Open to words, forever–
As we celebrate the lunar new year, we can also inform ourselves a little more about the Eastern philosophy related. Here’s a link to a very rich post sent to me by Brian this morning. I’ll be working through it, though at first blush, it’s worth your time as well: http://www.tigersplayastrology.com/tigers-play/re-establishing-the-foundation-qi-in-the-year-of-the-yin-metal-ox-xin-chou-year-20214719?fbclid=IwAR2uSWJ0CMnJepYZIT5zZ00Vmk6NJFZGNAO1QaTLy3XnLsT60qhIxb0cj6s I am sure I’ll
I found this collection of erotic poetry in a little library while walking this week. I found myself amazed at the power of words and how graphic some of these poems are — makes me think, consider and feel. Emily Dickinson’s “Wild Nights!” is in here as well as lots of others. A fun exploration
I am able to access the NYT via the public library, and this article touches me as a person who appreciates, values and embraces randomness, variability and the realities of biology. Here’s a link: https://www.nytimes.com/paidpost/dashlane/a-case-for-keeping-it-random.html?smid=url-share
As a lover of mail, this made me smile… https://getpocket.com/explore/item/a-brief-history-of-children-sent-through-the-mail?utm_source=pocket-newtab
I lost the last few days of the Feed Your Soul challenge that some of us started the reading session with seeing as there was no power at my house since Tuesday. We got power back on Saturday night! Anyhow, I’m going backwards as I prefer and had to post Kurt V’s short letter here:
I had started our Winter Reading session taking a queue from @bnsunshine ignoring the count of pages this time around, inspiring me to read longer articles on the World Wide Web. Then, reading this article thanks to @julienaslund5866 who pointed us all towards aeon.co — I thought best to cross-post here. I am curious your
I posted about this in a comment but after giving it the full listen, wanted to share further. Wow what a rich lecture by Alice Oswald — well worth tuning in when you have time. It helped me escape for an hour this morning. I think @rifeteri may especially appreciate this… Link to lecture: http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/interview-water
January 18th – here’s a link for registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-drum-major-instinct-tickets-136322910495 The Drum Major Instinct presents dramatic readings by acclaimed actors of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s The Drum Major Instinct—a powerful, cautionary sermon about the impulse in all humans to be first—for diverse audiences, with the goal of generating powerful dialogue about racism, inequality, and social
This additional publication is part of The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Julie Grames must have come to me by way of advanced readers at the library, though I never read the novel, which I’ve now placed on hold after re-reading this insert again. The author’s note caught my attention. I have
More than just reading though this seems like a tempting way to begin our reading session together… https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/27/feed-your-soul-the-31-day-literary-diet-for-january-2021-culture-books?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Seasonal Reading 