I’m Still Alive
I promise I didn’t drop off the face of the earth. I do have a nasty cold which has involved days of aches and pains, sore throat and hacking up phlegm (..TMI…I know…). But I have also been busily writing. I have a good outline except for the last few chapters of the book, Chapter One essentially finished and Chapter Two well under way. I feel creative, smart and clever…and also foggy and dead-tired thanks to the cold. The boys have also been sick and sometimes it’s as much as I can do to stay upright until Jared gets home.
I have also been reading. Not finishing very many books but reading a lot. I read Anne Fadiman’s Ex Libris which was fabulous in so many ways. She defined the difference between carnal lovers of books and courtly lovers of books. I’m definitely courtly (though not as courtly as Brent).
I just finished The Leapord by Giuseppe di Lampedusa which was recommended by my friend Ted. Great book, very unexpected in subtle ways. I love having reliable friends to recommend and loan good reads.
Those are the only two books I’ve finished since I last posted an age ago but I have been reading much more than that. I’ve been reading up on some literary criticism (just got my 2500+ page Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism…Squee!!!) from diverse characters like Lewis, Christopher Hitchens, Peter Leithart and others. I’m a nerd but a happy one.
Oh! And I’m also reading Augustine’s City of God. SO AMAZING. I know Brent is saying I told you so right now but still. Wow! I’m pretty sure that the preface (by Thomas Merton) is right and that all of Western Thought is but a footnote to Augustine.