The Book Group of Wonder

I've recently organized a book group with some wonderful friends I met in a Shakespeare class. We meet once a month, and so far we've read Manalive, by GK Chesterton, and The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton. Last night was our third meeting, we had a potluck dinner and cupcakes... and I just want to say...

these girls are incredible. It's not often you meet 8 girls who are all brilliant, eloquent, lively, funny and awesome in the same class. It just amazes me where all our conversation goes...

social annahilization - hamlet - twilight bashing - obama - darth vader - chuck norris - marc chagall - christian artists - edward elgar - creating our own university - gilbert and sullivan - and on and on until late into the evening.

It is wonderful, they are wonderful. I hope you have friends as awesome and brilliant as mine.

(most of us are in the picture, which was taken on the last day of Shakespeare class with the amazing Mrs Lovell.)

Currently Reading

"Still Life with Chickens:

starting over in a house by the sea."

-

Catherine Goldhammer

Recently I've been reading this book, it's a memoir about a woman whose husband leaves her, and she and her daughter move to a little house by the atlantic and begin to raise chickens. At first she is not terribly pro-chicken, but they begin to pull her, to draw her through her life, and she sees that if they weren't there, needing her, a constant reminder of the passing of time, she would not move forward in her life, so the chickens are a strange sort of blessing.

a quote:

"Someday we'll look back on this, laugh nervously, and move on."

7 items

item 1: to see some incredible art, go here. so beautiful. how i would love to be the one coming up with these wonderful ideas and being behind the camera creating such uniquely beautiful art.

item 2: i know i've been neglecting this blog of late... just so much life happening, so much to do! i'm rather swamped right now under a literal mountain (and no, i'm not using that phrase hypothetically like dr. George does, it is actually a mountain. on my desk. making that room look horrifying all the time.) of books, all amazing, all brilliant, all a rare glimpse into a peculiar, brilliant mind, making it maddening to be so speedy going through them.

item 3: right now i've one of those terrible behind-the-eyes headaches that feels like someone dipped a carrot in wasabi and rubbing alcohol, lit it on fire, and punched you in the face with it. yeow!

item 4: already formulating my plans for the distant-future christmas break from school... they involve many cups of tea

filling boxes with sketches of all the gnomes and dancing

mushrooms and sparrows and ill-mannered oaks and possums that

want to spill out of my head all day long but never get a chance

making headway on my woodland-creature quilt (i'll post fabric pictures soon, promise!)

yuletide cupcakes

turning 18 and becoming an adult overnight (look, a christmas miracle! ;)

item 5: last night i dreamed it was my first day of college, and i had an amazing outfit, and for some strange reason sally field was my philosophy teacher. she was a good teacher, very smart, and she invited me to a coffee-making contest. that very night my home was invaded by alien-robot-coyotes... the details were very clear earlier in the day, but now i forget. there was great danger involved, though. yeep!

item 6: the office is back. yay! it was sorely missed. nearly forgot how brilliant rainn wilson is!

item 7: helped dan and caitlin move in to their wonderful, lovely home this afternoon, and going back tomorrow to help some more! it's wonderful, and feels like a home.

yeep, squeep!

last night after writing what i wrote i had a strange and disturbing dream. i dreamt of being chased around by this creepy old lady who called everyone "deary" or "my love" in this scaaary squeaky quivery voice. and she had a basket of measuring tapes that when you picked them up turned into really scary talking snakes.

i started "the weight of glory" by C.S. Lewis last night - he is definitely brilliant. i've read 1/4 of it now and do suggest reading it, but with caution. he says brilliant brilliant things, and most of it is sound and good, but remember that he differs greatly from PBs in his views on salvation, and this does affect so much of his thinkings.

and as i've done ever so many things this morning but have somehow neither finished any of them nor seen mamadah... which is strange... i shall bid you adieu.

a goodly assortment

Just read: The Great Gatsby

Currently reading: Wives and Daughters

About to start: Villette


and hey ho for books!