Reading and Writing, a Stylish Granddad, and My Slow Day
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Where is your favourite place to read?
On a sun lounger.
photograph by martin parr – source magnum photos. click through to see more
At home I listen to audio books mostly, and radio plays, but on holiday I read. I deliberately minimize contact with the interwebs when I go away so that I have a complete change of scenery including screen time and the sorts of things I read here. I listen to audio books then too, but on holiday I will actually read print on paper & with my eyes.
Up until recently my eyes hurt a lot and I have had trouble concentrating, so with one thing and another I avoided reading anything long. A change of medication seems to have helped the eye problem a fair bit, but I haven’t got back into the habit of reading books at home. Too much internet to tidy up. With limited spoons I have to prioritize dog, food, self care, housework, paperwork and then blogging and being online for fun, and lately a little painting, so books don’t really get a look in.
I am not a professional writer, but I do write most days, so I love articles like this one from Brain Pickings.
click through for margaret atwood’s 10 rules of writing
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So, this is refreshing;
click through to the article on jezebel
It’s a Chinese man modeling his granddaughter’s clothing line.
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Considering today is the day I *might* be taking on Watson we are having a very slow day indeed. When I took Poppet out this morning she was unimpressed by the rainy weather and preferred to snoof around the estate after bread left for foxes or birds, cats hiding under cars, and her other ‘urban’ interests. We got back and I toweled her off, and she’s spent the past few hours under a blanket. Meanwhile, I have been trying to manage my pain without taking pain killers, and am still not really dressed…
The sitting room needs tidying if it is going to be new dog proof. Problem is that although I moved here over a year ago, things do not have proper places to go yet, and it’s all still a bit experimental, so there is always an excess of things. I spent the previous couple of years steadily de-cluttering in my old place, so it could all be a lot worse. Still, with limited spoons…
Right! I’m off to feed myself and the beast and do my best at tidying.
Wish me luck!
