1. This Old House, The Story of Clara Rust by Jo Anne Wold
2. The Appeal by John Grisham
3. The Russian Concubine by Kate
4. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
5. Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
6. A Painted House by John Grisham
7. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
9. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
11. The Undomesticated Goddess by
12. Babbit by Sinclair Lewis
13. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
14. The Lunatic Express by Carl Hoffman?
15. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
16. Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
17. Population 485: Meeting your neighbors one siren at a time by Michael Perry
18. These is my Words, The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine by Nancy E. Turner
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
The Simple Life
So while I am uploading some pictures onto Facebook I thought I would do some writing. I have not written to you all in a long time. I guess writing for me is like a bad New Year’s resolution. I just can’t follow through.
As a simple post I would like to talk about books. Much to my dismay I never got off my butt to read for fun in the States. I could have. But I guess watching TV episodes took up most of my free time. That is something I do not want to continue after PC Service.
There are actually a number of things I do not want to do after PC Service.
One thing is eliminate “noise” every once and a while. You know last night Tony and I didn’t have power and for whatever reason I cooked dinner while Tony read by candlelight. Well actually, Firefly Solar Lamp Light but there was a candle there too. It sounds so corny but it was great. I cooked in complete silence. No music. No TV. Nothing. It was amazing. How often does that happen in the US?
Now I am not saying going without power isn’t annoying. Tony and I actually came to Mbale town today specifically to charge every electronic thing we have but I think you get what I am saying.
Reading for fun.
Cooking in peace.
How often does the chaos of life get in the way of relaxing? Really just enjoying an evening in a simple way? Is this too going to be a bad resolution for me? Or can I actually continue this when I get back to the states? I wonder but I know I will have to battle with myself too. I will have to tell myself “read damn you!” I know I will. In a way that is kind of sad.
Please Lord, let me win the battle against laziness.
But I guess you have to take the good with the bad, because I am never going to complain about washing clothes when I have a washing machine! =)
As a simple post I would like to talk about books. Much to my dismay I never got off my butt to read for fun in the States. I could have. But I guess watching TV episodes took up most of my free time. That is something I do not want to continue after PC Service.
There are actually a number of things I do not want to do after PC Service.
One thing is eliminate “noise” every once and a while. You know last night Tony and I didn’t have power and for whatever reason I cooked dinner while Tony read by candlelight. Well actually, Firefly Solar Lamp Light but there was a candle there too. It sounds so corny but it was great. I cooked in complete silence. No music. No TV. Nothing. It was amazing. How often does that happen in the US?
Now I am not saying going without power isn’t annoying. Tony and I actually came to Mbale town today specifically to charge every electronic thing we have but I think you get what I am saying.
Reading for fun.
Cooking in peace.
How often does the chaos of life get in the way of relaxing? Really just enjoying an evening in a simple way? Is this too going to be a bad resolution for me? Or can I actually continue this when I get back to the states? I wonder but I know I will have to battle with myself too. I will have to tell myself “read damn you!” I know I will. In a way that is kind of sad.
Please Lord, let me win the battle against laziness.
But I guess you have to take the good with the bad, because I am never going to complain about washing clothes when I have a washing machine! =)
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