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Ah, the joys
of the “in-between week”! Christmas is over but New Year’s is on the way. Celebrations
and food and visiting and such continue to crowd out exercise, moderation in
food, and cleaning. One can kick back and do nothing without as much guilt. I compromised and put away outside lights
while weather was dry and took down the tree. All the rest I am leaving out
longer as originally planned. Tree down gives more space in the room, and the remaining reds and tiny lights will
help keep winter’s doom at bay.
I have
managed to dawdle away some hours in some good reads. I sampled poems in a Mary
Oliver’s Evidence; I read some short
stories in Amy Hempel’s Tumble Home.
I also read most of the pieces in the anniversary edition of Cuivre River by
the Saturday Writers where I am lucky enough to have an essay included. I read
a memoir, My Name is Nancy, published
by my high school friend that has made this holiday reading week memorable. I read
the middle school book titled Finding My
Place by Margo Dill. This was a great little read about a girl struggling through
the Battle of Vicksburg in the Civil War. I am sure author Dill did mountains
of research because it shows in her realistic details!
DH snatches my read.
This morning I picked up my next book club read which is River Town by Peter Hessler. It is about
the author’s two years in the Peace Corps on the Yangtze River. The first few
pages are very promising. Two new books
are waiting for their turn. I am anxious to get to Eight Girls Taking Pictures by Whitney Otto. Otto is always a good
read so I expect this book to continue with her distinct quality. The other new
book is Consider the Fork: the History of
How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson. This is going to be my reward book in
January…that means a chapter only when my writing work is finished for the day…or
so goes the plan.
Yesterday the mail held a check and a win for me from the
Lebanon Poets’ Society 2012 Poetry Contest. It was such a nice bonus to my “in-between”
days this week. It is a nice ending for the year and gives me promise and encourages
commitment to the new year of writing.
Now…tea pot and reading…hope your own “in-between week” goes
well!
What are you reading?
7 comments:
Hi Claudia! Sounds like you are definitely having a great "in-between week." You are one voracious reading gal! I admire you for your ability to gobble up so many books!
Congrats on your winnings and I wish you luck on your writing commitment for 2013.
Congratulations on the sale, Claudia. How wonderful. This is between week and the gatherings continue. It's wonderful, really, although I'm starting to get a bit tired. Well, I can sleep tomorrow afternoon after a morning breakfast for 10! ha ha ha
Take care and have a nice rest of the week! Susan p.s. Thanks so much for all your faithful visits.
I know what you mean about the continued feasting and lack of exercise! Now the promise of snow makes me want to just stay by the fire and read. I just finished a young adult book titled Pirate Cinema. Not too bad. Going to try to download Cutting for Stone this afternoon.
Congratulations on your poetry contest win! YAY for you. Sounds like we've both been in a reading kind of mood... well, guess that's always the case now isn't it?
Happy New Year and I hope perhaps that we can meet in 2013!
p.s. on January 1, 2013....Hi Bookie...I have to practice writing 2013.
Thanks for your visit and sweet comment on my blog today. You are the best.
Hope 2013 is kind to all of us! Susan
Your couch looks like a great place to settle down, grab a quilt, and snuggle up with a book.
Hope your new year is wonderful!
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