One thing I can say for #stayinghome, it's been good for reading. It's the weekends, in particular, that have opened up with stretches of time not spent hanging out with friends or doing grocery shopping or going to the movies. I miss those activities. I long for a return to certain aspects of "normal" (while … Continue reading 2020 Reading – Mid-Year Review
Month: July 2020
On Being a Credulous Reader
As a young person, I read virtually everything by Kurt Vonnegut and I took it completely at face value that in Slaughterhouse-Five Billy Pilgrim had come unstuck in time. I accepted that he toggled between periods in his life, including his time as the male half of a human pair in a zoo on the … Continue reading On Being a Credulous Reader
Notions, early July edition
In Dani Shapiro's Devotion she describes the yogic idea of samskara, which describes "the knots of energy that are locked in the hips, the heart, the jaw, the lungs. Each knot tells a story—a narrative rich with emotional detail. Release a samskara and you release a story." It makes for a potent, poetic image, as … Continue reading Notions, early July edition
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