“Uncover the Mysteries of Nature: A Journey through Lynne Golodner’s ‘Forest Walk on a Friday'”
In the course of treatment for the polyp on her vocal cords, Golodner’s voice therapist told her that we are, generally, very hard on our voices. Golodner ends her closing essay with this: “So I’ll be quiet for a time and let my voice come through on the page, choosing my words to proclaim I am absolutely enough, and it is time to be heard.” Golodner is absolutely enough, and it is definitely time for her to be heard. There is so much beauty in these essays—in her sensuous sentences and also in the sharing of her deepest self. We see a woman, in Forest Walk on a Friday, who has claimed her worth and her right to share it. She is unapologetic. Fierce and warm, thoughtful and caring. Her voice carries. These essays sing.
