my cat Sam on my chest and my cat Scotty between my knees. My heart is so full in those moments. And I know that they won't last forever. I've never been more comfortable in my own body - I feel very grounded, I work out a LOT, I sleep well, I have no chronic physical complaints, no pain. I don't take high blood pressure medicine. I'm in pretty good shape for somebody going on 50. I look in the mirror and I like myself. More so than I ever have. I have a safe and comfortable home. It’s not some dream loft I might have envisioned, but it’s more abundance than 99.9% of the people on the planet can claim. I have friends all over the country who trust and adore me and even though they are far away, I can text them within moments. I actually love those texting, long distance relationships. It's like this amazing, creative, humourous Improv that's always going on out there in the cloud. The physical landscape I move through every day is pretty freaking beautiful. Nature in Chattanooga, Tennessee is a fairyland, it really is. It's the reason why I wrote about a fairyland that exists here. I would have never imagined myself moving back home, but there is an energy in this city at this time, and it’s a good time to be here. And after all the personal friends and family and gratitude for good health and wellness, there is my work. My work is my life. THIS, right here, is my work. And I'm kind of like, Are you kidding me? That's awesome. I make money for talking, and commenting, and giving my opinion and sharing my stories, and doing all the things I would do with you over a cup at a cafe. And although I do work everyday, it’s because I love my work. It's part of my life and an extension of my personality. My schedule is my own, even though I'm kind of a slave driver about it. And you know, by the way, I was just telling my mother I know this sounds like a highly superficial thing, but I drive my dream car. It’s not a luxury car by any means. It’s a hard top Mini Cooper, British racing green. And I remember a time when that seemed so out of my reach and I thought “Wow. That is THE car that I would get if I could get any car.” Sometimes I walk up to it parked on the street and I think “I love my car!" I do! I got it. I could go on with this list. I don’t do this enough. By the way, especially when you’re feeling bad, playing this game when you’re alone, driving around, naming things that are pretty or that make you happy on those days when you can feel happy. If you do it on the days you don't feel happy, it’s really powerful. Just do it all the time, actually. But if you're in a place where you're trying to get that happy back, I mean, happy is such a dumb word. But you know what I mean. Whatever that means for you. I think it's something so much more quiet and less exciting than what we envision. But it's a powerful exercise. The gratitude listing, the gratitude journalling thing, it really will change your mind. You can reframe anything, and if you get really, really diligent about it and really police it, it will change your life. So do that, if you need it. Or if you haven't done it in awhile, this is your reminder, whenever you're done listening to me talk, turn this device off. Look around and start naming things. The point of all this — and I hate it when people do the “I love my clients so much” posts on Facebook, because it feels a little like humble bragging / marketing your services without doing it, kind of winky wink. I try not to do things that I think will make people roll their eyes. People make me roll my eyes a lot… That's something you don't know about me. You think I'm so much of a nicer person than I really am. I digress … The point of all this is, not to humble brag, and not to imply that I love my work so much therefore you should buy all of it. The point of all this is, If I can’t be happy now, when would I be? One of the things I notice we tend to do — and there’s a lot of evidence of this in the conversations in the Shift Your Spirits Community on Facebook. So I lurk and I skim and I read and comment here and there as I can, but I don't have the time or ability to get involved in ALL the conversations, but I do love to observe the patterns of things that emerge for me there, within an hour collective zeitgeist. We make a lot of things aspirational. And we think we're just identifying aspirations, but I think we make things aspirational and make them too hard. If it’s important, it has to be waaaaaaay out in the future. It needs to be difficult to get to. It needs to be freaking unattainable for us to dream about attaining it. I mean, just as a common example, people often post or ask about meditating like it’s learning to execute a particularly difficult spell from Dark Arts class at Hogwarts. Lotus positions and mind emptying and special rooms in your house and special corners in the room and alters and singing bowls and incense burning and stretchy flowy clothes that cost way too much money to be synthetic… In my mind, I'm seeing those and I'm seeing other people engaging and helping and offering advice, and their advice is often offered in difficult ways. They buy in to the difficult and, "Here's a really complicated answer to your complicated question", and I do that too with my own stuff. Especially when it comes to my writing and all my perfectionism issues around that stuff. But I notice that, just with the whole meditation thing, people come up to me on a daily basis at the cafe and engage me in conversations. It's a really common refrain: "I really need to start meditating." "I want to start meditating." "I try to meditate. Do you have any advice for meditating?" I just want to say, "You know what? Go for a walk. Clean things. Sweep your driveway." Literally, that's what I do when I want to meditate. Because I don't do all that other stuff. I'm bad at it too! I don't like things that are aspirational and difficult. If I really want to do it, I want it to be doable. Everything about my reason for starting Shift Your Spirits was to make the magical and the paranormal accessible to us NOW. In our daily lives, right? Where else would we want to have it? It's the magic in the mundane. I believe Toni Morrison is the one who gave me that phrase, possibly in some of her writing about writing or maybe an interview that she gave. I've always been really into stream of consciousness fiction. There's a strong element of magical realism and stream of consciousness in her work. That