Day Three Hundred and Nine
Both Election Day and Joan Didion’s Politcal Fictions are over. Hurray! I do quite seriously recommend the Didion book though. Very clever, very insightful and quite thoughtful. However, I am very happy to be over the politics ‘though pleased at the way the election and my reading coincided.
Home hasn’t been much fun lately…kids are alternately demanding and disgusting (slime from every orifice) and the usual drudgery of cleaning has seemed especially onerous. I *know* that now is when my children need me. I *know* that all work done to the Glory of God is holy. I *know* that being cheerful about it helps. But despite *knowing* these things, some days are just hard to slog through. I’m feeling better this morning, more energetic and more rested with some inspiration to work on other more interesting things than laundry. Which always helps the laundry get done faster too. One day, if I can afford it, I will be happy to hire a housekeeper. Ah! The joys of the aristocracy…
November 6th, 2008 at 8:10 am
Amen to that! But not a chef…You are too good of a cook!
November 6th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Interestingly, we just finished Didion’s “The Year of Magical Thinking” in my Form and Theory of Creative Nonfiction class. Any class taught by Bruce Ballenger is going to be full of interesting material. The trouble is that it is all about death, so while it is beautifully written, it’s kind of depressing too.
Hi Mandi and Jared and kids and people in Blog Land!
I keep meaning to check in more often–or at all, really–but as you can imagine graduate school keeps me quite busy. Not that I don’t enjoy what I’m doing, I just wish there wasn’t so much of it. And that it wasn’t so expensive.
Anyway, Mandi, the reason I’m calling is because I’m doing some more work with that muse essay that I wrote as an undergrad. It’s for the above mentioned nonfiction class, we’re supposed to draft a revision plan of one of our previous works of creative nonfiction. I figured since you were one of the original people I showed it to, it would be inconsiderate of me not to tell you about it. If you’d like to look over my latest draft and the revision plan, send me an email at the above address, or my BSU faculty account (my first and last name @boisestate.edu).
Say hi to everyone for me and take care of yourselves and each other. And in the words of Red Skelton, “May God bless.”
Best,
Jack
November 9th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
No, no Chef for you
You have to keep cooking for us…I don’t care how rich and famous you are