# Listening With Cynthia McVay, Author

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Podcast: [Listening with China Blue](https://stenobird.com/podcast/listening-with-china-blue-7030316)
Published: 2025-10-06T11:13:17+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/listeningwithchinablue/2255944
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## Resource

In "Listening with China Blue" hear from Cynthia McVay the author of "A Field of My Own: A Memoir of Place" who tells about how listening connects to place. McVay is a lifelong creative and environmentalist who chronicles her intimate, two-decade relationship with a flagging orchard in the Hudson Valley. As an architect and general contractor, you will hear how she moved an enormous 180-year-old hand-hewn Amish barn to the property to make her sustainable home, as she dealt with snarky contractors, a tippling partner, puzzling neighbors, concerning caretakers, black rat snakes and coyote chases. Yet, each day brings her joy and serenity. You will hear about her acoustic memoirs of place that begin in the country: the Hudson Valley, in New York City and on the island St. Croix.

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