August 6, 2019
Gleanings
- What is new is that I have decided, at the age of 60, that I am a goddamn knockout. Like Dorothy at the end of the film version of The Wizard of Oz, I had the power I sought all along.
- Just as “home” will always be the spot on the map where I am not at the moment, class is the same: one foot in each world, at home in both, never completely belonging to either.
- And reading continued to do its deep and secret work: it created for us a place each day where we could talk about things. How seasons change.
- Libraries are vibrant and fluid places that help us to adjust to the world and their doors must be kept open to everyone – for free!
- We’ve had a good long marriage, the still life painter and me.
- One of the things I love about concerts, theatre, lectures, any large spectacle, really, is taking in the audience.
- That ambivalence makes The Tortoise and the Hare more interesting…
- Along the way, there are a few rueful mentions of disappointments and reading gone astray … but it is all enchanting to listen to, and such a privilege to have shared.
- In fact, living here, along a beautiful country lane miles from the bustle, it’s quite easy to be in denial about just about anything…
- Classic Mennonite Elderberry Pie
- When life hits me hard, one of the first actions I take is to buy movie tickets.
- A narrative is purposeful and directed, but the news confuses me.
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