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questionthevalueofblogs: summer dreams
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011. Exactly 6 months ago today, I took the picture above of the red zinnia, surrounded by lush greenery. I didn't bother, I like it fine. Sorry to digress a bit there. Snow is beautiful, the long low rays of the sun in winter can add magic to a picture. Beauty is not enough. How is one to stay in touch with living things when they are snug, covered with snow and inaccessible, for the most part. To illustrate the loveliness of winter, I illustrate with a photo taken yesterday:.
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questionthevalueofblogs: Talking with Thic Nhat Hanh
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Tuesday, May 1, 2007. Talking with Thic Nhat Hanh. I've been doing yoga, following a video instructor. Since I'm doing yoga in the Midwest, I'll simply say that it's pretty good. In fact, I've stuck with it for nearly 3 months now ( shhh. Hold down the gasps of amazement). I've continued using the same video the same video yes the same video because it helps me unfrazzle. The exercises aren't hard. I look funny doing tree pose, balancing on one leg, because periodically I go " oof. This caught my attenti...
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questionthevalueofblogs: Dying
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Thursday, May 31, 2007. Last night, my brother-in-law called to say that my mother-in law is dying. So tomorrow the 2 of us, accompanied by our faithful labrador retriever, will get in the car and drive 5 or so hours to spend some time with her and the family. There are lots of issues here with family, but I'm mostly leaving those out. Everybody has issues. If you're interested in issues, watch. I'm considering what books to pack. For me, that is a first line of coping. Which is a memoir of her grief?
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questionthevalueofblogs: distractions
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Thursday, May 24, 2007. Dennis Lehane: prayers for rain. Trying to go from front to back:. Translated by Robert Fitzgerald. The Children of Hurin. By Tolkien and son. The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide. By Douglas Adams (5 volumes in One Joyous Binding of Bounteousness). By Graham Green (because I just finished The Power and the Glory, and loved it). Reading in small servings. Poetry and spiritual stuff:. The Miracle of Mindfulness. In exile, who knows? Do I need to be delivered from distraction? If I was d...
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questionthevalueofblogs: How many books to read at once?
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Friday, April 27, 2007. How many books to read at once? Right now, I am reading. By Neil Gaiman,. 2) The Miracle of Mindfulness. By Thich Nhat Hanh. 3) The Power and the Glory. Sometimes I stop and read a poem or just a few lines from Gerard Manley Hopkins. His language is such concentrated eloquence, I cannot absorb much without becoming breathless at his words. Story-telling and the internet. Yet I cherish what is face to face even more, conversations that ramble on a big porch, collages of stories tha...
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questionthevalueofblogs: I was in the right book at the wrong time.
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Thursday, May 10, 2007. I was in the right book at the wrong time. This is a procrastination post, because I don't, or didn't want to write it. Well, of course, you might say, who wants to write when they could be eating a banana nut muffin? This is a different kind of not wanting to write. You see, I'm writing about a good book. A book that made me laugh. A book by one of my favorite authors. So what's the problem? And happily, so did she. The problem was that I wanted to read Neverwhere. A romantic scr...
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questionthevalueofblogs: January 2011
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011. Exactly 6 months ago today, I took the picture above of the red zinnia, surrounded by lush greenery. I didn't bother, I like it fine. Sorry to digress a bit there. Snow is beautiful, the long low rays of the sun in winter can add magic to a picture. Beauty is not enough. How is one to stay in touch with living things when they are snug, covered with snow and inaccessible, for the most part. To illustrate the loveliness of winter, I illustrate with a photo taken yesterday:.
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questionthevalueofblogs: Authors, my imaginary friends
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Thursday, May 24, 2007. Authors, my imaginary friends. My intention in writing this blog came from cherishing conversations about books। Also, there are a lot of times I wanted to talk with the author of the book. Authors being fairly inaccessible, the only easy place to find them was in my imagination. I construct personas for authors and talk to them all the time. Uh, don’t tell my psychiatrist, okay? A beautiful and tragic saga in the setting of the romantic Elder Days. I’m struck by the way Tol...
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questionthevalueofblogs: April 2007
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Friday, April 27, 2007. How many books to read at once? Right now, I am reading. By Neil Gaiman,. 2) The Miracle of Mindfulness. By Thich Nhat Hanh. 3) The Power and the Glory. Sometimes I stop and read a poem or just a few lines from Gerard Manley Hopkins. His language is such concentrated eloquence, I cannot absorb much without becoming breathless at his words. Story-telling and the internet. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Mainly On The Plain. The Crossroads of Nowhere. View my complete profile. Picture W...
