The Great Divorce
This was my first re-read of the year. I love this book by C.S. Lewis. It is short but very, very rich. The moral knowledge packed into it’s 127 pages is astounding. I read it almost every year for a reminder of how not to let selfishness and pride shape my existence. Highly, highly recommended for just about everyone.
In home and family news, we have Lucius Colby Patchin growing and changing every day. He is so cute…and I don’t just say that because he looks like me. He now loves to turn light switches on and off, push the empty laundry basket around, ask for jelly beans and do anything his big brother is doing. And Alex is becoming more and more articulate. He still doesn’t speak much but I’m still eagerly awaiting the day he does.
I’ve been trying different strategies for getting some writing done. I take ten minute breaks during the normal day routine and do freewriting excercises to get the juices flowing. Then, when the boys are napping or in bed I can take those ideas and shape them into something more. At least that’s the theory, I don’t have much of a track record yet.