Winter 2025

Alison van Diggelen’s new book, “The Love Project: A Journey of Intimate Conve- rsations,” shares stories that local friends and acquintances shared with the author. Photo: Kelli Uldall W hen her 90-year-old mother found love after 20 years as a widow, Alison van Diggelen was inspired to investigate how TISTPI ½RH ERH IQFVEGI PSZI MR XLIMV PMZIW %R on-air journalist with BBC and other news out- lets, and a fairly new Carmel resident, she was YRMUYIP] UYEPM½IH JSV XLI XEWO ±7IIMRK LS[ Q] QSXLIV [EW XVERWJSVQIH F] PSZI - HIGMHIH XS MRXIVZMI[ XLI TISTPI - QIX LIVI XS PIEVR XLIMV WXSVMIW SJ PSZI ² WLI WE]W ±- PIEVRIH XLEX XLSWI WXSVMIW KMZI TISTPI LSTI ² 7LI GSQTMPIH XLSWI MRXIVZMI[W MRXS ±8LI 0SZI 4VSNIGX % .SYVRI] SJ -RXMQEXI 'SRZIVWEXMSRW ² 8LI EYXLSV´W OMRH JVMIRHP] ERH IRKEKMRK HIQIERSV WIX TISTPI EX IEWI ±4ISTPI STIRIH XLIMV LIEVXW XS QI ERH WLEVIH XLIMV WIGVIXW ² ZER (MKKIPIR WE]W -RXIVZMI[IIW MRGPYHI 0MRHWE] .IJJIVW KVERHWSR SJ 6SFMRWSR .IJJIVW EVXMWX .IRRMJIV 4IVPQYXXIV HIZIPSTIV 4EXVMGI 4EWXSV :EPPI] 4MTIV ERH [MRIQEOIV +VIK *VIIQER ERH many more interesting Carmelites who shared XLIMV JIIPMRKW SR PSZI 8LI TVSGIWW FVSYKLX ZER (MKKIPIR E RI[ E[EVIRIWW ERH FVMKLXIRIH LIV S[R PMJI ±8LMW TVSNIGX [EW E NSYVRI] SJ HMWGSZIV] JSV QI EW [IPP ² WLI WE]W For more information, visit www.alisonvandigge- len.com .“The Love Project” is available locally at Olivia & Daisy, Pilgrim’s Way and River Books in Carmel and on Amazon. 2I[ &SSO )\TPSVIW 0SZI in Carmel & = 1 - ',% ) 0 ',%8 * - ) 0( SHORT '987 LIT 80 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • W I N T E R 2 0 2 5