We love exploring Steinbeck’s Monterey, CA. His literary masterpiece, Cannery Row, often refers to historic sites and characters based on real individuals.
“Hazel’s mind was like wandering alone in a deserted museum. Hazel’s mind was choked with with uncatalogued exhibits. He never forgot anything but he never bothered to arrange his memories.” –Cannery Row, John Steinbeck @steinbeckcenter
“Joe and I flew home to America in the same plane, and on the way he told me about Prague, and his Prague had no relation to the city I had seen and heard. It just wasn’t the same place, and yet each of us was honest, neither one a liar, both pretty good observers by any standard, and we brought home two cities, two truths. For this reason I cannot commend this account as an America that you will find. So much there is to see, but our morning eyes describe a different world than do our afternoon eyes, and surely our wearied evening eyes can report only a weary evening world.” -John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley
Peru, 2008: where I truly met Mr. Steinbeck, and where the @kiva_microloans borrowers stirred up a truth in my soul that I strive to live out every day.
May we listen to each other’s truths; truly listen.
“In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men (and women) want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed, most of their vices are attempted shortcuts to love…”
In 1939, Viking Press first published John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, and it’s pretty good if you can get past the part about the goddamned turtle crossing the goddamned road.
Out of the blue, my dad sent me this super old, super large (like 8x10 inches, at least) copy of my most favorite book ever, that I collect copies of (although I’ve never told him this). Perfect author. Perfect book. Perfect gift. Perfect dad. #steinbeck
