Books

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 →

Back in a warm hotel room drying out clothes (the heating cranked up to dry out those clothes) after a good pizza and browsing books in a bookshop. I love a good bookshop, even if 99% of the books are in a language that I don’t understand. I still came out with a book…in a language that I understand. 📚 🍕

Saturday, October 7, 2023 →

Finished reading Getting Your Important Work Done by Michael Nobbs. A collection of essays on being sustainably creative, using “whatever energy you have available, however limited it may be, to maintain a creative life (or even livelihood).”

I don’t know when I came across Michael’s work, but I have always appreciated his quiet and gentle advice. 📚

Monday, August 28, 2023 →

Finished reading: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers 📚

Friday, August 4, 2023 →

Finished reading: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers 📚

Tuesday, July 11, 2023 →

Finished reading: The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz 📚

Sunday, May 14, 2023 →

Finished reading: On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin. A wonderful read that took me back to the Welsh mountains that I overlooked for almost twenty years. 📚

Friday, March 17, 2023 →

Finished reading: The Queen of Crows by Cheri Baker. A good read. I enjoyed it. 📚
// @cheribaker@writing.exchange

Friday, March 3, 2023 →

Finished reading: Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata 📚

Thursday, January 12, 2023 →

Finished reading: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. A beautiful and tragic story. I was drawn back to the book. 📚

Saturday, December 24, 2022 →

Finished reading: A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas. Another Christmas tradition. 📚

Can the fishes see that it is snowing from A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas

Sunday, December 18, 2022 →

Finished reading: Parade by Hiromi Kawakami 📚

Monday, December 5, 2022 →

Finished reading: Fairy Tale by Stephen King. King’s writing kept me going, the story not always. 📚

Wednesday, November 23, 2022 →

Currently re-reading: Practicing Peace in Times of War by Pema Chodron. I come back to this book from time to time. I need to. 📚

Thursday, August 11, 2022 →

Finished reading: How to Be Alone, a poem & book by Tanya Davis. Beautiful, perceptive…and truthful. Be sure to also check out a YouTube presentation of the poem with Tanya Davis narrating. I believe that it will be five minutes well spent. 📚

Wednesday, August 10, 2022 →

Finished reading: The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai 📚

Thursday, June 30, 2022 →

Currently reading: Practicing Peace in Times of War by Pema Chodron. Actually I have this book on regular reruns, picking it up and reading a few pages during my meditation practice. I need to be reminded of the material in this book. I need to be reminded that as much as I might complain about the actions of others, peace starts with softening the rigidity in my own heart. 📚

Monday, June 27, 2022 →

Finished reading: Silence by Thich Nhat Hanh. I read a few pages each morning during my meditation time. A beautiful book and a reminder to quieten the noise of, in Thay’s words, Radio Station NST: Non-Stop Thinking. 📚

Monday, May 30, 2022 →

Finished reading: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It felt to me like a contemporary presentation of Buddhist teachings on death, impermanence and letting go. I’m already trying to bring an awareness of what Burkeman talked about into my life, and will be returning to this book. 📚

Monday, April 11, 2022 →

After seeing copious mentions of this book online, I am currently reading: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman 📚

Thursday, April 7, 2022 →