Monday
The weekend was pretty ok. I worked on the gift crochet project. The new garage door is looking better every time I look at it. And ... Steve has gotten sick.
On the reading front, I have always had a strange habit of putting extra meaning into the first book I finish in the new year.
Here's my choice. Started a nonfiction, WHAT W.H. AUDEN CAN DO FOR YOU by Alexander McCall Smith. Stand alone.
When facing a moral dilemma, Isabel Dalhousie — Edinburgh philosopher, amateur detective, and title character of a series of novels by best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith — often refers to the great twentieth-century poet W. H. Auden. This is no accident: McCall Smith has long been fascinated by Auden. Indeed, the novelist, best known for his No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, calls the poet not only the greatest literary discovery of his life but also the best of guides on how to live. In this book, McCall Smith has written a charming personal account about what Auden has done for him — and what he just might do for you. Part self-portrait, part literary appreciation, the book tells how McCall Smith first came across the poet's work in the 1970s, while teaching law in Belfast, a violently divided city where Auden's "September 1, 1939," a poem about the outbreak of World War II, strongly resonated. McCall Smith goes on to reveal how his life has related to and been inspired by other Auden poems ever since. For example, he describes how he has found an invaluable reflection on life's transience in "As I Walked Out One Evening," while "The More Loving One" has provided an instructive meditation on unrequited love. McCall Smith shows how Auden can speak to us throughout life, suggesting how, despite difficulties and change, we can celebrate understanding, acceptance, and love for others. An enchanting story about how art can help us live, this book will appeal to McCall Smith's fans and anyone curious about Auden.
Published 2013; 152 pages.
It's that time of year again. New Year, plans, goals, resolutions. I'm going back on my food plan however, my body knows the Ridiculously Big Salad trick so I'm doing the Eat Like a Bear warm food options - lots of soups and stuff. Growing my hair out as best I can. Writing. Crocheting projects for myself after the gifts in February and March. Also, as previously mentioned, I'm planning on practicing deliberate reading; reading the chunky monkeys on my TBR, reading what I own, and having a smaller books-read goal.
Though I'm currently reading four books.
No sprints tonight. Crochet. Reading. Bedtime.
Have a good day
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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