WHAT I’M READING

Even in this digital age - or maybe, because of it - there’s something calming about reading an actual book. Words matter and a well-written story, whether fiction, poetry, or prose, let’s us into different places and times. From To Kill a Mockingbird to How We Die to Sapiens, from Michel Faber to David Sedaris to Arthur Conan Doyle, I like it all. Now, where are my glasses? I have some reading to do!

Walden & Civil Disobedience (Henry David Thoreau)

Reading Mr. Thoreau’s insights into how society, even in 1854, was over-complicating life has been a good reminder to me that retreating to a place of solitude (namely, our little house on our little coffee farm in Colombia) is therapeutic even as it’s a leap of faith for me. The unknown, the quiet, the absence of the deluge of electronic images, sounds, and information.

We could all use some peace.

What’s On My Bookshelves

Some have been read, some are on deck.

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