200 Books

I’ve got one hundred pages left in The Iliad and all of The Odyssey. I’ve really never understood those that find these works hard to follow. I mean yeah, they are long, and the structure is not straightforward, but still, just getting into the rhythm of the poetry doesn’t take too long and all the info you need is right there in the poem. It’s like Plato. Reading him is no problem but reading commentaries is a painful slog.

OK, I’m definitely planning a celebratory party. I will be finishing sometime on New Year’s Eve so the party is kicking off at 8pm. Please bring something to munch since I won’t have time to cook until after I’m done reading.

Also in the cards is a party on Friday the 9th at 7pm. It is for a lovely friend who lost her job. It is a soon-to-be-homeless party. I promise she has a sense of humor about this. I will be serving Stone Soup (I provide the stone and everybody brings something to throw into the pot) and we will be doing gag gifts. I suggest things like a tin cup for begging, a cardboard sign “Will write for food” (she’s a writer), maybe a few coupons for the Rescue Mission. Personally, I’m getting her some beans and rice.

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