Virginia Woolf’s Gardens

                   

“For the moment how sweet life is….in its regularity & order, & the garden & the room at night & music & my walks & writing easily & interestedly.”              Virginia Woolf

During the month of July, I will miss the order of my Orinda days: the ever changing summer garden, the still rooms, Brahms in the air, and putting pen to paper.  Traveling to the University of Sussex, and accessing a selection of Vanessa Bell's unpublished letters held in the Special Collections will be an intriguing adventure.  I hope to discover, in her own words, some of her experiences and impressions while traveling throughout Italy over a number of years. And then....on to Cambridge for a week long Literature Cambridge class---Virginia Woolf's Gardens.  Looking at how Woolf used colorful gardens, parks, and flowers in her numerous works will be an absolute delight, as well as meeting fellow Woolfians from around the world.  What a wonderful opportunity, and occasion to say "how sweet life is......"