Life is a Bumpy Road

Austin, Texas. Travel in Texas. Life in General. "Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. - - -Dylan Thomas

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I am an esteemed alumni of Austin College in Sherman Texas (Class of "none of your business"). I graduated with a BA in Liberal Arts as a History Major. Subsequently, I have worked in the human services field since graduation because there aren't too many jobs out there for history majors. Except for my short incarceration in Sherman, I have always lived in Austin, Texas. That's not totally true, I was born in England and lived there approximately 18 months, but for some strange reason I don't remember living there. I travel through out Texas for my job, every week. So beware Texans, I might be coming to a town near you!! I am happily married to a wonderful guy and have 0 (zero, zilch) children. (We just forgot to have them?) I find life amusing now (I used to find it extremely depressing but that's another story). So here's to Life, which after all can be a very bumpy road!

"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions." -Albert Einstein

Monday, January 01, 2007

IF I had a New Year's Resolution....


I have started reading Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik. It's fairly interesting so far. So far being about 25 pages. It's about his time in Paris from about 1995 to 2000 when he lived there with his wife and young son. Also on my reading list for the new year are a book of short stories by Bernard Malamud and A Farewell to Arms by Hemmingway. I have already read A Farewell to Arms in college but I thought it was time to become reacquainted with Hemmingway and Fitzgerald along with some other authors I have neglected for the past 30 years. The book by Gopnik was just a happenstance, something I stumbled upon while roaming the bookstore and decided to pick up as well.

I love bookstores. They are so much better than libraries. I mean libraries are wonderful places and I have spent many many hours in libraries in my life, but the bookstore is where you really are set free. There is nothing like the smell of a new book. And when you find a book you truly love, it's a joy to own it. I only hope someday I can make a library of my books in my own home. Complete with large leather chairs and dark wooden shelves. Maybe even one of those rolling step ladders so that you can reach the books on the upper most shelves.

Anyway, IF I were the sort to make New Year's resolutions, which I am not, I would guess that my resolution this year is to elevate the level of the literature I am reading. Is that too elitist? I don't think so.

Happy New Year one and all. I hope this year is the best ever for you. Read something. It will make you feel so much better.

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