This program originally aired on November 23, 2016.
What are you thankful for? We're talking about gratitude and what it means.
We're joined by Amy Howlett, director of the Springfield Town Library. Also by Dr. Robert Macauley, Medical Director of Clinical Ethics and a palliative medicine physician at the UVM Medical Center and an ordained Episcopal priest. And by Beau Scurich, a Muslim chaplain at Middlebury College.
Literary suggestions that touch on the theme of gratitude
Below are suggestions made by Howlett:
- The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness In A Changing World by the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams
- Dog Songs by Mary Oliver (poetry)
- Pilgrim At Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard (nonfiction)
- Plan B: Further Thoughts On Faith by Anne Lamott (essays)
- Upstream by Mary Oliver (essays)
Plus, a few of Howlett's recommendations for children:
- Before We Eat: From Farm To Table by Pat Brisson, illustrated by Mary Azarian
- The Thank You Book by Mo Willems
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio
During the show, Dr. Macauley also mentioned the poetry collection Otherwise by Jane Kenyon, and specifically Kenyon's poem "Otherwise."
Broadcast on Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 7pm and Friday, November 23 at noon.