was my literary concentration in college — 20th century British novel. James Joyce. Virginia Woolf. Virginia's one of the really most famous executors of stream of consciousness. She's the reason we probably had to study it. This concept of illuminating a single moment in time and consciousness, and elevating it with layers of thought and synchronicity and observation and philosophy, all existing within this fluidity of time. Toni Morrison also talked about how we don’t have to find answers. People think, especially with writers or with leaders or preachers, or whoever it is that's standing up in front of the others, and trying to show the way, that it's about delivering answers. She talked about how she thinks the true job is to ask and contemplate powerful questions. So stop looking for the answers so much and just find a defining question for you. It may not have an answer. But leaning towards those possible answers, and searching for them, can be the meaningful process that you're looking for. It could give you the work of a lifetime, by the way. Trying to answer an unanswerable question. Not only is it the magic in the mundane, but it's also the mystery. Being who you want to be when you grow up is about being able to recognize that, and living in the present moment and being that. And choosing to contemplate the gratitude for it, right? Procrastination protects our dreams. It keeps them in the future where we can’t fuck them up as long as it remains in a glass bubble floating out of reach, we have hope around it. We can build all these stories and these fantasies about "some day", and "When we get there", and "Oh, if only that were mine". But if you take it down, and you break the glass and you use it, it changes it. And it's never as beautiful and mystical and magical as we thought it was. It exists in perfection in that abstract, out of reach, state. But it's not usable. It's not alive. It's not happening to us now. We aren't really using it. So why have it in our consciousness if we can't get to it? It's insane! Just as an idea for a piece of writing or creative project is never what you actually execute. It's like, the best book is always the one you’re going to write next. It's never the one you're working on. It is never the one that you're 75% of the way through. Trust me. Even though you're doing it! You're being the author that you wanted to be when you grow up. You're 75% of the way through editing a book, Draft 2. Oh, god help you. That looks nothing like the fantasy, right? I thought when I was a kid, I was going to grow up to be a cross between, get this, C.S. Lewis, a diarist, and a writer on the team of The Young & the Restless — don’t laugh. I loved soap operas from a really early age. I would rush home from the bus stop from kindergarden, or maybe my mother picked me up, but I still would want her to drive really fast and not stop and get the mail. I would want to get in there and watch that show. I still adore that format, I don’t watch old school daytime soaps or telenovelas or anything like that, but I do love really good serialized premium cable story telling, you know what I mean? And the diarist thing. I fell in love with this word at a really early age and I identified a lot with Anne Frank. A lot of us did when we read that book. And it’s this word that my spirit guides whispered to me as a child, diarist, again as a teenage, even again in my late 20s. And I can remember, in fifth or sixth grade, researching who are the authors were who were famous or known for their diaries and at that time, there was this humorist named Erma Bombeck, who wrote these kind of funny, almost like stand-up comedy routines about her life as a housewife in Middle America, or whatever. It was in book format though. I think she wrote columns in newspapers and syndicated stuff. I thought of that as kind of being a diarist. And when I was a teenager, there were those Shirley MacLaine spiritual non-fiction memoirs. Out on a limb. I somehow discovered Virginia Woolf, too, waaaay before anyone had to study stream of consciousness literature or became an English major or anything. It was like a ridiculously young age, reading letters that Virginia Woolf wrote. LIke a collection of her letters, for which she was famous, and that kind of felt like diaries. But I never understood HOW anyone would ever become successful or famous for writing a diary. Remember, my guides are whispering "diarist" all the time. Because Shirley MacLaine was already famous for being an actress before she shared her memoir. Even then, if the story was or wasn't interesting, we all knew that was part of the reason why it was published, and her face was on the cover, was because she was already someone that we knew, so we were interested in hearing more about her. But I started keeping journals, because of all this, when I was about 11 or 12. I wasn't even a teenager yet. I was really diligently trying to follow this practice of being a diarist, which I felt like would lead me to something. But I had no idea what it would be. I didn’t know as a little kid that C.S. Lewis was writing about religion and spirituality in another part of his career. I only knew Narnia. As I grew up and discovered that he was trying to indoctrinate me with Christian allegory, I was really resentful of that. I was a little pissed. I found his other work really tedious, like the other science fiction stuff, and then the more religious stuff, ohmygod, it was just so polemic and... No! I don't even go to church. Why in the hell would I want to read this? I quickly moved away from identifying wanting to be C.S. Lewis when I grew up. Although I did memorialize the death of the opinion of both him and Tolkien by writing a research paper in college about how Lewis converted Tolkien to Christianity. Like, worked him over for a really long time. Gag. I obviously didn’t become a soap writer either. So I was way off on that whole initial trajectory. BUT, here’s what’s interesting to me. I don't know what's interesting to you. I did grow up to be an author who writes spiritualist non-fiction AND fantasy novels. So it's kind of like C.S. Lewis. And I never understood how the “diarist” thing was ever going to come true — I could never see that path, yet my guides were really insistent. It's one of the things throughout my life the clairaudient word or message that I've heard most consistently, more than any other thing, that being a Diarist would be my key