Getting Some Feeds
February 18, 2008- This afternoon was time to start on Thing Number 9–find some useful library blogs. I’ve only begun, but I went through the first suggestion, library weblogs. I found that a lot are unfound or OLD posts, but I ended up subscribing to 7 more feeds, for a grand total of 15. This is ridiculous. I could spend my life reading other peoples’ lives…I’ve got better things to do. Like
- Spend time with the sheep.
- Just finished reading Robert Frost’s biography A Restless Spirit, the Vermont Humanities pick for Vermont Reads this year. I was in tears by the end, and couldn’t speak properly for a while. I remember him speaking at Kennedy’s Inauguration, and I didn’t know what a treasure that was. But I do remember.
- (I would like to know how I got into THIS way of writing things.)
- We’re probably not going to apply for a grant, although I was thinking we should have the book. Only to discover that it’s out of print. Maybe we will apply. But I can’t think of what we’d do. I’m out of ideas. Or overwhelmed. Or both.
I can hardly be overwhelmed. I’m going back to work tomorrow after a three-month leave of absence. My goal during this period of convalescence was to read the entire works of Alexandre Dumas. I got through 7 or 8, and I’m just about to finish La Dame de Monsoreau–have been for a week now. (Now I seem to be back to THIS way of writing things.) I enjoyed them in te past, but I just wasn’t in an inspired place this time.
Makes me think about my old lady plan. When I can’t walk any more, my plan is to write children’s historical fiction. Then, when I can’t even do that, my plan is to reread all my favorite authors. Jane Austen, Alexandre Dumas, Charles Dickens, dare I say Thomas Hardy. There’re so many more, Wilkie Collins is one I’ve always wanted to persue. Well, after this experience, I may be too busy. So, when do I get to reread?
I think that the roast may soon be ready.
