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Fall News 2020 – Voices and Chaos

October 11, 2020 by Rita Gardner Leave a Comment

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Welcome to Fall 2020 – where it seems both imperative and often impossible to find our voices amid this catastrophic time. But voices do matter – and I am grateful that on this 6th anniversary of the publication of my memoir, I recently spoke my story into a new kind of life: The Coconut Latitudes […]

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New Year – New Beginnings, Old Connections

January 27, 2015 by Rita Gardner Leave a Comment

Rita as young child

In this new year, as The Coconut Latitudes branches out into the world, it continues to bring some unexpected gifts and connections. The latest arrived yesterday, when, out-of-the-blue, a message arrived from a pen pal who I corresponded with more than fifty years ago.     The first gift was the arrival of photographs I’d […]

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Gratitude and Surrender

November 23, 2014 by Rita Gardner Leave a Comment

Fall leaves on trail

As leaves fall and pad California hiking trails with soft blankets of ocher and crimson, we whisper prayers for rain, but know bare branches are also necessary for rebirth and growth. Walking on one of these mountain trails last week, I recalled words by Mark Matousek in a recent memoir writing workshop: “Growth demands a […]

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Coconut Latitudes

Coconut Latitudes
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Two exciting segments from The Coconut Latitudes read by Rita Gardner.

"Night of the Hurricane"

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"Drums of Spring"

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