I live in Nevada where the sky is blue and the sun shines about 345 days a year. Even in the winter, we'll get snow, but the next day will bring blue skies and sun.
Not this year, though. It's good in that the ski resorts are doing well and the snow pact is at a healthy level, hopefully healthy enough to pull us out of our drought. Our grass is green already, as green as it usually is in late April.
But it also means lots and lots of cloudy days. I have enjoyed the photo ops of the cloudy days in that they provide for rich colors and soft, suffused lighting.
But dang, this girl is ready for some sun. And when I say sun, I mean scorching heat. The kind of heat that prickles your skin and makes sweat drip down your back. The kind of heat that makes you languid and your dog languid and even your six-year-old languid. The kind of heat that calls for sorrowful saxaphones and lemonade and late evenings and romantic trysts.
THAT is what I'm ready for. In the meantime, I'll have to deal with cloudy skies, Easter, cold toes, and antsy, cabin-fever kids.
Oh, well. Life's still good.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
What I'm Reading
I think that the sun is finally beginning to shine in more ways than one. It's hard for me to post when I am so exhausted; however, I think I'm creeping out from hybernation right now and thought I'd take advantage of my energy level and post here.
I have been reading a lot these days. I have two books for work - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. How lucky am I to read two of my three favorite books for work. It doesn't get much better than that, I tell you. The students seem to be liking both books. Well, I should say my juniors seem to be appreciating Invisible Man. It's not exactly a joy read for them, though they can appreciate its artistic value.
I am also reading The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee on my Kindle. It dragged at first. I felt it was just another Great Gatsby set in Hong Kong during WWII, but then the Japanese invasion hit, at which point the story got a lot more interesting. It is weird that there are two plot lines going, one in the 1940s and the other in the 1950s. The title character is from the 1950s plot thread, but I'm almost half way through the book, and that thread has barely been touched upon, resulting in what I feel is a somewhat disconnected narrative overall. I also had trouble keeping track of all the characters, but as it turns out, I didn't need to. In the beginning, it's hard to shake out who are the important players. Still, it's an interesting read. At this point, I would recommend it.
I have been reading a lot these days. I have two books for work - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. How lucky am I to read two of my three favorite books for work. It doesn't get much better than that, I tell you. The students seem to be liking both books. Well, I should say my juniors seem to be appreciating Invisible Man. It's not exactly a joy read for them, though they can appreciate its artistic value.
I am also reading The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee on my Kindle. It dragged at first. I felt it was just another Great Gatsby set in Hong Kong during WWII, but then the Japanese invasion hit, at which point the story got a lot more interesting. It is weird that there are two plot lines going, one in the 1940s and the other in the 1950s. The title character is from the 1950s plot thread, but I'm almost half way through the book, and that thread has barely been touched upon, resulting in what I feel is a somewhat disconnected narrative overall. I also had trouble keeping track of all the characters, but as it turns out, I didn't need to. In the beginning, it's hard to shake out who are the important players. Still, it's an interesting read. At this point, I would recommend it.
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