so i landed on this month's reading material- thanks to brother's gf whose stash of books i hadn't eyed til the other night (if you don't like to loan books out, guard your stash well whilst i'm around). i joined her recently for an evening of relaxing/studying, but little did i know i'd actually be restless til i found a book (or books) from her shelves to keep me company the next few weeks. i'm now reading two: one fiction, one non. the fiction's a collection of elie wiesel's short stories called legends of our time. i read night a few years ago, loved it, & didn't realize he had several other works. score!
legends' first story is called "the death of my father"- pretty chilling. the narrator wonders how to properly commemorate his father's passing at the year mark...difficult to do since father died at buchenwald & the "holocaust defies reference, analogy." he decides to go ahead & spend time at the synagogue, light the candles, say the kaddish (prayer for the departed), but it feels inadequate & only underscores the narrator's sense of his own "impotence." the second book i started last night, also from cherith's shelf, is truefaced. i'd heard good things about it several months ago, so it caught my eye...chapter 1 seems pretty promising. it can't hurt to be reminded of the benefit of opening up for healing to happen (reference watermark's first album & the track entitled "open me up"!)
the other, & more important, intention of this post is to tell you about a witty friend of mine, a friend with varied interests (& knowledge in those areas of interest), who needs to be writing! she'd be one of my must-read bloggers, for sure. whether she wrote about re-decorating her den, raising baby, fashion, food, whatever, it would have to be amusing because her daily commentary on life is just that. her husband agrees. and i'm pretty sure if her adorable 19-month-old son could say it, he would- "mommy, blog about me. and me & henry (the dog). and me & dad. and my irresistible smile. and how cute i look when i run around in the jean-diaper thing. also, how talented i am at stalling bedtime." husband has actually given up b/c she's refused the idea for so long. i only started begging a few weeks ago, though, so i probably have some steam left.
DO IT, elizabeth! the blogosphere needs your keen wit & lovable sarcasm. i fully expect the subject of your first post would be your entertaining & precious lil man, but don't forget there's some pretention out there that needs humbling. DO IT!
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