March flew past. I meant to savor it, mindfully. Instead, I’ll have to be satisfied that I had some mindful moments and keep practicing. Mindfulness is a way of being aware in the present — hard if you are someone who multitasks, and hard in our culture, that values being busy.
For me being mindful also [...]
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Reading fast? I’m too hungry.
Posted in autodidactism, books, cultures, interconnectedness, life learning, poetry, reading, travel, unschooling, tagged Americana, book discussion, books, cultures, Dr. Seuss, Goodreads, history, humor, interconnectedness, logic, memoir, novella, novels, philosophical, poetry, reading, science history, South Africa, The Artists Way, thinking, workshop on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In February 2008, I began tracking my reading at Goodreads. As of today, I’ve added 106 books to my lists there. Four of those are on my “currently reading” shelf. I’ve read 102 books in the past 13 months, which may explain why I am often sleep deprived.
Goodreads is a social networking site for readers. [...]
Endurance and inspiration
Posted in autodidactism, books, cultures, interconnectedness, life learning, poetry, reading, unschooling, tagged autodidactism, book clubs, book discussion, book groups, books, classics, community, creativity, Dickens, essays, fiction, graphic novels, great books, life learning, memoir, Mothers Acting Up, National service, New Hampshire, novella, novels, poet laureate, poetry, The Artists Way, unschooling, writing on January 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
January always gets me thinking about new beginnings. This year is even more conducive to forward thinking: as Will I Am sings far more eloquently than I can say, “It’s a New Day,” and President Obama reminded American in his inaugural address that in hard times, we can “pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and [...]
Fiction, not spin
Posted in books, poetry, reading, tagged Africa, AIDS, book clubs, book discussion, books, fiction, historical fiction, humor, mindfulness, New Hampshire, novella, novels, poetry, reading, spin, truth on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In between following campaign hooey, congressional shenanigans, stock market dives, and the intricate schedules of the four members of the bookconscious household, I took comfort in fiction and poetry this month. I suppose much of what passes for news is at least semi-fictional these days as well, although pundits refer to that kind of [...]
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