Why I Read Less Non-Fiction
Spring New Bee Hiving Moon Not much up. Finished the Latin, worked out, worked on my presentation: Reimagining Faith, … Continue reading
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Reading
Imbolc Garden Planning Moon Not sure what wiped me out yesterday, but I sure felt crummy. May be lack of sleep from … Continue reading
What? No TV?
Winter First Moon of the New Year Business meeting this morning. Some drastic pruning budget wise to squeeze our spending into line … Continue reading
Reading Matters
Fall Waning Autumn Moon Found these questions on one of my frequent reads, The Chronicle of Higher Education. Thought they’d be interesting to answer. Q: What’s the first thing you read in the morning? The Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Q: What newspapers … Continue reading
A Carnegie Library
Fall Waxing Autumn Moon Reading. Alexandria, Indiana had a Carnegie library, one of those brick and limestone buildings sprinkled throughout American small towns, so ubiquitous we give them little thought. Like the water tower they’ve always been there. Ours had … Continue reading
The Woollys of September
Lughnasa Waning Harvest Moon Woolly Mammoths on reading. We had a meeting focused on current books, readings underway or accomplished during the summer. Guys brought out books recounting the Battle of Little Big Horn hour by hour, the agony of … Continue reading
Weather Complaint
Spring(?) Waning Bloodroot Moon Well. About a foot of new snow. A foot. Heavy, heart attack snow, too. It’s hard to imagine a less welcome weather pattern at this time, with the exception of a hard rain. Oh, yeah, we … Continue reading
Not Stepping In The Same River Twice
Samhain Waning Thanksgiving Moon Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. You, too, tiny Tim. Stayed up late last night reading a novel about a Chinese detective in Chinatown, NYC. Not sure how it happened but China has become my favorite country, much like … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Art and Culture, Asia, Bees, Dreams, Faith and Spirituality, Family, Friends, Great Work, Memories, Retirement
Tagged China, Germany, reading, Russia
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Books Along the Way
Fall Waxing Harvest Moon I have begun to accept that I will never read everything I want to read. Books sit stacked up on the floor in my study; they lie on top of rows of other books on bookshelves; … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Faith and Spirituality, Humanities, Letters, Literature, Poetry
Tagged classics, intention, learning, reading
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Important Document? Read While Driving.
Spring Awakening Moon Warning: Rant ahead. Not texting, not brushing teeth, not combing hair, not eating cereal or drinking coffee, no, this young woman I passed on my way to the MIA yesterday read while driving. By reading I do … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Great Wheel, Great Work, Minnesota
Tagged carrots, cygon, daffodils, garlic, parsnips, reading, tulips
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