to becoming a writer. I thought my guides were confused about the words. I thought maybe I would become famous for some other kind of writing, and then people would want to read my diaries after I died or something. So I made sure to keep them and make them interesting, or try. Or I thought since I kept journals, like I thought of it as journals at that point. I wasn't even calling it diaries anymore. I didn't even buy the diaries with the little key on them, though I was fascinated with that whole concept when I was really young. But when I really got into doing a whole lot as a teenager, I quickly moved to writing in blank sketchbooks. I called them journals, and that's how I referred to them. Maybe my guides were trying to tell me to be a Journalist and the word was off. But that specific path, being an actual journalist, did not appeal to me at all. So there was a real confusion around all that. But then in 2003, I started seeing these web sites called blogs. Do you remember Dooce? Dooce.com? Did anyone follow Heather Armstrong? I'm going to put a link in the Show Notes so that we can go check in with Heather and see what's going on with her all these years later. But she was one of the first people who was writing this weblog about her life and was fascinating and interesting and entertaining. I read it every week or every couple of days, whenever she posted. So I was at that point where I was trying to figure out how to use the internet to further my career, to learn how to publish online. So I got some good advice from one of the founders of Movable Type, that I should learn how to install and build blogs. And then I should focus on learning to code CSS, which is webstandards. And so I did! I learned how to install Movable Type, which was a big deal back then. You couldn't just click a button and have your web post put it on there. You had to do all this stuff. And then later I learned how to install WordPress. But more than anything, I learned how to market these things, right? They were diaries, they were shared online diaries. And I started one of my own, a few years after learning how to build them, called Shift Your Spirits that I thought nobody would ever even it. And holy shit, I became famous for being a diarist. A blogger. That was the new word. But it's a diarist. Would you believe, in Apple podcasts, my podcast, this podcast, was submitted into the Spirituality category. Where else would you put it? But Apple always puts it in “personal journals.” No matter what I do, I can't get it out of that category and into something like spirituality or wellness. Anything else, no matter what. They won’t change my category. I have no idea why. They consider it a personal journal. I never called it that. Maybe their robots know more about me than I can see in myself. My blogs and my podcast episodes are serialized, dramatized, episodic content. I can kinda a connection to soap operas there. Every week, I write this unfolding story and I have no idea where it's going or where it ends. I’m just creating it as I go. And I think that's part of what I love about that whole soap writing. I’m sure I thought when I grew up I would live in a modern high rise in some glamorous city, there would be video phones like the Jetsons. I would wear fashiony dressy clothes all the time and I would putter about, busy busy, having meetings with people about my work, and possibly having meetings about my work by Jetson video phone. The reality is, I live in the city where I grew up, but it's changed and it's become a more glamorous version of itself, kind of. I actually hated living in a big city. I tried it. I don’t even really like visiting them very much either. I hate wearing dress clothes — I dress like a high school baseball coach who likes to hike on the weekends. I wear hoodies and crossfit trainers and sometimes I switch that up with a birkenstock clog. I write in cafes. My time is my own. And I do have meeting by video phone — it’s called Skype and Zoom and FaceTime. I get paid to tell people stories — about themselves, about myself, about these worlds I make up. I am not CS Lewis-level famous, but I am internet famous, which is probably better in some ways. Bottom line, I make a living sharing ideas from my head. It’s kind of better than glamorous — it’s casual! It's so casual and informal. It probably does sound like I’m bragging. But I really am just trying to acknowledge this moment in time in my life. I’m freezing the present. I'm looking around. I’m taking a moment to be grateful. And to just kind of shout it from the rooftops. Because, like you, I have all these things on the horizon I haven’t reached yet: I tell myself I can’t. I tell myself I’m not there yet. One day, some day, when I’m some Thing, some other version of myself than I am now What happens when I get there? Fastforward … to When I Get THERE. Will I still be straining for the future? and disconnected from what's actually going on? Or will I have a moment like I did the other day, today, where I stop, and I look around and I realize: I have so much of what I’m looking for. You have two choices to be who you want to be when you grow up: If you don’t already have it, if you're not even close, you need to change some shit. And that is hard. But if you want it, you have to be willing to give up some stuff maybe. I won't even go into all the things I gave up, or that I do give up, because I'm focusing on what I HAVE. If you do feel like you might have all the elements in place, or you just want to accept that maybe this IS it, then the question is not about what you can change, but how can you feel differently about what is. Be with what is. I am already everything I’ve ever wanted to become. I am fulfilling my purpose by being here. And I can’t be happy then, in some glamourized future I may never get to, If I can’t be happy now, If I can’t be grateful right now. If I don't know how to do that now, then how will I know how to do that whenever I get to wherever it is that I'm supposed to get to. So I’m pausing to mark this moment in time. And I recommend you do the same thing. If you can. You’re not missing anything. There’s nothing for you to bring in or add or change before you can acknowledge it. Before you can claim your reason for being here and to find love for yourself and the life that you're already living. You are already everything you’ve ever wanted to become. You fulfill your life purpose with every breath you take.

