The Importance of Ambiguity in Life

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I could sit and talk about food for ages I just think it's really soothing I want to know what everyone's eating and how they serve it and how they cooked it. So this is a good moment to talk about your mum did she come for Thanksgiving and did she behave herself um the answer is yes and no. As long as I have Thanksgiving and she's here she will be here because I feel a sense of obligation moral obligation.

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.

This week Katherine chats to Elissa Altman, author of ‘Motherland’ and more.

Katherine finds Elissa in that pre-Christmas zone, which serves as the perfect jumping-off point for a very upfront, candid and fascinating conversation on family. Specifically, Elissa's relationship with her mother. Like every family, it's a relationship which is unique and comes with its own inimitable history, and as such, informs where the two find themselves this present day, and it's a wonderful thing to hear Elissa talk openly about all that is contained within this box of memories and present moments. In addition, Elissa catches up with Katherine about the New England Winter, being a feeder, her relationship with her father, mental wellbeing, getting out of the 'swamp' via nature and its grounding properties, rediscovering and reprocessing her musical proclivities, and all with a real glint and sparkle.

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