All we Town Talkers were saddened to learn of Janet’s passing, but also uplifted by the story of her life. Front page of the The New York Times no less.
We certainly noticed the Gleeful Gadabout Who Got the Town Talking was a regular contributor to The New Yorker‘s “Talk of the Town”department. That Department which itself anticipated our own magazine, while also bequeathing us the “first-person plural style.”
And what a Talker was “our friend Janet.” Later described in the obituary as: “garrulous, generous, whip-smart, endearingly harebrained, unflinchingly direct, occasionally lonely, more than a little ribald [she would have liked Talker loses his innocence, Rockily, at the Cinema Theater] supremely well connected and sometimes down but never out.”
And, our hearts melted when we learned that “Ms. Wolfe’s life . . . . became an avidly followed picaresque.” Dear Janet, even from above, there is always a staff position open for you.
In Janet’s spirit, we would like to again thank readers for reading. And also gently nudge you to becoming more involved (contributions. collaborations, etc) or to send our way others who might be interested.
For an earlier call, see To readers and contributors, much thanks
Also, on the home page, we write:
Talker of the Town is a continuation of conversations begun in three Democratic and Chronicle blogs: Make City Schools Better, Unite Rochester and the Editorial Board. Since February 2013, urban education has been the primary focus. Now, the flowering of topics is limited only by our imaginations.
Talker of the Town might better be Talkers of the Town. The blog won’t thrive without your leads, text, pictures, ideas, facebook shares, tweets, comments and criticisms.
Since then, we have not been that much in the city schools. As such, we are now counting on teachers to help tell the good stories within the RCSD.