Years ago Tracey Thurman said, “It wasn’t a personal attack on me on the part of the police.  They just weren’t trained for that back then.  As I read that statement, it made me wonder, yet again, how much have we learned since then?  Have we been able to change our thinking and become better advocates for targets of domestic violence? We examine the 2018 case of Anako Anette Lumumba as a reference to see the progress made. Thank you to Donna Barrow-Green, (activist, professor and author of the fiction podcast The Diarist) for speaking with us about some current problems that still may exist when police interview survivors of domestic violence.   The Diarist: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-diarist-an-audio-drama/id1360984677?mt=2    Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/targetedpodcast Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/targetedpodcast/ Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/TargetedPodcast/ website:  www.targetedpodcast.com email:     targetedpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  @targetedpodcast   Merchandise: We have two store now! https://targetedpodcast.threadless.com         https://www.teepublic.com/user/targetedpodcast   Resources in the US:   Need help? In the United States call 800.656.HOPE (4673) to be connected with a trained staff member from a sexual assault service provider in your area. http://www.thehotline.org/resources/   Resources in Australia:  The Allison Baden-Clay Foundation has an excellent list of many resources available https://www.allisonbadenclayfoundation.org.au/website-resources/   Resources in the UK: Paladin: National Stalking Advocacy Service, http://www.https://paladinservice.co.uk   Promo for:  Strictly Homicide https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/strictly-homicide-podcast/id1351615471?mt=2   Custom artwork for the Fight for Justice series done by https://www.facebook.com/UnapologeticArtist/

