The Pelicans’ Nest discussion

I am amazed at what she was reading as a young teenager. And the fact that she was learning Latin and Greek so young. I had read that it was normal 100+ years ago, but this book made that fact more real to me.

How is everyone coming along with this fantastic autobiography of Dorothy Day? I am a little less than half through now. It id causing me to reflect on my past, when I was 16-21 years of age. I was a vagabond, a wandering hobo, for much of that time associating with people across the country who were doing, to a much smaller degree, some of the things Day is describing. I was a peripheral character, a homeless hippie, never really involved, but watching and listening.

Though I understood that socialists and communists had a bit to do with organized labor here in the USA, I did not think of it as encompassing as Day makes it sound. To ponder her life is somewhat nostalgic to me.

I have read this more than once in the past. It is a great book. I just don't think I am going to get to another re-read this month.

I read this earlier this year, but I look forward to reading it again. Dorothy Day is one of the three subjects I am studying in a dissertation on journal writing and conversion.

That is awesome. This is the first time I ever got to know about her life. I am really getting a lot out if it and it is helping me to personally grow as a person.