Next week, join us in the Community Room with local author C. Jane Taylor for a reading and spirited Q&A on her memoir, Spirit Traffic. Audience stories will follow! Guests are invited to share a Moth-Style personal story (5 minutes without notes) on the theme "Adventure As I See It."

Spirit Traffic recounts how, at the age of 50, the author learned to ride a motorcycle, overcame the terror of navigating her steep dirt driveway in Vermont, and, three days after her son's college graduation, set off with him and her yoga-teacher husband (his stepdad) on a 10,000-mile two-wheel adventure that took them all into uncharted territory-both as novice riders, and as a family. As if in the saddle of her dual-sport BMW, the reader will experience the good, the bad, and the heartbreak of her journey as a soon-to-be-empty-nester grappling with impermanence, sexuality, hot flashes, high winds, and tailgating tour buses.

C. Jane Taylor is a writer, biker, adventurer, and mom. At the age of 16, she went to Bard College at Simon's Rock where she earned a BA in Literature and Music History. She's been a cook for a baroque orchestra, a sculptor's assistant, a resume writer, and a yoga teacher. She started (and stopped) her own welding shop. She has repaired farm equipment under the blazing sun on the Fourth of July and decorated cakes resembling the Palace of Versailles on Bastille Day. Writing is her foundation.

Contact rachel@carpentercarse.org with any questions or to register.

Apr 30, 2024, 6 to 7 PM

May 2, 2024, 7 to 8 PM

May 3, 2024, 8:15 AM