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Contains mild sexual content/ violence. Discretion is advised. How long does it take for a facade to shatter? Our poor protagonist has found herself on an island--inhabited by the ghosts of her past and present. There's Richard but remember he is a gentleman on one side and a devil on the other.  Please consider supporting The Diarist by a 5 star review and / or becoming a Patreon Member  https://www.patreon.com/thediarist Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/zfVaamOugBY thediaristpodcast.c --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-diarist--an-audio-drama/message Support this podcast

They are finally together! Richard and Andrea take us to Hawaii in this romantic episode of The Diarist. It's magical and of course perfect. And the ghost of Margaret Hayes? Why she can barely haunt them at all. No. This indeed, is the happiest time of Andrea's life.  We also share a special trailer for Targeted: True Crime Domestic Violence, a nonfiction podcast that delves into issues of domestic violence with in depth research and reporting.  https://targetedpodcast.wordpress.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-diarist--an-audio-drama/message Support this podcast

** Stand alone and may be enjoyed without listening to The Diarist series. Sit in on a lecture with Dr. Walter Freeman the world's most famous lobotomist in the 1940s and 1950s. This lecture is based on an actual peer-reviewed journal article in the Yale Medical Review in the 1940s. Dr. Freeman provides a short lecture and then introduces a successful lobotomy subject to the class, Miss Dorothy Linden. Pierson Rintz - Dr. Freeman Darlene Sorenson - Dotty Emerson McRaven- Film announcer --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-diarist--an-audio-drama/message Support this podcast

The trailer for the new audio drama by Donna Barrow-Green. Things are not always as they seem in this neo-noir thriller. The Diarist explores the darker side of the human psyche and the terrifying consequences of indulging in base desires.The story unfolds in 18 serialized episodes. Available on iTunes or where ever you get your podcasts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-diarist--an-audio-drama/message Support this podcast

Andrea, why can't you leave well enough alone? Why must you pry into Richard's personal life? Didn't mother teach you to let a man have his secrets? No matter how dark they may be.   We are on Patreon! To support this work, please consider becoming a patron of The Diarist      https://www.patreon.com/thediarist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-diarist--an-audio-drama/message Support this podcast

First released as a bonus episode, this is an interview I was invited to do with creators of the audiodrama THE DIARIST, Donna and Beth. We talk mental health treatment in the 50s, women’s rights, and Beth’s dog pops in for a visit. If you haven’t listened to THE DIARIST yet, do it! It’s well-written, […]

Donna Barrow-Green is a playwright, author, college instructor, and the mind behind the Podcast Drama - The Diarist Donna's Links Web: http://donnabarrowgreen.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/diaristpodcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DiaristPodcast And don’t forget to support the podcast by subscribing, reviewing, and sharing.  —> Review Unstructure Unstructured Links: Web: https://unstructuredpod.com/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/unstructuredp Twitter: https://twitter.com/unstructuredp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unstructuredp/

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, the 300th Anniversary University Professor of History at Harvard University, shares stories from the remarkable diary of Caroline Crosby. The wife of a Mormon missionary, Crosby reached California with her husband in 1850 en route to a posting in the South Pacific, and later lived among “saints and strangers” in San Jose, San Francisco, and San Bernardino.

