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Nancy's Bookshelf: Traveling to witness life and beyond

Nancy's Bookshelf
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'My Marriage Sabbatical' and 'Stories in Stone' book covers

Two experienced travelers have suggestions for their readers. Retired psychotherapist Leah Fisher witnessed cremations in Indonesia among her solo travels, and CBS Sunday Morning called Chico author Douglas Keister “America’s chief cemetery tourist.”

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Nancy Wiegman has a master's degree in French linguistics from Indiana University and taught yoga and foreign languages at CSU Fresno and the College of Charleston before moving to Chico in 1990.
Matt Fidler is a producer and sound designer with over 15 years’ experience producing nationally distributed public radio programs. He has worked for shows such as Freakonomics Radio, Selected Shorts, Studio 360, The New Yorker Radio Hour and The Takeaway. In 2017, Matt launched the language podcast Very Bad Words, hitting the #28 spot in the iTunes podcast charts.