Whatever we may think or affect to think of the present age, we cannot get out of it, we must suffer with its sufferings, and enjoy with its enjoyments, we must share its lot.
~John Stuart Mill
Literary Pursuits
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One book that:
1. Changed my life:Seeing Past Z: Nurturing the Imagination in a Fast-Forward World (I wouldn’t necessarily say that the ground shook when I read this but it changed the way I want to raise my kids and the way I view the world so I think that counts)
2. I’ve read more than once: The Night Trilogy by Elie Wiesel
3. I’d want on a desert island: Henry James (you have to read slow which would help if I’m trapped somewhere for ages)
4. Made me laugh: Eat Pray Love
5. Made me cry: The Sparrow
6. I wish had been written: too many to count but I’m working on this one (I intend to write them myself)
7. I wish had never been written: are there any of these?
8. I am currently reading: Starbucked and The Gathering
9. Been meaning to read: Inkspell
This morning during a writing class we practiced what happened when you write with your non-dominate hand. The topic was, Childhood Home, and here’s what I came up with.
There are so many memories associated with living in the Mohave Dessert.
Cool tile floor under bare feet in the morning
Sunburnt afternoons in the sand pits of constructed forts
Hours spent swinging from tree branches in the sultry weather of an early spring day
The waning summer captured in an evening of piano tinkling, my long hair trailing over the keys, candlelight flickering in the distance. The vision of my parents waltzing gently in the background as the stars began to poke their heads out of the giant velvet blanket of the sky.