Von Morgenröten, die noch nicht geleuchtet haben | Symposion Fr, 23.06.2017 – So, 25.06.2017 ZKM_Medientheater Vortrag/Gespräch Vom 23. bis 25. Juni 2017 fand am ZKM ein Symposion zu Ehren des 70. Geburtstags von Peter Sloterdijk in der ZKM Reihe »Philosophie und Kunst« statt. Das Symposion »Von Morgenröten, die noch nicht geleuchtet haben« wurde nicht nur die philosophischen, sondern auch die literarischen, ökonomischen, ökologischen, kunsttheoretischen, politischen und religionsanalytischen Aspekte des außerordentlich umfangreichen Werkes von Peter Sloterdijk analysiert. /// Of Dawns of Day that Have not yet Broken | Symposium Fri, 23.06.2017 – Sun, 25.06.2017 ZKM_Media Theater Lecture/ Talk To honor the 70th birthday of philosopher Peter Sloterdijk, a symposium is held from June 23–25, 2017, as part of the series »Philosophy and Art« at the ZKM. The symposium »Of Dawns of Day that Have not yet Broken« is not only meant to analyze the philosophical, but also the literary, economical, ecological, art-theoretical, political and religious-analytical aspects of the extraordinarily extensive oeuvre of Peter Sloterdijk.

We are introducing our new segment: S'mores! Bringing you s'more (hehe) of what you love, namely bite-sized interviews with guests outside of New York as the cohosts travel the globe! Krista provides us a clear record of the pre-digital childhood due to her meticulously maintained diaries chronicling her grade school years. Her words are honest, powerful, and hilarious as she shares the saga of Doug (her most prominent crush), the phenomenon of note passing, and Princess Diana. Krista's blog where she shares her journal posts can be found at: http://tehcheesestandsalone.blogspot.com/?m=0 Connect with Camp Adulthood: hello@campadulthood.com @camp_adulthood campadulthood.com

In this episode of On The Road, Seanorama reviews three books: Ghost In the Wires – The story about Kevin Mitnick, the world famous hacker 18 and Life on Skid Row – The story of Sebastian Bach, former singer of Skid Row and one the most prolific vocalists of all time; The Princess Diarist – Carrie Fisher journals she wrote during the making of Star Wars. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10256723-ghost-in-the-wireshttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23315800-18-and-life-on-skid-rowhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26025989-the-princess-diarist?from_search=true

In this episode of On The Road, Seanorama reviews three books: Ghost In the Wires – The story about Kevin Mitnick, the world famous hacker 18 and Life on Skid Row – The story of Sebastian Bach, former singer of Skid Row and one the most prolific vocalists of all time; The Princess Diarist – Carrie Fisher journals she wrote during the making of Star Wars. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10256723-ghost-in-the-wireshttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23315800-18-and-life-on-skid-rowhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26025989-the-princess-diarist?from_search=true

For a large portion of the population when you ask them about "their princess" they will probably respond with Diana. But for us geeks and nerds "our princess" will always be Leia. In honor of Carrie Fisher's passing, we read her last book, The Princess Diarist, where she recounts her time during the filming of the original Star Wars trilogy. Told only the way she could, it's sassy, funny and down to earth. May the Force be with her... always. We also announce our next book for March; Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Graham-Smith.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Jennifer Hetzel, Kris Andrew, Lanie MooreLike the show? Do us a favor and rate / review the show on iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts from.You can always reach us at EpicallyGeeky.comYou can also find us on FaceBook, Twitter and Instagram.You can find us on iTunes here: http://apple.co/2fiw4eHYou can find us on Stitcher here: http://bit.ly/2f1IuYPYou can find us on Google Play here: http://bit.ly/2ff1jJfYou can find us on YouTube here: http://bit.ly/2fffyO0Music by: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-musicNetwork bumper by: Peter Emerson Jazz

BCSC IS A MEMBER OF TALKBOMB.COM! This week on Book Club Shmook Clubs, we're reading the late Carrie Fisher's book The Princess Diarist! When Carrie Fisher found out that Star Wars was coming back, and she would be reprising the iconic role of Princess Leia, she decided to look to her old diaries to remember what it was like when she first got the part 40 years ago. What follows is a brutally honest look back on landing the part, falling in love with her co-star Harrison Ford, and a frequently funny analysis of how becoming Princess Leia changed her life. BCSC@TalkBomb.com! @TalkBomb! @ChillinKristen! @WillRogers2000!

