Sunday, May 20, 2012

Easy Sunday

It was one of those almost perfect spring days that Houston has occasionally, mostly clear skies with an occasional cloud just to stave off boredom, a temperature conducive to sitting on the patio most of the day, reading Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad, sipping cool water and contemplating what a life that man led, and how much things have changed from his lifetime to mine. I have read that that book changed the nature of travel books for good, and indeed it is a kind of personal keepsake, a long, rambling, never boring tale as much rooted in who Twain was as in what he did. Travel narrative as statement of opinion is a new concept for me.

In any case, I have no current events to comment on, because I haven't done my homework today. Absorbing the sunshine, watching the birds and squirrels, and making another tiny dent in my four-foot shelf of Twain's works, collected a volume at a time over decades, will have to do. I hope your day, whatever you did with it, was as satisfying as mine!

5 comments:

  1. I am very pleased you didn't do your homework to day!
    You need a day off, after so much done on American politics!
    :)

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  2. Sounds like an excellent way to spend your day...There is absolutely nothing happening that is not completely predictable considering the players.

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  3. Enfant, fallenmonk - thank you both for your kind words. The day off did me a world of good!

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  4. Since the cardioversion I sleep long deep hours and sit in the garden swing watching the white water lilies, hummingbirds, and baby blue jays drink from the pond. I have withdrawn from the battles and the mentality of war. Time to encourage the new kids with stories of survival and the kind-of strength it takes to pursue justice in this god-forsaken country. Build communities and restructure needs.

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  5. karmanot, sleep well and wake well, and fight your battles only as they come to you... let the young folk go looking for trouble!

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