News about Kara Shallenberg (kayray)
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Kara is starting hospice care; she has a chronic illness and has decided to leave the hospital and spend her remaining time at home with her family. She says she'll check in on the forum soon, if you'd like to leave her a message in this thread.
I think most Librivoxers know Kara, but in case you're new: she's one of the founding members of LV and has made a huge contribution as a mod/MC over the years. She's also given us a wonderful collection of audiobooks!
Here's her LV catalog page: https://librivox.org/reader/19
And website: http://kayray.org/
I feel like we need a New Orleans jazz band and a memorial celebration parade
I think most Librivoxers know Kara, but in case you're new: she's one of the founding members of LV and has made a huge contribution as a mod/MC over the years. She's also given us a wonderful collection of audiobooks!
Here's her LV catalog page: https://librivox.org/reader/19
And website: http://kayray.org/
I feel like we need a New Orleans jazz band and a memorial celebration parade
Laurie Anne
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Kara was the first person I spoke to on the LV forum:
Peter
I wish her a gentle passing. It's approaching quite a few of us soon ... and all of us in time.Welcome to librivox, Peter. Ask all the questions you like -- we're happy to help you in any way we can. Don't be shy about reading fiction for us either -- we don't all do "voices" anyway!
Happy reading!
Kara
Peter
"I think, therefore I am, I think." Solomon Cohen, in Terry Pratchett's Dodger
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I have had only few contacts with Kara and always they have been very interesting. I hope everything goes well for her.
Regards,
Basquetteur
Regards,
Basquetteur
Cover maker in LibriVox
My covers: https://archive.org/details/basquetteurscoversforlibrivox
My covers: https://archive.org/details/basquetteurscoversforlibrivox
Dear Kara,
I remember many years ago when I'd listen to your solo reading of "This Country of Ours" https://librivox.org/group/208?primary_key=208&search_category=group&search_page=1&search_form=get_results for school. You inspired me not only to later want to join librivox, but also to try and do a duet with you Although the duet didn't happen, I remember you taking a section in one of my first books, Joel Pepper:
I remember many years ago when I'd listen to your solo reading of "This Country of Ours" https://librivox.org/group/208?primary_key=208&search_category=group&search_page=1&search_form=get_results for school. You inspired me not only to later want to join librivox, but also to try and do a duet with you Although the duet didn't happen, I remember you taking a section in one of my first books, Joel Pepper:
Thank you for all of your work here, I really appreciate having been able to contribute with youby kayray » March 22nd, 2015, 3:01 pm
Here is Chapter 16: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/joelpepper_16_sidney_128kb.mp3 (26:20)
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Kara
Thank you for all that you’ve done for LibriVox. You have been an inspiration. That is a wonderful legacy!
Thank you for all that you’ve done for LibriVox. You have been an inspiration. That is a wonderful legacy!
“Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.”
―Diane Duane, So You Want to Be a Wizard.
Mary
―Diane Duane, So You Want to Be a Wizard.
Mary
Kara,
My fondest wishes, I hope things are as painless and as peaceful as possible for you.
Thank you so much for everything you've done for LibriVox. I once interviewed you for the 5th Anniversary Podcast and I remember you were very helpful and interesting.
I also remember listening to your recording of Poems Every Child Should Know back when I was working in the laundry of a Care Home. It certainly brightened up a few dull hours.
I hope you're happy to know you've left your mark on the world. This place won't be the same without you.
All the best to you and your family.
My fondest wishes, I hope things are as painless and as peaceful as possible for you.
Thank you so much for everything you've done for LibriVox. I once interviewed you for the 5th Anniversary Podcast and I remember you were very helpful and interesting.
I also remember listening to your recording of Poems Every Child Should Know back when I was working in the laundry of a Care Home. It certainly brightened up a few dull hours.
I hope you're happy to know you've left your mark on the world. This place won't be the same without you.
All the best to you and your family.
So little space, so much to say.
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Kara,
I wanted to thank you for all the hours of joy you have given me (and many others, but I'm speaking personally here). I have listened to The Adventures of Sally multiple times ... it is one of my favorites and never ceases to make me laugh. But when I look at your list of books, there are so many others! Heidi, Poems Every Child Should Know (that's where I finally made sense of my grandma saying she looked like the wreck of the Hesperis), The Secret Garden ...
Thank you for using your gifts to brighten the lives of others, including mine. I see from your blog that you are continuing to do this ... the lemon chiffon cake sounds terrific! And while I don't understand the new drawing software, it's clear that you are enjoying it immensely ... and using it to bring joy to others!