In this episode of Fangirls Going Rogue, Teresa Delgado, Sarah Woloski, and Tricia Barr share our love for the late Carrie Fisher. Included in our discussion are the things we learned from her book The Princess Diarist. It is a sad time in fandom but we found joy in the memories of our real life hero. Read on for more exciting things in this episode, including Rogue One and Star Wars Rebels! (Or just dive in and take a listen.) Fangirls Going Rogue has a new Facebook group where you can discuss anything: Star Wars, Disney, Wonder Woman... the sky's the limit. The group is closed. Search for "Fangirls Going Rogue" and ask to join. In addition to remembering Carrie Fisher, talk turns to how Leia Organa's legacy might be preserved or changed. This conversation was recorded before the StarWars.com announcement regarding any future use of Carrie Fisher's likeness in upcoming films. Saw Gerrera joins Star Wars Rebels. Rogues react. SWEU Funkos? Bring them on! Donald Glover talks expectations for his role as Lando Calrissian. Lucas Museum has a home! Sarah Woloski fangirlflails for her home town. Get to know the stars of Rogue One. The Fangirls explore the careers of Diego Luna, Donnie Yen, and Jiang Wen. The character discussion is #GoingRogue this month as we share first impressions of Jyn Erso from Rogue One. We are now on Google Play for Android users. As always reviews and ratings are our life blood. Thanks for listening, and until next time: Yub yub!   Related Links Fangirls Going Rogue Episode 1 featuring Princess Leia and Carrie Fisher as our inspiration Tricia Barr joins Skywalking Through Neverland to remember Carrie Fisher Nightline special on the CG work behind Tarkin and Leia in Rogue One SyFy Wire's "Why There Is No #WheresJyn Controversy with Rogue One Toys" USA Today's interview with Donald Glover Check out the books mention in this episode: DK's Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide, Disney Publishing's Star Wars Galactic Maps and Rogue One: Rebel Dossier Support Fangirls Going Rogue. Buy Rogue One tickets through our Fandango link.   Social Media Fangirls Going Rogue: @FGGoingRogue Tricia: @fangirlcantina Teresa: @icecoldpenguin Sarah: @JediTink Sandra: @geekchic9 Hannah: @hannahlougillis Facebook: Fangirls Going Rogue Instagram: @FGGoingRogue Tumblr: fangirlsgoingrogue.tumblr.com Instagram: @FGGoingRogue Voicemail: 331-21 Ewoks or 331-213-9657 (or hit that cool Voicemail button on the website) Email: contact@fangirlsgoingrogue.com (or use our Contact page) Tshirts: At our Tee Public Store If you enjoyed the show, leave us a review on your favorite podcatcher and share the episode with friends. Until next time: Yub! Yub!

Using Carrie Fisher's recent memoir, The Princess Diarist, to provide perspective from the other side of the table The Regular Joe's discuss the phenomenon and culture of celebrity autograph shows. A few weeks back Tod warned Barry and Dave they probably wouldn't like Netflix The OA. He was about half right. WARNING it is nearly impossible to talk about The OA without some degree of spoiling, we do however keep it to a minimum. All this plus Random Topics and a round of What's in the Box.  Thanks for listening!

How little does Carrie Fisher talk about the filming of Star Wars in her new book, The Princess Diarist? Very little, indeed, and more about fame. Punch it! ***We’re listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you’ll get some fabulous rewards for your pledge.***  Check out SW7x7.com for full Star Wars 7x7 show notes and links, and to comment on any of the content of this episode! If you like what you've heard, please leave us a rating or review on iTunes or Stitcher, which will also help more people discover this Star Wars podcast. Don't forget to join the Star Wars 7x7 fun on Facebook at Facebook.com/SW7x7, and follow the breaking news Twitter feed at Twitter.com/SW7x7Podcast. We're also on Pinterest and Instagram as "SW7x7" too, and we'd love to connect with you there!

