Cathleen Falsani: This Numinous World

Cathleen Falsani: This Numinous World

My Favourite Things: July 19

Traveling the world with Joanna Lumley, John Mayer on flow state and murmuration, Peter Gabriel's "So Much," a Ferlinghetti pilgrimage, Akira Satake pottery, binaural beats, first fruits, and more.

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Cathleen Falsani
Jul 19, 2023
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Joanna Lumley | Absolutely Fabulous Travel Goddess

Joanna Lumley (with Charlie Brown the camel) in an episode from the 2010 series Joanna Lumley: Jewel in the Nile. Image via ITV.

I first fell for Joanna Lumley when she played Patsy Stone to Jennifer Saunders’ Edina Monsoon* in Absolutely Fabulous back in the mid-1990s, but I didn’t discover her thoroughly charming travelogues until much more recently. She’s been presenting them for more than 20 years, they are myriad, and each is a treasure.

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