". Arranged Words: Spring Reading

30 Apr 2013

Spring Reading



I am grateful that spring has finally sprung! Winter was one long siege. Through my open window I hear a chorus of songs. Who, I wonder, could live without birds' songs?
(Rhetorical question, but, in this case, I think, the question mark should remain.)

I read everything including: can labels and cereal boxes. This morning I was struck by the idea that an empty toilet paper roll should be embossed with the written word-- drab, it is! Perhaps a question such as: Why do you keep the extra tp in the hall closet? Or, better yet, something positive--one could follow a fortune cookie's lead. O, the things one ponders.

"Brevity is the soul of wit." (Shakespeare's quote just galloped through my brain. I should, I reckon, take heed.)

To the list.
"Sea of Poppies" by Amitav Ghosh (Historical fiction. A real eye opener about the opium trade.)

"Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and The Conquest For Everest by Wade Davis
(Non-fiction. For those of you who don't know, Mr. Davis is an anthropologist and Explorer in Residence for National Geographic. I would like to meet him! Graphic depiction of battles of WW1 included  in order to understand the endurance and mettle of these early climbers of the mighty Everest. Elevation 29,035 feet (8850 meters) and still rising! Everest has always fascinated me.)

"The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver.
(First published in 1990. It's been on my list for ages. Ms. Kingsolver is  a kindred knitting spirit.


What are you reading?




3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm reading 'Growing Myself' by Judith Handelsman. I'm also reading, 'The World is in my Garden' by Maser, I think! (Not near my book just now). I'm facilitating a course next winter called, 'The Spirituality of Gardening' and have many more books to read that feels close to this topic.

Dixie @ Arranged Words said...

One look at the blurbs for these books and I want to read them. Especially, "In Growing
Myself." Judith's premise and, it looks like, documentation that gardens "calm and heal" requires us to listen.
What could be better than gardens everywhere?
The old adage, you reap what you sow, which I've always thought spoke of measure for measure, does not, in this case measure up!
Best of luck with your new course, "The Spirituality of Gardening." I'd love to be there!


Anonymous said...

You will be, Dixie! I'm taking some of the emails you've sent me since learning I'm facilitating this course. You may not be present in the physical sense, but you will be there in spirit! : )