I have missed you seeing you around since you stepped back from the Admin role but I am so glad that you were blessed to have this time with your family and friends, doing what you loved, knitting and crafting, baking and gaming and reading.
May the journey ahead bring you safely to a place of rest and peace.
With fond regards,
MaryAnn
I wanted to thank you for all the hours of joy you have given me (and many others, but I'm speaking personally here). I have listened to The Adventures of Sally multiple times ... it is one of my favorites and never ceases to make me laugh. But when I look at your list of books, there are so many others! Heidi, Poems Every Child Should Know (that's where I finally made sense of my grandma saying she looked like the wreck of the Hesperis), The Secret Garden ...
Thank you for using your gifts to brighten the lives of others, including mine. I see from your blog that you are continuing to do this ... the lemon chiffon cake sounds terrific! And while I don't understand the new drawing software, it's clear that you are enjoying it immensely ... and using it to bring joy to others!
I have missed you seeing you around since you stepped back from the Admin role but I am so glad that you were blessed to have this time with your family and friends, doing what you loved, knitting and crafting, baking and gaming and reading.
May the journey ahead bring you safely to a place of rest and peace.
With fond regards,
MaryAnn
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Kara
I was sorry to hear about your illness. Your intelligent and professional Librivox recordings gave me many, many hours of listening pleasure. I wish you all the best. You are in my prayers.
Saul
I was sorry to hear about your illness. Your intelligent and professional Librivox recordings gave me many, many hours of listening pleasure. I wish you all the best. You are in my prayers.
Saul
Dear Kara
I am so sorry to hear about your illness. I will keep you in my prayers. Love and Hugs. x
I am so sorry to hear about your illness. I will keep you in my prayers. Love and Hugs. x
Michele
When you're having what you feel like is a 'bad day' and then someone comes along out of nowhere and extends to you the simplest of kind gestures, you feel it so deeply within your heart.” ―Miya Yamanouchi
When you're having what you feel like is a 'bad day' and then someone comes along out of nowhere and extends to you the simplest of kind gestures, you feel it so deeply within your heart.” ―Miya Yamanouchi
In addition to Kara’s LV contributions, I’ve enjoyed most particularly browsing her extraordinary output of knitted and other handcrafted items on Ravelry. I cannot count how many of her projects I’ve (overconfidently) marked to review and start ASAP. She so generously posts lots of pictures of her projects and then also includes many hugely helpful notes and hints and opinions about techniques and materials. Some people seem to be blessed with a special gift for sharing their talents and creativity so openly with the rest of us, thus bringing joy to all of us. Kara, thank you from an admiring fan of your multi-faceted work—I know that you touch lots of people in a most positive way. Lucretia B.
Kind regards,
Lucretia
Lucretia
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Sadly, we have learned Kara passed away peacefully in her sleep on September 29.
I will be gone until approximately June 3 and will catch up on cataloguing and PLing on my return.
In case of emergency, please contact any other MC.
Help us finish:
On the red staircase
~A friend of Marie-Antoinette
In case of emergency, please contact any other MC.
Help us finish:
On the red staircase
~A friend of Marie-Antoinette
My heart goes out to her family. She had always been one of my favorite LibriVox narrators, and I have always been amazed how perfectly her warm, motherly voice suited Marmie in the dramatic audiobook Little Women. Not only was her reading style inspirational, but so was the amount of books she read and contributed to LV. Can you believe it?! She recorded forty-six solo audiobooks!
Even though we had never corresponded on LV, I couldn’t help but notice her positive influence on the forums and her contributions to the catalog that have shaped the LibriVox community in so many ways.
Even though we had never corresponded on LV, I couldn’t help but notice her positive influence on the forums and her contributions to the catalog that have shaped the LibriVox community in so many ways.
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I'm so sorry to hear this and so glad she was able to spend her last months as she chose.
Laurie Anne
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I too am saddened at her passing. May she rest in peace. Due to her many recordings many people can continue to enjoy the fruits of her labor for many years to come.
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I'm glad she was able to be with her family when she passed.
We're all putting part of our lives into LibriVox, and it's living on. I think we're creating a good thing in the world.
Peter
We're all putting part of our lives into LibriVox, and it's living on. I think we're creating a good thing in the world.
Peter
"I think, therefore I am, I think." Solomon Cohen, in Terry Pratchett's Dodger