It's Life and Life Only ...

It's Life and Life Only ...

About the Substack

A memoir spanning seven decades, from a working-class New Jersey childhood to Woodstock, Hollywood, and beyond. True stories of resilience, reinvention, famous encounters, and the remarkable people who shaped one extraordinary life.

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• Chapters of my memoir, perhaps some video clips of my Juicy Joint yoga class.

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• Subscriber-only posts and full archive
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• Listen to my recorded stories , that are not published for the free subscribers.

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About Darlene Vander Hoop

A writer and 50-year yoga-teaching veteran, former 'love' columnist, world traveler, single mother. I write naked truths about an extraordinary life spanning 7 decades- an out-of-the-box memoir, part Forrest Gump and part Candide.