If you’re interested in inviting Marietta to speak, please email her at mm@mariettamccarty.com. If you have another topic in mind, we can add it to our growing list!
The Art of Clear Thinking—Lifesaving Mental Clarity
The Art of Conversation—Listening and Asking Questions
The Meaning of Home—A Sense of Belonging
Emptying a Beloved Home—And Filling the Heart
A Spiritual Look at Letting Go—Lessons in Good Living from Leaving 1203
The Value of Storytelling—Teaching and Learning Through Telling Tales
Finding and Keeping Serenity—The Road to Being Wisely Modern
Moving with Change—Embracing Fresh Beginnings
Philosophy for Children—Sharing Big Ideas with Kids
The Art of Writing—And the Different Paths to Publishing (or Not!)
Art Projects—Inspired by the Power of Personal Objects
Civic Engagement—How to Participate in a Democracy
Service Learning—Linking Academics to Community Involvement
Problem Solving—The Ease That Comes from Paying Attention
Told with McCarty’s characteristic wisdom, marvel, exuberance, and good will, Leaving 1203 is about navigating that way through. The author draws on all available resources—friends and strangers, food and laughter, life lessons learned in the very house she now empties, and, not least, her newly-inherited West Highland terrier, Billy. McCarty simultaneously learns and deftly teaches the fine arts of remembering, letting go, and holding on to what matters most. She not only finds the way through, she shows the way.
the greatest gift an author could give a reader… lessons of a universally philosophical and existential kind… a touching journey… a welcome, upbeat ride
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