[Vwoolf] Woolf's exit

[Toni McNaron]

Thank you, Vara, for posting this article that I had not seen.  I've 
been thinking of Virginia all day, however, as rain has fallen here in 
Minneapolis on earth sorely in need to moisture and I think of passages 
in her own novels about rain.  She asks us to consider how different 
rain can be in spring or in harsh autumn on London streets.

I've also been thinking of her project to teach literacy to working 
class men in dangerous parts of London so they could read the contracts 
that were subjecting them to such abuse by wealthy factory owners and 
the like.  So this piece confirms my own deep sense of how strong this 
woman was whether traveling to parts of her beloved city deemed 
"inappropriate" for young ladies or seizing her pen day after day to 
give us those books.

Toni