#7: Querencia
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In This Episode of The Say The Word Podcast…
We’re talking about:
how I came to discover this tiny book and look for a sense of home
an excerpt from Barry Lopez’s A Rediscovery of North America
the places we find our strength, our voices, our solace, ourselves
Here’s where the action’s happening in today’s episode:
[00:46] - welcome
[01:28]- wherein I get the year I met my husband wrong (it was 2003, not 2004…doh! 🤦🏻♀️)
[01:57] - our 2016 decision that changed our lives
[03:03] - searching for a sense of home
[05:24] - an excerpt from Barry Lopez’s A Rediscovery of North America
[07:29] - two aspects of the discussion today
[07:40] - the places included
[08:24] - the places within us
[09:35] - the role of community
[11:28] - geographical place
[12:51] - my experience of place and identity in my 20s
[14:42] - querencia on a micro level
[15:43] - how we find querencia
[16:12] - what the word really means
[16:51] - why the context matters
[17:16] - “gather"
[18:53] - why it's worth the work
[19:37] - what curiosity often looks like
[20:21] - relationships
[22:52] - Jenni C.’s quote from The New York Times article You Can Be A Different Person After The Pandemic
[24:58] - what’s coming up next week
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