iamemily

for Catherine

I'm reading the book "Cry the Beloved Country" right now and it's SOO good. I'm always amazed when classics turn out to be good. I don't know why, but for some reason I think that if there was a possibility that this book would be assigned to read in school (even if *I* didn't have to read it) then it must not be good. Yeah... but that is clearly wrong because they pretty much always turn out to be amazing. :o)

As I sit here flipping through the pages trying to find one to quote to show you the power and beauty that is within this book I find myself wanting to type whole pages, chapters... yeah, you really should just read it. But here is one ;
"For some hours he sat there in the sun, and whether it was the warmth of it, or the sight of the wide plain beneath stretching away tot he blue and distant mountains, or the mere passage of time, or the divine providence for the soul tha tis distressed, he could not say; but there was some rising of the spirit, some lifting of the fear"
It's not a crucial sentence in the book, and by itself, it's not even one that I would necessarily hang on a wall or put on a card, but it's the rhythem and language just like this that makes me love this book so much, it's really powerful. I think that's the best word to describe this book, powerful. It just is overflowing with feeling, the feeling of the sun, the fear, the lifting of the fear. Who doesn't have a time where they have felt so overwhelmed, so fearful and stretched out but then, as you sit and breath you start to feel it all lift. I love anything that makes me feel. Feelings are amazing.

The Sky is Falling!

Ok maybe not the sky... but EVERYTHING is falling off the walls! Last night I saw one picture frame had fallen from the wall above the couch and I thought... hmm thats strange. Then this morning when I woke up another one had fallen down. In the half hour that I have been sitting on the couch reading e-mail and such 3 more pictures have fallen and now the christmas lights that we have strung up around the living room have started to fall down too... I guess using the sticky hook things wasn't the best idea for the crazy humid michigan summer! I'm trying to decide if I should just take everything off the walls now or just wait and see what else falls.... ahh another string of christmas lights just fell... oh boy! Maybe I'll just move things out of the way so that when the whole string of lights goes they won't ruin anything (like my plants...) this is hilarious... :o) I am posting this as a warning to all you cheep college students who still think duck tape and sticky hooks will hold everything... umm yeah... I guess they dont.

In other news my car was towed yesterday (so I can sympathize with you now Nichole!!) Goo and I went to the farmers market to get yummy enchiladas (oh and they were!) and when we came back to where we had packed we were like... "hmmm, no car... isn't this where we parked?" ahh yes it was but the car was towed because we (ok I) decided to ignore the "no parking or you will be towed" BUT in my defense I thought I had parked there last week for a few hours and had been fine. It turns out I didn't park in THAT spot I parked in the one *next to it* yes i am not kidding... If I had parked one measly spot to the right everything would have been fine. So now i'm out $125.00. But Goo and I had a good day anyway we got to go on a nice lovely walk to get my car (it was very hot.. we both sweat a lot) :o) but Goo discovered a new path to run on, yea! Then we went and got ice cream from Cold Stone. In the afternoon I studed at the NEW SWEETWATERS in kerrytown AHH I'm sooo excited... I'm always excited for a new coffee shop close to me.. it's so close I could totally walk on a nice day! And then we went and saw Cindarella Man (or Mr. Cindarella.. whatever!) :o) It was really good! Yep so overall it was a really good day, despite getting my car towed.. oh well! Such is life! Ok, I'm off to church!