Even with "nothing to do" time is passing quickly. Keeping a journal, sorting through photos, exchanging email, long swims, long walks, deliciously luxurious long afternoons reading whatever catches my fancy..a few chores, meals, personal care and the day has slipped through my fingers.
Just read WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. I read with unstoppable,thirst, drinking it down in less than a day. It is An amazing story of courage and bravery, but more importantly, a book of coming together, knitting the fabric of oneself into something comfortable and wearable. If I were 26 years old, I would follow Cheryl on to the Pacific Coast Trail myself. In fact, I felt I was 26 as I was reading it. Maybe that's why I loved it so much!
Also finished the BASTARD OF ISTANBUL, a novel that captures the cultural diversity and deep wounds of recent history that have shaped this country.
Still plowing through EMPEROR OF THE MALADIES, a beast of a novel that explores the history of cancer and it's treatment. It is a reminder of the haphazard way in which inventions and innovation come to life...happenstance meetings, quirky observations, obsessive thinking, casual remarks, all thrown into life 's blender to create some magical formula that changes everything...or sometimes, only masks another truth that remains stubbornly obscured until,the winds of chance unearth it's hiding place.
How much of life is my design? How much is chance? I do know that this experience was never in the plan...and it is a lesson in living in the moment.
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