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Mary Gottschalk

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Mary has made a career out of changing careers. Her mantra comes from Ray Bradbury: "Jump off the cliff and grow your wings on the way down!"

Mary spent nearly thirty years in the financial markets, first in New York, and then in New Zealand, Australia, Central America, Europe, and amazingly, Des Moines, Iowa.

Along the way, she dropped out several times, once to embark on the three-year sailing voyage that is the subject of her memoir, SAILING DOWN THE MOONBEAM.

In her latest incarnation, she is a writer, and has completed a novel, A FITTING PLACE, to be released in May ...more

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Sallekhana or Suicide

Several weeks ago, a prominent and beloved member of our community fell to his death from the 23rd story terrace of his downtown condominium.

I knew, without being told, that he had jumped. It seemed a horrific way to die, but I recoiled at the term “suicide,” with its connotation of an irrational action and a waste of human potential. At age 86, this man suffered from Lewy body dementia, a progre

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	A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation by St. Thomas More, Mary Gottschalk (Goodreads Author) (Translation), Gerard B. Wegemer (Introduction) 4.06 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 1534 — 147 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sailing Down the Moonbeam 3.74 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Fitting Place 4.14 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dare to Dream, Dare to Act: Unlock Your Ideas to Greater Success by Terry Rich, Mary Gottschalk (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death and Dying: An Exercise in Comparative Philosophy of Religion by Timothy D Knepper (editor), Lucy Bregman (Editor), Mary Gottschalk (Goodreads Author) (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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May 19, 2012 08:30AM

Thank you, Mary. Nice to meet you on GR.

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