In the first of my two-part look at The Princess Diarist, I dig deeper into what Carrie Fisher shares about her affair with Harrison Ford during the filming of Star Wars. Punch it! ***We’re listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you’ll get some fabulous rewards for your pledge.***  Check out SW7x7.com for full Star Wars 7x7 show notes and links, and to comment on any of the content of this episode! If you like what you've heard, please leave us a rating or review on iTunes or Stitcher, which will also help more people discover this Star Wars podcast. Don't forget to join the Star Wars 7x7 fun on Facebook at Facebook.com/SW7x7, and follow the breaking news Twitter feed at Twitter.com/SW7x7Podcast. We're also on Pinterest and Instagram as "SW7x7" too, and we'd love to connect with you there!

"My book is about, basically, experiences in and around and because of Star Wars."

On Friday, April 29, James I. Robertson, Jr., delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "The Civil War's Most Valuable Diarist." At the Confederate States CapitalMaryland-born John Beauchamp Jones was an established editor and novelist when civil war began. He was one of the few people who envisioned the struggle as the large-scale, all-consuming war it became. In May, 1861, he accepted a high-ranking clerkship in the Confederate War Department. For the next four years he kept a meticulous, day-by-day journal. Nothing escaped Jones's eyes and ears. Verbal descriptions of individuals, confidential reports, personal opinions, rumors, weather, inflation, newspaper articles, life inside the bloated Confederate capital—all received attention. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary appeared posthumously in 1866. This mass of information has remained only partially used because of the absences of identification of persons and events, as well as lack of an index. James I. Robertson, Jr., has edited a new edition of the diary, which includes a long introduction, 2,700 endnotes, and an index containing references to individuals and subjects. Dr. James I. "Bud" Robertson, Jr., a noted scholar on the American Civil War, is Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech and former executive director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies. He also served as executive director of the U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission and as a member of the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission. Robertson is the author and editor of numerous books, including The Stonewall Brigade, General A. P. Hill, Soldiers, Blue and Gray, Civil War! America Becomes One Nation, Stonewall Jackson: The Man, The Soldier, The Legend, and A Rebel War Clerk's Diary: At the Confederate States Capital. This lecture is cosponsored with The Virginia Antiquarian Book Fair and the Virginia Antiquarian Bookseller's Association (VABA).

On April 29, 2016, James I. Robertson, Jr., delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "The Civil War's Most Valuable Diarist." Maryland-born John Beauchamp Jones was an established editor and novelist when civil war began. He was one of the few people who envisioned the struggle as the large-scale, all-consuming war it became. In May, 1861, he accepted a high-ranking clerkship in the Confederate War Department. For the next four years he kept a meticulous, day-by-day journal. Nothing escaped Jones's eyes and ears. Verbal descriptions of individuals, confidential reports, personal opinions, rumors, weather, inflation, newspaper articles, life inside the bloated Confederate capital—all received attention. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary appeared posthumously in 1866. This mass of information has remained only partially used because of the absences of identification of persons and events, as well as lack of an index. James I. Robertson, Jr., has edited a new edition of the diary, which includes a long introduction, 2,700 endnotes, and an index containing references to individuals and subjects. Dr. James I. "Bud" Robertson, Jr., a noted scholar on the American Civil War, is Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech and former executive director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies. He also served as executive director of the U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission and as a member of the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission. Robertson is the author and editor of numerous books, including The Stonewall Brigade, General A. P. Hill, Soldiers, Blue and Gray, Civil War! America Becomes One Nation, Stonewall Jackson: The Man, The Soldier, The Legend, and A Rebel War Clerk's Diary: At the Confederate States Capital. This lecture is cosponsored with The Virginia Antiquarian Book Fair and the Virginia Antiquarian Bookseller's Association (VABA). The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

Alistair Cooke celebrates the life and work of diarist James Agate and contemplates how he would have approached the pressing issues of the modern world. .