'Instead of a Letter' is the title of a beautiful memoir by Diana Athill, one of my favorite writers and all time favorite people. She was born in 1917, and is responsible for ushering into print some of the most brilliant writing of the last century. Her memoirs are unbelieveably well written, and impossibly exciting. Stealing her title for this little travel experiment is... well... ironic at best.
But I hope, over the coming weeks, that if a little wave of curiosity should break gently over your mind, you will be able to still those questioning waters with a little glance in this direction. It won't, of course, be in my power to carve any new notches on the worn bed posts of travel writing, but for those few who may care to follow in my modest footsteps this summer, I hope to provide a few moments of amusement, and to keep from disappearing altogether from the lives of you lovely, important, and much missed people.
Much love,
Amelia
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