"People with book collections are almost always diligent learners."
Paring down my collection and putting aside, compressed, until a more permanent home for it can be found.
This year's Easter service made me think of other Lenten reading that has helped me grapple with the prosaic, day-to-day realities of living my faith.
so-soPretty good, if a bit indulgent in places and very very obviously written by a man. Interesting to read while I was actually in Beirut this winter.
Pumped for my safari next week! My literary inspiration shall be the (admittedly flawed, colonial, etc) Beryl Markham.
(and also I'm doing testing for Tim)
My ongoing Lenten reading continues with a closer look at the political atmosphere and meaning of the historical Jesus of Nazareth. (and also testing some image stuff for Tim).
Accidentally got a sunburn while flanuering after finishing this today. Oops.
Am I reading this ARC because I want to read it right now, or am I reading it because it's the largest book in my backpack and I want my bag to weigh less?
pickIf I ever become even a base level decent home cook, it will be because of this book.
“Feed my sheep, feed my sheep," I repeated. "He didn't say, 'Feed my sheep after you check their ID.”
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
And far away in the hills, candles and laterns burn as the children read borrowed books deep into their night, too.
Love reading memoirs by trans people, as they find words for my own feelings.
tfw your preorders all show up at the same time...
Love to put book and place together.
#Scotland
